Adjutant 23-46 Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 So, reading through these pages I mainly find fantastic artists doing extraordinary work. I think it's about time for a little change! To get myself painting, I have decided to make a little thread showing off my progress. A long time a go I painted some fantasy models, and they turned out OK. Painting was fun and all, but with noone to play or discuss with my hobby soon found itself on the top shelf in my closet. Later I wanted a ps3 (I was 16, don't judge) so I sold off all my fantasy stuff on a Norwegian warhammer forum. Turned out, the 20 teutogen (empire, now rare) guard I bought because my local store didn't have great swords fetched a fine sum of money. After lurking the forum a bit, I came across some guy who wanted to sell two sets of SM from AoBR + all the dice, books and other stuff from one set for 85usd (aprox). And thats how I ended up painting space marines. The theme for my army is a couple of guys hanging out on a dessert plannet boring their minds out. I dont take great joy in reading fluff, so fluffers, be aware! Preview of some of the stuff that I have painted so far: http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m601/Max_Lauritz/IMAG0005.jpg http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m601/Max_Lauritz/IMAG0004.jpg http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m601/Max_Lauritz/IMAG0003.jpg http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m601/Max_Lauritz/IMAG0002.jpg Missing are 20 Tac's Another dread A hideous commander (first painting with white attempt) 4 more scouts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grotsmasha Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 Totally love all the freehand stuff on the Terminators. It may very well enrage some fluff nazis, but keep it up, its original. Cheers, Jono Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rusty1109 Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 I love them! I think you're going to upset a lot of people on here though, some people get a bit uppity about ultramarines lol! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nym468 Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 Very nice :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ah-a-nothepsis Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 Tits! ^.^ Give us a close up of that terminator sergeant's face, please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adjutant 23-46 Posted May 8, 2012 Author Share Posted May 8, 2012 WOW! thats fast! lets see here.. Although im using vanilla codex, I didn't intend on making them ultra marines. Hope ultramarine players dont get too offended :) This freehand stuff is so far limited to the termies. I am planning some other shenanigans, but spoiling them now would be boring. Sergeants face is on it's way! painting notes: I'm not comfortable with lenses and painting white yet, so I'm trying to leave as thin layers as possible where they are so that i can come back and touch up at a later date. Right now I just want to build me an army! The skin I painted using Tallarn flesh, gryphonne sepia, some dwarf flesh that I think might be older than me (screw top) and elf flesh. The guy at the GW had no faith that it would work, but I think I pulled it off quite exquisitely. I think I might have glazed the pimple that all the ultramarines seam to have on their face with some sort of red, sadly I cant recall. http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m601/Max_Lauritz/IMAG0007.jpg EDIT: I had planned to make the writing on the armour look like their own work. Something they did while they were sitting around counting pebbles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rusty1109 Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 Top tip for your bases, dip them in some heavily watered down PVA glue (to the consistency of skimmed milk) That way you won't gradually lose all the sand and pebbles off your bases! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grotsmasha Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 Those 'pimples' are metal service studs, but now you say it pretty please do up an acne covered scout, it'd be hilarious. Cheers, Jono Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grotsmasha Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 Flood Control lied to me.....stupid double post Cheers, Jono Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adjutant 23-46 Posted May 8, 2012 Author Share Posted May 8, 2012 Those 'pimples' are metal service studs, but now you say it pretty please do up an acne covered scout, it'd be hilarious. Cheers, Jono Acne you say.. hmm interesting. I will try to do that. Edit reason: Dug myself into a hole I couldn't get out of. To anyone who read it, let's never talk about it again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razblood Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 That face came out really nice and sounds similar to the way I do mine, so I'm guessing the guy at GW was probably just trying to shill you the new paints by saying the old ones were crap :lol: Some nice paintwork overall, but damn your eyes sir for your total disregard for the holy fluff ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lachdannan Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 Nice looking force you have there. In particular I like how you've done the Terminator Sgt's face. The 'pimple' as other s have said is a service stud, but I fin it amusing that you painted it as a pimple :lol: Still, quite a nice force. Have you got people in your area that play? Might help keep you interested in the hobby if you can find a local gaming centre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ah-a-nothepsis Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 I like the sergeant's face. Simple (fast) and looks good from a distance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adjutant 23-46 Posted May 9, 2012 Author Share Posted May 9, 2012 Top tip for your bases, dip them in some heavily watered down PVA glue (to the consistency of skimmed milk) That way you won't gradually lose all the sand and pebbles off your bases! Great idea! I'm actually having some problems with sand falling off. Does the glue show? I red some about those service studs, and thats pretty insane! A single stud implanted into the skull represents one hundred years of service. Veteran Sergeants typically have at least one, and command staff may sport two or three. Obviously, the more you have, the more respect you get. Surviving a hundred years of constant warfare is quite an achievement, even for a Marine. The practice isn't universal, or else Dante would look like Frankenstein by now. Ok, so to the news. I'm confronting my fear of lenses and white and am currently painting some scout snipers. The white is done, and to be honest I'm not happy about how it turned out. The last layer of pure skull white just didn't want to sit right. When I tried to dilute the paint, my brush just dumped all of it on the model and it swam out and into the gaps. So I ended up stripping my first model and doing it over again with undiluted paint and here is the result so far: http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m601/Max_Lauritz/IMAG0174.jpg http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m601/Max_Lauritz/IMAG0008.jpg Clumpy and uneven... ugh not good for painting morale Oh and to people preparing to paint scout snipers: dont glue the guns on before painting the faces. Bad idea :cuss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adjutant 23-46 Posted July 3, 2012 Author Share Posted July 3, 2012 Forgotten thread, lost to ages: arise and return to the frontmost pages. So I finally found the time to finish my scout snipers. The blue areas are a bit too dark for my taste, and I think I might do some additional highlighting on the black and metal areas. http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m601/Max_Lauritz/Snapbucket/8C6C2E1B-orig.jpg http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m601/Max_Lauritz/Snapbucket/607C2922-orig.jpg I think I'll start my next project in about 2 weeks after my holiday. Ill be making some sternguard veterans out of harlequins. Also Im buying an airbrush, so I will be experimenting with that too. Anyone know how i should fit out the sternguard? I was thinking going combi melta with a blink librarian in drop pod, but with the new edition I'm not so sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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