FC's Dark Angels

[Greenz]

Oh man, it looks like I've missed a few updates on your thread. Outstanding work FC! That Nephilim is just amazing, not that your other work isn't. But wow!

[FlamingDeth]

Any progress on Sammael's speeder? After seeing the other stuff I'm interested in seeing where that goes.

[FinylCut]

Thanks for the kind support, brothers! I'm really happy with Ravenwing 2.0 to this point.

Love it, how the hell did you do the canopy on the flyer?

Brother Arkley, I carefully masked the canopy in order to continue with the airbrush.

At this point, I essentially had a dark gray basecoat, onto which I began spraying very diluted layers of red and black inks. Dilution was accomplished not with my usual airbrush thinner (75% matte medium; 24% distilled water; 1% flow improver), but with 90% distilled water; 10% flow improver. This seemed to work very well as the inks behave more nicely than paints over a longer time. I treated this as a glaze in the same fashion as the black armor was handled. I started with pure red, and slowly added more and more black to the mix. Were I to do it again, I would only change the locations of the highlights. The technique worked quite nicely.

Any progress on Sammael's speeder? After seeing the other stuff I'm interested in seeing where that goes.

I think I just got called out on Sammy! CardinalVirtue, thanks for asking a direct question. I've dug him out of storage, dusted him off, and plan to (re) spray him with the command squad. The first attempt resulted in a very gray speeder, but I didn't have the (air) brush control to get it right; furthermore, I hadn't had my eureka moment of ink glazing which occurred during the Nephilim. I've learned enough from the Nephilim to move forward with this step. No excuses; the Ravenwing must be completed. Sammy was returned to a black base coat many moons ago, so the timing is perfect.

Thanks.

[deathspectersgt7]

Wow I would not have the patience to do that . Thumbs up .

[FinylCut]

Thanks, deathspectersgt7.

Here's a quick progress pic.

I'm continuing to get better with painting metallics, but photographing them isn't quite right yet.

Sableclaw received a good start, but I ran out of paint. He's up after these bikes, however.

I wanted to clean up the black on the bikes from the last squad. The previous ones were a bit too blue. I think I achieved the effect I was after, but I lost more contrast than I would have liked. These three are coming along well; I'm very pleased with the results.

Thanks.

FC

[Grand Master Belial]

I am really loving the Dark Green feathers on the bikes. What is your recipe?

[FinylCut]

Grand Master Belial:

 

I base coat with Vallejo Model Color black green (70.980), then mix in a bit of VMC Ivory (70.918) for a thick highlight. I then reverse the quantities for the edge highlight. It's probably 3:1 if I had to guess.

 

Thanks.

FC

[Grand Master Belial]

Grand Master Belial:

 

I base coat with Vallejo Model Color black green (70.980), then mix in a bit of VMC Ivory (70.918) for a thick highlight. I then reverse the quantities for the edge highlight. It's probably 3:1 if I had to guess.

 

Thanks.

FC

 

Thanks, I have been running VMC and VGC for a while now and love these two colors.

[FinylCut]

Brothers:

Here's a quick progress pic.

I've got a plan for the banner. I've got lots more work on Sableclaw. There are plenty of command squad details which may get completed at some point in the future. I had to bring Librarian Vega up to the new basing standards.

Slow and steady...

Thanks.

FC

[Greenz]

Slow and steady wins the race ;)

 

Stunning work as always FC! The robes, the blacks, the metallics... But in particular that sword. Just terrific blending, I love it!

[JJD]

The ravenwing are superb. How did you paint the front and rear wings.

 

Edited for reading

 

Never mind I actually read the text and saw the answer.

 

Damn now you all know I'm just here to look at the pretty pictures.

[Tygwyn]

"Greenwing" Ravenwing - love 'em. Good and dark, really unusual, and I really like it.

[FinylCut]

Brothers:

Thanks for the kind words. More Sableclaw progress, but more to go:

I can see the end coming...

Thanks.

FC

[FlamingDeth]

That's some pretty ace blending on that sword.

[Stormxlr]

Your blending and metals are insanely smooth dude, I got a lot to learn ! I am ashamed of my Ravenwing compared to yours!

[Master Ciaphas]

Just to chime in. Amazing work on those Ravenwing. I am personally not too fond of the blue tint on the Nephilim, but your technique is fantastic!

[Greenz]

Keep it coming, beautiful work as always! Loving that black

[FinylCut]

Brothers:

Thanks for the continued encouragement.

This is the final push. A foot of snow this weekend lead to the backside getting a good amount of attention:

The list of must completes for Sableclaw is rapidly dwindling.

• Starboard side arch (matching the port side)
• The cross on top
• A few lights (three needed on the rear)
• More depth and/or cleanup in spots
• A base! This guy was started a long time ago, preceding my must-have-a-completed-base-for-priming rule.

The list of nice to haves is big. One of them is rather... ambitious. I've two weeks to finalize this project for a local competition.

Thanks.

FC

[sockwithaticket]

Outstanding work. I love the Biker Chaplain, and the creative use of icons to make his Crozius.

[FinylCut]

Brothers:

I humbly present Sableclaw:

20 months in the making.

Thanks for the compliments on the Chaplain, sockwithaticket.

FC

[FlamingDeth]

Oooh, I was wondering what the plan was with that flat part in the front. Nice freehand and the highlighting is really on point.

[Bryan Blaire]

Brothers:

 

I humbly present Sableclaw

Fan-:cuss-tastic, man, really, that is a beautiful piece!

[Chaplain Raeven]

Well . Despite being 95% black, you managed to bring life in the colours. This is one damn beautifull Sableclaw man, if Sammael scratches it in battle, I'll snap his neck in person

[Interrogator Stobz]

Nope, all that work and you've ruined it!

 

Jk, ...  What Brian said :tu:

[sockwithaticket]

That is simply outstanding.