Scar's 40k and Pre heresy Painting log

[EgoDraconumNigrorum]

Cracking models, superb! I really like the Blood Angels force.

 

- EgoDraconumNigrorum

[Scarsminimadness]

Hey guys/girls!

 

Thanks for all the compliments!

 

I have finished the 2nd cataprachti!

http://www.scarsminimadness.nl/blog/ec/cata2.jpg

 

Im also working on a droppod for my dreadnought stay tuned for pictures!

Edited November 18, 2012 by Whitescar

[Rob_Loken]

Thats one kick ass shield. Love your work.

[Scarsminimadness]

Thanks!

 

Ive started on my droppod here the WIP pictures!

http://www.scarsminimadness.nl/blog/ec/droppodwip1.jpg

[Soulblight]

My GAWD!! This drop pod is EVERYHING i want mine purple marines to be!! You just got to tell me how you paint your purple! I use Liche Purple and highlight with Genestealer Purple but you seem to add another highlight. Im highly impressed and gonna aim for this style! Good job!

[Scarsminimadness]

Thanks Soulblight!

 

Here is stuff i have been working on for my self and for clients!

 

Greyknight unit for client who bought my grey knight army:

http://www.scarsminimadness.nl/blog/commission/greyknightsilver.jpg

 

Pre-heresy Deathguard predator for a client:

(more pre-heresy death guard will follow upcoming weeks)

http://www.scarsminimadness.nl/blog/commission/deathguardpred1.jpg

 

And i have done some more work on my personal pre heresy EC!

 

Finished drop pod:

http://www.scarsminimadness.nl/blog/ec/dropodfinal.jpg

 

And started on my first Jetbike:

(counts as attackbike)

http://www.scarsminimadness.nl/blog/ec/jetbike1wip.jpg

[Kronus Stormbringer]

That bike is pure sex! lovely highlighting mate something im looking to work towards myself

[Scarsminimadness]

Thank you!

 

Sorry for the lack of updates lately!

But this does not mean i'm not busy haha!

Currently finishing the last models for the greyknight army that i sold, finishing a ultra marines company for a client and waiting on 40 heresy marines 1 more pred and 2 rhino's from an other client to go with the predator above.

 

In the meanwhile i'm working on a little secret project witch i will post pictures of when it is finished but this might take a while! :D

 

Stay tuned!

[Hyaenidae]

Thank you Plasman!

 

Finished my EC Captain today:

*snip*

 

My God... I'm... stunned. So, so nice, amigo. You should be proud.

 

Where's that shield from?

[Unknown Chronicler]

:) you make me so jealous with your awesome minis and most of all that painting, I never have been able to get down that glwoing light effect since I can't find any decent tutorials out there. Could you do one for me? Well anyways, brilliant and awesome models, these are so awesome you could win a golden daemon with them, I hope to see more mate!!!

[Scarsminimadness]

Hey all,

 

Thanks for the comments!

 

1000heathens: The shield is made from plastic card.

I still need to make a tutorial for it because there are some people asked me how i did it so stay tuned for that in the future.

 

ColdWinter: Haha thanks mate! But i doubt that i can beat the Golden Demon painters out there :)

 

So it is a long time since i did an update so here comes a big one!!

 

Ultramarines ive been working on for a client:

http://www.scarsminimadness.nl/blog/commission/ultramarines1.jpg

As you can see in the last picture i need some more marines to paint to complete this company deadline is 4th of January so stay tuned for update pics of this huge army!

 

Here the last Grey knight strike squad that was part of the army i sold.

The army is currently on the post to Australia.

http://www.scarsminimadness.nl/blog/commission/greyknightstrike3.jpg

 

And last commission update is a unit of plague marines for a chaos client:

http://www.scarsminimadness.nl/blog/commission/plaguemarines1.jpg

 

And now on to my own EC army.

Got some new toy's!

http://www.scarsminimadness.nl/blog/ec/typhonstormeagle1.jpg

The Storm Eagle is going to be Fulgrim's personal transport so ill add allot of gold to it as described in the novel Fulgrim.

 

And painted a MM for my Contemptor dread:

http://www.scarsminimadness.nl/blog/ec/contemptormm.jpg

 

Finished the 1st Attackbike:

http://www.scarsminimadness.nl/blog/ec/ecattackbike1.jpg

 

And the 1st Predator for my army:

http://www.scarsminimadness.nl/blog/ec/ecpred1.jpg

 

Thanks for looking!

[The Yak]

I remember you, Dark Ritual from Warseer isn't it? I followed your Khorne army over there and loved it. The Ogres you did were damn fine specimens too.

 

All the stuff in this plog is brilliant but I have to say your Emperors Children really top the lot. The purple is sweet as Mary and the contrast with the blue and red glowing effects is superb.

 

Keep this up please (I know you will as you are a Painting Machine).

 

Looking forward to seeing the rest of the terminators especially

 

Cheers

 

The Yak

[Behir]

I'm not a great fan of Emperor's Children, but Your army is just eyecandy. The violet is great, and I agree with the opinion regarding the power claws, they seem to be painted with pure energy :sweat:. Keep it up and provide us with more and more minis.

 

Also, what is Your recipe for the green of the Deathguard?

[Scarsminimadness]

Thanks guys!

 

The Yak: Yes i am the same person :yes:

Behir: Its a basecoat of catachan green and then mixed up with camogreen for layers then last highlight is pure camogreen.

 

Cheers

[Olis]

Excellent work, I must say, and at a speed I find I'm particularly envious of, too. :yes:

[tominator]

these are absolutly gorgeous! :ph34r: Just wondering if you had the recipie or could do a tutorial for your emperors children purple? Please :D

[Scarsminimadness]

Hey all,

First of all a thanks!

 

It has been a bit quiet here lately but i did not sit stil! below are some pictures of some of the work i did the past 2 months!

 

Tominator: Here a tutorial for you.

First i start with a black undercoat. (shown as grey in the picture)

Step 1 - Then i mix lich purple with black 50/50 in my airbrush and start with the first layer. (see picture)

I airbrush this only on the places were the light would hit so i leave the recesses black. (Grey in the picture)

Step 2 - Then i put pure lich purple in my airbrush and layer this on top of the purple from step 1. (see picture)

Step 3 - Then i mixed White with the lich purple i have left in my airbrush 50/50 and spray this on top of the layer i did in step 2. (see picture)

Step 4 - After this is all done i wash the recesses and rivets with Nuln oil. (see picture)

http://www.scarsminimadness.nl/blog/ec/purple.jpg

 

Step 5 - When this is all done i give the whole model a varnish and start the edge highlighting with the same mix as in step 4. (50/50 mix White and Lich purple)

When i highlight these edges i keep in mind that the light source is above so i only highlight parts were light would hit.

Step 6 - Then as last step i do a final highlight with a mix of White and lich purple (95/5) again only parts were the light would hit the most with the light source coming from above. 

Make sure you leave the highlight you did in step 5 visible.

 

I found a video on youtube that might help:

(this is not my video so credits go to ScaleModelMedic who made the video!)

 

Hope this little tutorial has helped you!

 

Now it is time for some pictures!!

 

Pre Heresy Deathguard:

http://www.scarsminimadness.nl/blog/commission/deathguard+rhino.jpg

 

And i have finished my cataprachti terminators!

http://www.scarsminimadness.nl/blog/ec/catafinal.jpg

 

And the Utramarine Company finished:

http://www.scarsminimadness.nl/blog/commission/ultracompany.jpg

[kanan]

WOW!!! what can i say? you have plenty of outstanding models from various armies... but my personal favorites were all the DeathGuard models... lovely paint job on them! i was always a fan of the pre Heresy era DeathGuard after reading Flight of the Eisenstein by James Swallow... one of the best Horus Heresy novels ive read...

 

youre an inspiration sir! keep up the outstanding work!

 

peace

 

 

+++ EDIT +++

 

oh and i found out what that SM flyer was!! a Storm Eagle and yours looks the absolute dinosaurs equipment lolz thanks for all the great ideas ~smiles~

Edited January 28, 2013 by kanan

[Scarsminimadness]

Thanks Kanan!

 

I have made a small tutorial on how i created the shields for my terminators here it is:

 

 

http://www.scarsminimadness.nl/blog/ec/shieldtut.jpg

Edited January 31, 2013 by Whitescar

[BoogeyMan^]

Holy Emperor, this topic just screams of awesomeness! Not only the minis, but your kind responses to questions (step-by-step guides, etc.) is very good of you.

 

Can I ask you how much time did you spend on, for example, Death Guard army? From sprue to ready-to-photo stage. I'm intertested because I want to start little comission studio in my region and want to know how fast it is possible to finish projects of size like that.

 

Cheers

[Scarsminimadness]

 

 

Holy Emperor, this topic just screams of awesomeness! Not only the minis, but your kind responses to questions (step-by-step guides, etc.) is very good of you.

 

Can I ask you how much time did you spend on, for example, Death Guard army? From sprue to ready-to-photo stage. I'm intertested because I want to start little comission studio in my region and want to know how fast it is possible to finish projects of size like that.

 

Cheers

 

 

Thanks for the compliment!

As for the time that all depends on how fast you are... Im a pretty fast painted if i may say myself.. Dont know how fast you are... But the deathguard army is done in about 2 weeks of fulltime painting.

That is 76 cultists 10 raptors 12 chosen, charachters, dreadnaught and the fiend.
But again its all about how fast you are! :)

 

[BoogeyMan^]

I'm slowpoke, but I've been in hobby only for 2 years know, so I think speed just depends on amount of miniatures already painted and develops in some time.

 

Does airbrush help a lot?  Thanks for reply :)

[Scarsminimadness]

I'm slowpoke, but I've been in hobby only for 2 years know, so I think speed just depends on amount of miniatures already painted and develops in some time.

 

Does airbrush help a lot?  Thanks for reply

 

Np,

 

Yes it does but some practice it required with it :)

[irwit]

awesome thread,  those ecs look fantastic! 

 

Out of interest where do you get your static grass pieces on the ec terminators from ?   Also how do you make your snow?

 

To be honest an tutorial o how you make those awesome bases would be ideal,  I know its a bit cheeky but worth an ask  :) 

[Scarsminimadness]

Thanks Irwit,

Yes i can do this but ATM im very busy with commission work so when i have the time i will trow in a tut for the bases!

The tufts are the tufts from GW the Mordheim ones.