Lorenzen's Abyss: Heresy, Necro & a load of other stuff

[Marius Perdo]

Cool to see an update. Lovely cool bronze/gold on those Custodes.

[Lorenzen]

I love seeing your work and have been watching for years now (has it really been years? I can remember when I first saw your Fire Angels being posted ages ago!). My goal is to hopefully reach your level of painting and sculpting at some point as you've been my source of inspiration for awhile now Keep up the good work and I can't wait to see those Custodes all finished up!

 

I appreciate that man but you should aim higher than my stuff!  consistent Golden Daemon failure isn't a level to aspire to haha! Looking back on my own stuff is quite interesting.. so much stuff that at the time i thought was pretty damn good that nowadays I look at and think "yeesh I used to suck" just gotta keep pushing forwards I guess and try to push our limits.

 

Started working on a Contemptor as i wanted to see how the scheme translated to larger models (theres some vehicles being built atm too.. but i need to be less of a butterfly and finish the 6 infantry and dread before i get distracted by something else) and its coming along quite nicely, I actually think the scheme looks nicer on something larger as the transitions can be a bit bolder. Lots still to do though, defining areas and making the shadows and highlights deeper and bolder.. Biggest problem with guys who are 98% gold is making them look interesting from a little further away IMHO.

 

[hushrong]

That is an stunning gold scheme you have going on for your Custodes!

 

I also have to chime in and say your skills are sublime! I still remember years ago you giving me pointers when I tried Astral Claws and you had your Fire Angels (which are awesome!). I wish I paid better attention because nothing I paint can even hold a light anywhere near your minis. In all sincerity they are pure joy to look upon.

[Bjorn Firewalker]

The Custodes Dreadnought looks great.

[Lorenzen]

That is an stunning gold scheme you have going on for your Custodes!

 

I also have to chime in and say your skills are sublime! I still remember years ago you giving me pointers when I tried Astral Claws and you had your Fire Angels (which are awesome!). I wish I paid better attention because nothing I paint can even hold a light anywhere near your minis. In all sincerity they are pure joy to look upon.

 

Hey if people listened to me maybe my grimy ass painting style would be more popular and i'd do better in competitions.. spread the word! haha.

 

Been working on a few more bits and bobs for the gold dudes.. wanted to see how easily everything translated to the tanks.. plus the basics of the scheme are pretty quick to do so are a productive distraction from actually finishing any of the other stuff...

 

 

 

 

still some contrast to be added to define some of the transitions but the scheme seems to work on larger stuff like the brick of a transport so its all good.. i want to recreate the more vivid red on the infantry which will be fun as i can just lazily airbrush it on over a preshaded base.. so that will require a bit more effort.. might just do it on the sword and board guys (and termies when i get round to building the whole squad) leave the spear guys gold and do the hetaron(?) guard with black pads for a bit of squad designation and to make it all far far easier to finish

[hushrong]

Still looking ace! I really like the depth you have for the red. I'd love to see in on a Blood Angel one day...

 

Looking forward to more of the Emperor's Golden Boys painted up!

[sockwithaticket]

Yeah, the red is great, much better than the candied effects seen elsewhere.

[MagicMan]

 

I appreciate that man but you should aim higher than my stuff!  consistent Golden Daemon failure isn't a level to aspire to haha! Looking back on my own stuff is quite interesting.. so much stuff that at the time i thought was pretty damn good that nowadays I look at and think "yeesh I used to suck" just gotta keep pushing forwards I guess and try to push our limits.

 

 

 

Not to kiss your arse too much, but i fail to see why you don't place!

 

Ive seen some GD winners in the flesh, and while I've only seen yours in pictures, i think you're definitely hitting the mark. You're one of my top 10 favourite hobbyists on this site when i want to ogle amazing models. I wouldn't stress over not winning GD competitions...

[Lorenzen]

I appreciate that man, I have some stuff in the works that will get me finalist next time(this is the real sticking point for me.. but i wont get ranty) something for 40k (and a bit of a return to badab) and some 30k stuff for next years heresy GD if i can finalise my ideas for it

[Blindhamster]

As always, the painting is looking top notch mate, interested to see what entries you're cooking up! I like how the colours are looking, your airbrushing skill continue to improve too - consider me jealous

[Lorenzen]

 

So with all the new 40k Death Guard stuff thats been coming out I figured it would be rude for me to not do a few bits and bobs.. I've got something bigger on the way too but that's not quite ready to show yet

[hushrong]

Great to see your paint job on the 40k Death Guard. Did you use the new death shroud arms for your Typhus?

[Lorenzen]

One death shroud arm one blightlord(?) arm and some green stuff, i wouldve used 2 shroud arms but the half cloak required resvulpting as it didnt fit.. and halfway through that i felt it didnt suit typhus anyway

[hushrong]

Nice! I like your pose because it is reminiscent of the previous one. I'll probably wait awhile and buy the bits when they are more readily available online.

 

I've seen GuitaRasmus's conversion and liked seeing the pose fixed but seeing Typhus like this is heartwarming...or gut wrenching, whatever Nurglites feel when very happy.

[DuskRaider]

Very nice start, it warms my cold Barbarusan heart to see you revisiting the XIVth.

[Vairocanum]

That Typhus conversion looks brilliant, love the similarities to the previous model! Your DG paint style is awesome as usual, can't wait to see him completed!

[Lorenzen]

Very nice start, it warms my cold Barbarusan heart to see you revisiting the XIVth.

Its not revisiting if you never leave... ;)

[Lorenzen]

 

Bit more plague on the go.. Despite being disappointed with the kits as a whole i wanted some "late heresy/imperial palace" death guard and figured a small 40k army so that i can judge 8th ed properly (then continue playing 30k lets face it.) wouldn't be too much of a bad idea.

Edited October 18, 2017 by Lorenzen

[Lorenzen]

Done some more work on the plague marine.. Once he's done and I've got the overall scheme for the army figured out (tentacles, fleshy bits & all the stuff that isn't in the heresy version) I'll be cracking on with the rest of the squads.

 

[Kizzdougs]

Excellent work, dude! The highlighting and shading is really well done :tu:

[Corswain]

Looking good. Well done on the weathering. They are some pretty detailed models and I’ve seen a lot of the detail get lost when people weather them but yours are spot-on.

I’m stoked that the army translates so well to 30K too. I look forward to seeing a lot of Siege Death Guard turning up in the Heresy community.

[hushrong]

Love the blue tentacle. I haven't seen that used before and it looks good!

[DuskRaider]

Ugh... absolutely in love. Can't wait to see you tackle the rest of the army!

[Lorenzen]

Been a while...

 

I'll have to look into why a load of the pictures are showing as broken links.. but i've been doing a few bits and pieces here and there between life.

 

 

 

 

messing with a scheme for my orlock gang, pretty happy with the results so far.. few bits that will need tidying up and the guns still need doing but he's on his way to being done, the thousand son is the start of a 4000 point army I need to get done, he's a little further along than the picture but i need to charge my camera so thats all you're getting of him for now!

the last picture for those of you who remember back to the days of the fire angels is going to be a reimagining of my captain, heavily converted and possibly a golden demon entry down the line. Got a few other things lined up.. a model that I'm not going to show until its 99% done and the culln leviathan will be in the works before long too.

[Soldier of Dorn]

I'll have to look into why a load of the pictures are showing as broken links.. but i've been doing a few bits and pieces here and there between life.

 

It looks like you're linking from Facebook, which doesn't have permalinks for images (I assume) for security reasons. That's probably the reason.

 

Orlock looks good, as does the Fire Angel Captain. The armor on the 1ksons praetor looks a bit off, though. Can't put my finger on why.