Hyaenidae Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 I love the face, and the flowing hair is a very nice touch, though I myself would have painted his hair grey. I know, I know, BA's gene-seed and all that, but the dude is ancient... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzly_bear Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 Wow man too notch work and poses. Every unit unified but still individual, as they should be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urauloth Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 Really nice work here, liking the poses a lot and the chipping on your armour looks terrific. It's very odd to see a blood angel with a beard, though, I must say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entei Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 Looking through this thread really helps motivating me to try and get stuff done. You may polish your armour and use hairgel, but the same blood flows in our veins. I hail thee, brother! I love the face, and the flowing hair is a very nice touch, though I myself would have painted his hair grey. I know, I know, BA's gene-seed and all that, but the dude is ancient... In Bloodquest Dante has dark brown/black hair. But he might be dyeing his hair... Or wearing a wig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyaenidae Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 I love the face, and the flowing hair is a very nice touch, though I myself would have painted his hair grey. I know, I know, BA's gene-seed and all that, but the dude is ancient... In Bloodquest Dante has dark brown/black hair. But he might be dyeing his hair... Or wearing a wig. :cuss . Now the image of Dante in my head is forever ruined. All I can think of is a jump assault, with half of a toupee flapping in the wind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyrannicide Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 I love the face, and the flowing hair is a very nice touch, though I myself would have painted his hair grey. I know, I know, BA's gene-seed and all that, but the dude is ancient... In Bloodquest Dante has dark brown/black hair. But he might be dyeing his hair... Or wearing a wig. . Now the image of Dante in my head is forever ruined. All I can think of is a jump assault, with half of a toupee flapping in the wind. Dante Trump, Lord of the Blood Angels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dosjetka Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 Glad to hear that all's going well! I missed your Tycho updates and must say that the sculpting on his face is incredibly good. And the skintone that you've painted is just stunninngly good. Great stuff mate :) Dante's hairdo looks a bit strange, but that could be due to it not being painted. The skin is, once again, terrific! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorenzen Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 the main reason dantes hair looks strange is because its a bit out of context atm, if you look closely its a very dark shade of black/brown (as dantes hair should be) but as the rest of the model is missing it just makes it look like he's a member of the mishima family from tekken. ;) good work dude, i do think maybe you could go one step further with highlighting the skin just on a few areas, ie nose, cheekbones and maybe a few frown lines on his forehead, but thats down to personal preference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blindhamster Posted September 10, 2013 Author Share Posted September 10, 2013 Thanks all :) im fairly happy with it, ive spotted that the hair could use some near white highlights to give it a sheen. And lorenzen kindly photoshopped to demonstrate some final highlights for the skin. :) Now I have a challenge if anyone is up for it. Give me your gold recipes please, with an example of how it looks as well if possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyrannicide Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 My favorite gold recipe so far is the one Sheep uses for his Sons of Horus. I believe he starts on a base of Adeptus Battlegrey, though I didn't on the model below. Vallejo "Old Gold" Liquid Gold base Devlan Wash Shining Gold highlight Shining Gold/Chainmail highlight Light black wash in the recesses I knocked this one up pretty quickly but I believe it complements the red particularly well. The true color lies somewhere in the middle of how it looks in the pics. As you can see, same model, different lighting. The gold acts pretty life-like. Liquid Gold is the way to go, I'll never go back to normal golds. :) http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn230/the_illuminator/gold_zps78e55c87.png Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minionboy Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 That is just a fantastic Tycho! He's always been one of my favorite characters and I'm glad to see someone do him justice! Those strong jaw lines of the BA unhelmeted heads just lend themselves perfectly to making marine heroes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Highlander Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 What exactly do you mean by liquid gold? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother-Chaplain Kage Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 What exactly do you mean by liquid gold? http://www.acrylicosvallejo.com/en_US/liquid-gold/family/11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blindhamster Posted October 26, 2013 Author Share Posted October 26, 2013 Hi Folks, time for updates again. Firstly - I've gone through a lot of my miniatures and removed them from my company, they got donated to a friend of mine, I just couldnt deal with the poor quality sculpting (comparatively at least) and wanted my entire army to look like they belonged together. So of the original 4 tactical squads I made, I think I have around 7 models remaining, of the original 2 assault squads I made, I retained 13 of the models. However I've been pretty busy the last month or so, and have 6 full tactical squads built (with various conversions) and 2 assault squads built, I also completely redesigned my honour guard, build some new rhinos (extra armour rhino and deimos rhino), I've got the bases made for the first 10 devastators, once done I'll make some death company models before moving onto the final 10 devastators, then I get to focus all my efforts on Tychos honour guard and the sternguard and vanguard :) I've also finally started playing 6th edition and so far have enjoyed it immensely. Anyway, Updates... Shot of 3rd company (bottom shelf) and elements of 1st and support (top shelf) Image of the tactical squads. Image of the Assault Squads + command structure of 3rd Co Bit of Progress on Dante, a LOT to do, the gold will be much lighter when I'm done, so far its just a layer of VMC bronze and a variety of washes. Tycho has likewise had some progress: But probably the most exciting (for me) update, is that my Thunderhawk now flies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyrannicide Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 Closeups man, we need em! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blindhamster Posted October 26, 2013 Author Share Posted October 26, 2013 anything in particular you'd like closeups of? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyrannicide Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 Everything! :P I'd really like to see more of those jump packers, if you'd be so inclined. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronKobra Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 Dude Tycho looks amazing! 'Nuff said! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Rohr Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 This thread is amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unknown Chronicler Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 How the hell did I miss this thread?! This is so amazing that I nearly fell off my chair, mate consider yourself having to apply to work at Forge World or GW! We need more people like you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blindhamster Posted October 26, 2013 Author Share Posted October 26, 2013 Cheers folks, it's much appreciated! :) (although I'm nowhere near the standard of a Forgeworld or GW sculptor, I now feel like I need to remove Tychos Tabbard again as it doesn't look great in the photo. (will be the... 5th time)) Darth, I'm happy to show you the Jumpers. Individual shots are in this album: http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/gallery/album/7794-blog-pics/ Didn't want to post 36 individual marines in one post! Assault Squad 1: Assault Squad 2: Vanguard Squad: 3rd Sanguinary Guard Squad (first two are pretty much out of the box): Honour Guard: Also, Tactical Sergeants: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyrannicide Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 That's what I'm talking about. You're an inspiration. I aspire to make Marines as convincing and lethal as yours look. I can't fault any of the work, it's beautiful. :tu: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrotherJim Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 Far out man that Dante is perfect! the whole army is perfect! Really inspiring work mate, keep it up! you've really done the blood angels justice here, bravo sir! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unknown Chronicler Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 As others before me have said your army is truly an inspiration and one I hope to aspire to one day! Can't wait to see them all finished up and painted this is truly one of the few Blood Angel armies I can say that made me proud to serve! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marine7312000 Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 I am so stealing some ideas for assault squads from you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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