Komodo's log of Unforgiven

[Isiah]

Stunning. It's the little details that matter - like the scabbards of the ceremonial daggers in red rather than the (typically more) traditional DA green, to help them stand out from the models. Glorious.

 

Cheers

I

[Komodo]

Haven't posted for awhile, three-man bike squadron painted:

 

[Interrogator Stobz]

HELL YEAH!!!! KOMODO's BACK!!!

 

Great Ravendudes Dude :tu:

 

:D

bs

[Gillyfish]

Very nice indeed! Got any more? ;)

[Dark Rage]

Its the Ravenwing! run! ah wait there's a mirror behind them, very nice squad there.

Edited November 18, 2015 by Dark Rage

[JeffJedi]

How do you paint those awesome bike wings?

[Komodo]

JeffJedi, These are painted using the guide (and paints) GW had on their site after 2007 DA release :) Basically a layering from dark blue to white. Thin your paints or make glazes, both works well.

[Komodo]

Hi guys,

 

Painted my Land Speeder at last :)

Will get a better photos of it and bikers as well.

 

[Epher]

You certainly have a way with the brushes!  That is one clean looking land speeder.  Great weathering and highlights!

[Interrogator Stobz]

Excellent work, sorry you aren't getting more than that, I have an assignment to finish

 

Edit: love the green bag on the side, nice touch.

Edited November 28, 2015 by Brother Stobz

[Komodo]

Thanks Stobz, cool that you noticed a green bag, it's kinda "tribute" to green pouches DA scouts had on the old DA battleforce. Some xeno-skinning fun :)

[Komodo]

I'm planning to start painting HH minis after I finish planned Rawenwing. Don't want any more black, so I came up with the idea to paint "fire and smoke" camo scheme in order to be able to use these squads in 40k as well as some revered long company squads. The idea came from some old AM (IG) tank camo scheme. So while I was preparing my upcoming RW command squad, I've painted a test mini: (It's a quick and dirty paint, just to test out a scheme)

 

[Komodo]

Hi guys, no comments on the latest one? Any ideas, critique? As I'm planning to do whole HH set in that theme, your advice will really be helpful.

[Chaplain Lucifer]

If you do lava bases, you can probably pull this off. But for a HH DA army, I would just use the traditional black with lots of dark green and black/white checkers.

[Isiah]

Komodo - I like the scheme. Camo'd marines are a rare sight so they should look pretty unique and very striking.

 

But I agree with CL that tieing them into their bases will be key. If not outright lava bases - which might be over-egging it - you could do a cinder/ash base to suggest a volcanic environment.

 

Cheers

I

[Komodo]

Thanks, I will do a test base for it, I will aim for 'burned ground", I'll post the photos, so you can say aye or nay. :)

[Epher]

Camo is a great idea.  I have toyed with it myself.  Your test mini looks awesome!  The color transitions are well done!  I am looking forward to the test base.

[Punk possum]

I do like your camo but must confess when I first saw it i thought "oh cool Komodo is doing a Legion of the Damned force to be allies with his D.A.".

 I have sympathy with not wanting to paint more black its a demanding colour choice. Had you considered a tiger stripe pattern? There were loads of cool camo marine schemes around in the late 80's early 90's when i first started with 40k (one of my first power armoured forces was space wolves in a fetching yellow and bright green stripe pattern!) 

[Interrogator Stobz]

I love them, they look really striking.

I don't however think that any sort of camo should include fire colours; it just upsets the ex soldier in me despite 40k being rooled by the Rule of Cool. (black/smokey/sooty grey etc would suffice in that environment)

 

Sorry about not commenting earlier...carry on.

 

stobz

Edited December 15, 2015 by Brother Stobz

[Komodo]

Here's the marine with the base:

[Epher]

Wow.  I am impressed.  How did you make the lava?  Is it a mix of resin and paints?  Also great weathering on the marine too. 

[Komodo]

Epher, I used water effects, mixed them with black, red and yellow and applied one after another.

[Gillyfish]

It's technically very adept. Is this actually intended to be camo or OSL reflections from the surroundings? If the latter, then this should look particularly cool. If the former, then the camo almost looks too realistic and perhaps ought to be more mass produced in style. 

 

I do quite like the idea of a heresy era force with all the personal heraldry to break up the black.

[Komodo]

Gillyfish. It's meant to be a camo for a warzone with conflict raging on and on non-stop with desperate fights. Like major invasion (planetstrike).

 

The thing is -- I found out how easy this camo really is. I did only a few touch-ups here and there and that's it.

 

I will include personal heraldy as well, please mind that this is only a test AoBR marine that serves the role of "proof of concept".

[Isiah]

Consider it proofed :)