Zeruvar Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 Edit: trying Coteaz this time After trying out some space marines, I bought a finecast Coteaz and tried my hand in painting a hero model. Cleaned up the lines, washed and primed with chaos black. From this To this Almost finished product, just need to work on the arms now. Im just wondering, with the new GW paints I've always thinned them to milk-like consistency. My issue has been with whites, I keep adding layers but it seems like I keep seeing brush strokes. Should I just keep adding layers until I lose them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingDeath Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 The second is definately an improvement. You might need a thinner brush to improve further because the eyes and shoulderpads aren't quite clean yet. I also advise to have a look at Les Bursley's Black Templars tutorial ( ) and SCC's most excelent Raven Guard painting tutorial ( http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/index.p...howtopic=226127 ). Both will help you to paint your Black Templars to a high tabletop standard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
War Angel Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 I agree, the second is an improvement Some advise for you're base, I would recommend putting a small bit of the sand or fine rubble or whatever it is (grit??) paint it green, and then do the static grass(with variances in thickness and such) If not that, at least paint the top of the base green first so you don't see the black primer underneath and around the edges. Keep up the good work, practice makes perfect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeruvar Posted November 4, 2012 Author Share Posted November 4, 2012 Thanks. I didnt think about that idea for the base. I'm going to strip the other AOBR marines I have and keep practice on them some more. I got most of my army 2nd hand painted to a good tabletop standard. I just wanted to improve their look and also paint any newer models I plan on getting for my own conversions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeruvar Posted November 5, 2012 Author Share Posted November 5, 2012 Took down the space marine, this time I tried my hand with a character model. Now I'm feeling more confident with painting my own models. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
War Angel Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 Whao, don't update like that, now people can't see what you started off with. (you can if you want, no one will stop you, I'm just suggesting) The model looks really good. I can't tell of that's a flash reflecting off him or if those are highlights, but I like them. If you like, theirs a tutorial somewhere on how to make the face and top of head look like he's growing some stubble. Might give him a bit of character that you are looking for. If you can't find it I'll try and look it up for you tomorrow. Good work though, I think it's an improvement, (can't remember now) Keep it up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeruvar Posted November 5, 2012 Author Share Posted November 5, 2012 Edit: Nvm, found the old pics and reuploaded to my gallery Thanks. I accidentally deleted the old album, but I sure will take a pic of the older minis for comparison. And yup, those are highlights that I tried to do (except for his noggin). I can't wait to finish the arms now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
War Angel Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 Typically most people post updates as replays to the thread. Good highlights on the gold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeruvar Posted November 9, 2012 Author Share Posted November 9, 2012 Finished Coteaz. Now working on redoing my templars and adding detail and highlights Oh and for comparison, as war angel suggested, here's one of the first marines I painted months ago from the Aobr set Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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