rag607 Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 This is my first shot at a 40k army and after seeing the figures in the Dark Vengence set I have decided to try and make a Dark Angel force. I am currently being shown how to play by a friend and using his Marine army. I have started with Deathwing. I wanted to make them almost bone white and not use dip at all while painting. Any comments or advice more than welcome as this is really just a first try! http://i918.photobucket.com/albums/ad28/ragentry1983/20121205_132931.jpg http://i918.photobucket.com/albums/ad28/ragentry1983/20121205_132942.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lhg033 Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 nicely done though i will say the armour could do with a bit more definition with a wash in the recesses. by dip do you mean washes or army painter quickshade? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elphilo Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 nicely done though i will say the armour could do with a bit more definition with a wash in the recesses. by dip do you mean washes or army painter quickshade? He probably means quickshade. Which BTW is awesome for lazies like me :) Also Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EPK Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 No need to dip, you could apply a controlled wash to recesses though. Or take the harder route and actually line-in. Welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lhg033 Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 yes - sorry, meant to add: welcome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LidlessPraetor Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 If you want to add some definition to the models without washing, then get some VGC 72039: Plague Brown, or the GW equivalent (have no idea which one it is now since they've changed their paints). Grab a small pointed brush, I use a 5/0 from Princeton Art. Then just put a line of that into each of the recess lines in the Armor. I prefer the lined look as opposed to the wash look on bone and other bright colors like white, yellow, and orange. Even a super thinned wash is going to change the shade of something that light in tone, which forces you to pretty much repaint the base color if you don't like the new, darker shade with the wash. All in all, excellent start, your details are very crisp and well defined: makes me think you could pull off lining just fine :huh: P.S. check the album that I have in my profile if you want to see what it looks like with the shade and a white highlight on the upper edges. I'm slowly working on a full 4th company of Angels of Absolution (the all bleached bone army). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roma Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 I would definitely add some definition to red and green areas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rag607 Posted December 6, 2012 Author Share Posted December 6, 2012 Will go back and revist the lining and some extra highlights and post another pic of them. For the troops themselves I am tempted to do a successor chapter with some bone white also, just fo make them stand out a little. Was going to leave the deathwing and ravenwing as per the dsrk angel colour scheme. Thanks for sll the advice and welcomes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isiah Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 Welcome to the Rock rag607, your models are excellent. Looking forwards to seeing the collection grow. Cheers I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adeptus-Alaska Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 while I agree with my esteemed brothers that some shading is required, I must say your brush control is amazing! welcome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rag607 Posted December 11, 2012 Author Share Posted December 11, 2012 thanks for all the welcomes and comments. I am going over them now to get some more definition on the shading. I have started the chapter master. Need to finish off the finer detail but this is how he is looking at the moment. Finally got the green I liked for the armour so figured I would try it on a non totally green Angel. As before any advice welcome, cannot get the power sword how I want currently so have started again on it http://i918.photobucket.com/albums/ad28/ragentry1983/20121211_125833.jpg http://i918.photobucket.com/albums/ad28/ragentry1983/20121211_125843.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rag607 Posted December 11, 2012 Author Share Posted December 11, 2012 With the powersword....not sure though...maybe a little dull? http://i918.photobucket.com/albums/ad28/ragentry1983/20121211_141003.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rag607 Posted December 18, 2012 Author Share Posted December 18, 2012 First finished marine. Hard to get the real darkness I wanted but pic with and without flash gives an idea...the remaining unit is on the way http://i918.photobucket.com/albums/ad28/ragentry1983/20121218_154410.jpg http://i918.photobucket.com/albums/ad28/ragentry1983/20121218_154342.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rag607 Posted December 27, 2012 Author Share Posted December 27, 2012 First tac squad completed http://i918.photobucket.com/albums/ad28/ragentry1983/20121226_1457490.jpg http://i918.photobucket.com/albums/ad28/ragentry1983/20121226_125139.jpg http://i918.photobucket.com/albums/ad28/ragentry1983/20121226_125214.jpg Any comments or advice welcome. Will be doing some minor conversions to second dv set I now have to keep them different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cactus Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 They look great. At first I thought the green highlights were too stark but I reckon that's just the flash making them look brighter. Did you make the bases or buy them? My only suggestion is to use a gryphonne sepia wash on the parchment of the purity seals. It'll make them look more papery and differentiate them from the other white and bone areas. Welcome to The Rock! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rag607 Posted December 28, 2012 Author Share Posted December 28, 2012 Cheers for the comments and advice. What colour is that wash? I have vallego paints so dont have that one. Tried a flesh wash but too orangy/brown. The bases are home made. I bought a tube of pollfiller and added some slate chips I painted up. I am making minor changes to the second set of DV Dark Angels so that they do not look like carbon copies. First up is the Deathwing heavy weapons. Given a new right arm, a purity seal on the shoulder pad and the missile launcher. http://i918.photobucket.com/albums/ad28/ragentry1983/20121226_211010-1.jpg http://i918.photobucket.com/albums/ad28/ragentry1983/20121226_211003-1.jpg Any comments and advice welcome thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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