Sons of Medusa WIP

[Theduke08]

Greetings,

 

Im going to be keeping a WIP log of my new Sons of Medusa army.  Currently ive got a mostly finished Tac squad.  Im just waiting on some custom shoulder pads to come in the mail to finish them.  This is a pic of my first Sergeant with combi-grav. Let me know what you think.

 

 

[Bannus]

Hey, you have one bright Space Marine there - no chance of anyone not seeing him coming!  :P

 

Other than a bit more shading the obviously missing shoulderpad, I think you have a great looking Sergeant.

[Xenith]

Great colour!

 

Agree that he really needs some (more) shading to set him off. I'd recommend potentially a red/brown wash, painted directly into the recesses in the armour. Don't actually 'wash' the model, or you'll lose that amazing vibrant green.

 

The red/brown seems odd, but it provides a starker contrast to the green, without being as stark as black. the wash also offers a little gradation at the edges. Experiment with wash colours on some shoudlerpads to see how it looks. I shade my red blood angels with Thraka green and they look lovely.

Edited November 12, 2013 by Xenith

[Theduke08]

Thanks for the kind words guys. When I post some more pics you should be able to see some more shading. It's there but my lamp on my desk is really bright and is obscuring them. I usually just wash the recesses with biel tan green and it works pretty well. Using a brown or red could give some interesting results though. I may have to try it on a test model.

[Bannus]

Oh, good - someone who is as lousy at taking pictures as I am!  :D

[Theduke08]

Here are some more members of squad alpha.

 

[Flawless]

They're very nicely painted although a tad bright for my tastes. Whats your recipe for the green?

[Theduke08]

Thanks, ive been painting a really dark blood angels color scheme for the last couple years so i figured that i would change it up with my new project.  I base everything with a dark shade of green which is greenskin from army painter and then i use escorpena green from valejo.  Then once i get a color i want i use Biel-Tan green for some shading.  I apply this just to the recessed areas.  All in all its a pretty simple/easy color scheme.  Although painting such a bright color does show if you've screwed up at all.

[MasterBuilder]

Think they look absolutely great myself.

 

Are you going to give them a varnish and a wash? I reckon that's just the thing they can have to take them from pretty good to amazing!

 

Check out the Les Bursley/AwesomePaintJob Sons of Medusa painting tutorial on YouTube if you've not seen it before. Really quick and easy way to get your washes looking tight... Mine were absolutely garbage before I watched that!

[Theduke08]

Im very hesitant to use varnish on my models just because on multiple occasions ive ruined them.  Ive used the oil wash before and had mixed results.  Les makes it look too easy!  I wish i was on his level.  I feel that no matter how many times i try his techniques i can never duplicate his work.

[jeremy1391]

Only critique is they need a wash...

[Flawless]

Thanks, ive been painting a really dark blood angels color scheme for the last couple years so i figured that i would change it up with my new project.  I base everything with a dark shade of green which is greenskin from army painter and then i use escorpena green from valejo.  Then once i get a color i want i use Biel-Tan green for some shading.  I apply this just to the recessed areas.  All in all its a pretty simple/easy color scheme.  Although painting such a bright color does show if you've screwed up at all.

See i'm the opposite, i been painting an 80's style OnG for the past 2 years so looking for something a little darker, in a similar colour to MB's avatar. The greenw ould make a nice Greenskin flesh tone for the army though thank you

[Theduke08]

Rhino number 1 nearly complete.  Just need to do some OSL on the lights and add some more damage and it should be about complete.  Plus my first member of a melta suicide sternguard squad.  I think he turned out pretty good.

 

Cheers!