++ AUGUSTUS b'RAASS ++ pre-heresy BRASS SCORPION p.247

[Augustus b'Raass]

@Atia: Ah, got it, thanks. I'm not sure though about the blue, any blue. I want them to look distinct, nay, completely different from Curze. Also, they are decoration to the model, and if they're painted in a blue, they'd distract from the focus of the model, the primarch. Especially when the blue would be brighter! 

 

@Teetengee: Exactly! :tu:

 

@helterskelter: cheers mate! The gold is VLG Old Gold with GW Devlad Mud and a light drysbrush of GW Leadbelcher

 

@Forte: Thanks! (At least I hope that was meant as a compliment  )

 

@Tarvick: I agree that coagulated and thus dark blood looks great on light blue, but I'm afraid that same light blue would distract ^^ So I'm looking for some dark tones...

 

@deathspectersgt7: 

@MrBear: Cheers! I'm looking forward to working on him some more so he can get finished!

[Atia]

you could also go with white like on forgeworlds Sevatar' Base

that pop's out great (and works well with blood) and makes Curzes' armour darker?

[Wicced]

our king is looking fine :tu:

are you going to add lightning to his armour?

 

i get what you wanted with the zerker, but i still think it would look better with the foot turned

[Daemon2027]

I painted my Solar Auxilia black and Silver. Would be low key on Curze base.

 

He is looling great by the way.

[Augustus b'Raass]

Thank you very much Atia, Tarvick and Teetengee... The blue on the Solar Auxilia would look great as an army, but I don't think it'll work on this base.  So even though I really appreciate the suggestions, I am going to have to disregard them for Kurze's base. 

 

@Atia: I did think about how cool white would be, and I do think it would work. But I have absolutely zero experience painting white armour and I know it's one of the most difficult colours to get right, so I'm going for just plain old black, gold and silver with red overtunes...... :tu: 

 

@Wicced: there is some lightning on it, but it is very thin and the pictures are a little grainy, I've noticed. Not to worry! :tu:

 

@Hydra: Black and Silver it's going to be! With gold and red, though ;)

[Wicced]

i zoomed in and behold: there be lightning :tu:

 

very subtle and i like it even more, because there is not that many places on his layered armor to put them on

[Tanhausen]

What about Imperial Fists? We all know they don't love NL specially...

 

Also, I don't know how you're gonna solve the jet black eyes, but maybe some gloss varnish on them to give that wet weird feeling?

 

Very smooth paint slapping you're doing, congrats :)

[Flint13]

White armor isn't that bad... Hell if I can manage it half way decently... 

 

It would look totes hawt as a contrast alongside Kurze's midnightness. 

 

But... I suppose red whatnots would look good too ^_^

[Augustus b'Raass]

No Imperial Fists or White Scars guys! The victims have received a very unobtrusive toned down colour tones.... It feels weird disregarding your advice, and be sure it wasn't because I did not appreciate them or that I didn't contemplate what you advised. But yellow, light blue or white just didn't seem what should be done. It didn't feel right and I went for my initial hunch. 

 

I'm happy with the result, and I hope you like it too.

 

I have to admit I fell for my 'need for speed', (AND BLAST IT I NOW SEE THERE'S UNPAINTED FILIGREE ON THE RED OF THE CLOAK!) I might in the future want to do another one. But for now, I give you the Night Haunter, Konrad Curze, Primarch of the VIII Legio Astartes.

 

WAY more pics in my Showcase Thread, here, btw.

 

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Showcase%20Night%20Lords/2015-02-11%2018.11.13_zpshfsbrydg.jpg

 

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Showcase%20Night%20Lords/2015-02-11%2018.16.47_zpsgkgldfgj.jpg

 

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Showcase%20Night%20Lords/2015-02-11%2018.16.20_zpswlfvvkrg.jpg

 

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Showcase%20Night%20Lords/2015-02-11%2018.14.44_zpsckx3mhij.jpg

 

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Showcase%20Night%20Lords/2015-02-11%2018.12.02_zpscnv9ltkj.jpg

 

Feedback super welcome as always! 

 

@Wicced: "there be lightning" indeed. I'm honoured you went through the trouble of zooming in! 

 

@Tanhausen: Thanks mate! No IFs unfrotunately... What do you think about the eyes now?

 

@Flint13: thanks. I think it's hilarious how 'totes' is a word here now.

Edited February 11, 2015 by Augustus b'Raass

[Forté]

Love it. Spot on as ever. Though the base would benefit from a few pigments.

[Flint13]

Oh... evil and pretty!

 

I love how his eyes are like little pools of shadow. Dead bros are also looking quite lovely for dead bros.

[Midnightmare]

So, so very cool!!

[Atia]

Great work on the Night Haunter! love the lightning bolts on his knees  poooor Solar Auxilia guys :)

Edited February 11, 2015 by Atia

[Noctus Cornix]

Wow, the armour for this guy is spot on. You've completely nailed it and he looks amazing... The only thing that's completely killing me is that head. If I may ask, what made you decide on that skin tone for Curze? 

[Augustus b'Raass]

@Forté: Thanks mate! But pigments? The base is literally (and yes I do mean literally) drenched in pigments mixed in medical alcohol. That's why the whole base has a brownish, dirty sheen. Or didn't you mena that?

 

@Flint13: dead bros. :d I too am happy with how his eyes turned out. What I did was paint his eyes grey and then a black pupil, and then gave it three thin washes of black wash.

 

@Midnight Runner: Cool as night ;)

 

@Atia: Lolz. Yeah they're pretty fracked up.

 

@Noctus Cornix: Thanks mate! I did his flesh the way I did it because he's a Nostraman and they have super pale skin. I also wanted him to look unhealthy, sickly almost, without making the skin seem unnaturally white. So I avoided using whites and greys and just went for 1:1 GW Elf Flesh of VMC Off White, a wash of GW Nightshade Purple, then again GW Elf Flesh mixed with VMC Off White, then very thinned down GW Ogryn Flesh, and then 1:2 GW Elf Flesh & VMC Off White highlights. You don't like it? 

[Wicced]

it might be the pictures, but i doubt it, cuz your pictures are ususally spot on :tu:

 

his skin doesn't look pale enough to me, he almost looks like he's got a slight tan.

i think that's what Noctus Cornix means...

Edited February 12, 2015 by Wicced

[Daemon2027]

He looks great in general but i also think his skin looks a little off. A bit yellow. But that may be down to the fact im squinting at my phone screen.

The armour colour, the fleshy bits, the base, thats all spot on.

[Noctus Cornix]

it might be the pictures, but i doubt it, cuz your pictures are ususally spot on :tu:

 

his skin doesn't look pale enough to me, he almost looks like he's got a slight tan.

i think that's what Noctus Cornix means...

That's exactly what I mean, actually. To be frank he looks a bit oily in how the skin tone looks, but he looks rather normal over all, perhaps a little tan like Wicced said. Nostramons are described as being deathly pale to the point they look like their made of marble, disturbingly pure white with the blue veins cobwebbed and completely visible.

 

It's supposed to look unnatural, or atleast that's how I've always perceived it to be. Much in the same way those of Nocturne and the Salamanders look unnatural.

Edited February 12, 2015 by Noctus Cornix

[Dantay VI]

Konrad Curze is looking suitably macabre and magnificent

 

The skin is okay to me, but maybe a little paler?

 

Your second World Eater banner that you were mentioning.. A weird thought but have you considered toilrt tissue paper?

 

Its is incredibly thin, so you could do a design on iy with pen as an outline and then with pva attach it to the banner cloth. It should hopefully be thin enough that yuo do not notice it and you then have your outlined design so you can see where all the components go and where the highlights woud be etc...

[KrautScientist]

I think the model's looking excellent as is, and I am not bothered at all by the skin tone -- it matches that of your other Night Lords, and while it's obvious that you haven't gone for the extremely pale, almost white skin described in some of the books, I think that's a valid aesthetic decision -- your colour palette is simply a bit warmer than what we see on some other NL armies, which is absolutely alright.

 

Beyond all considerations of hue and saturation, your Night Haunter's face does have a slightly pasty look to it which I think is a great fit for the character!

 

Oh, and that is a pretty effective colour scheme for Solar Auxilia, by the way: You may want to hang on to that for a future project

Edited February 12, 2015 by KrautScientist

[psnmario]

Dude, this your stuff is amazing!

[Radiation]

So scary. Followed. Awesome stuff.

[Daemon2027]

Having looked at the skin on a bigger screen it does look better. I think the yellow I was seeing is down to the armour trim.

[Forté]

@Forté: Thanks mate! But pigments? The base is literally (and yes I do mean literally) drenched in pigments mixed in medical alcohol. That's why the whole base has a brownish, dirty sheen. Or didn't you mena that?

 

Sorry, I see it now. Do you use a few different colour pigments or just the one brown? I've been messing about with my bases more recently and find myself using about five or six shades in different areas to get some variation. I'll pm you a pic as it's non-PA related.

[Augustus b'Raass]

An update on the second Khorne Berzerker squad and then replies.

 

I finished the icon bearer and the eviscerator guy... These will probably be the last I'll finish in the coming two weeks, as after ten zerkers and the primarch I need my vehicle fix. Also I have two Predator Annhilators in store, which are both heavily kitbashed. And I'll be doing a muscle scultping turorial tomorrow at the request of Flint.

 

So! Here are the 'zerkers!

 

THe icon bearer. Unfortunately the lower end of the banner broke off below the holding hand during painting, so I had to drill a hole and pin it. It's pretty well masked, but there's still visible damage if you look closely. Unbelievable. That bit has rumaged around my bits box for more than a year and during painting it breaks. 

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/World%20Eaters/Berzerker%2010_zpsfdmwkt4g.jpg

 

This guy I love. He has an incredibly dynamic pose, like he's giving it his absolute all in a sideways swoop of the eviscerator! Mayhem!!

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/World%20Eaters/Berzerkers%209_zpslo7vzhcb.jpg

 

Hope you like, and as always: feedback more than welcome.

 

Replies!

 

@Wicced: ah, now I see what you mean. But in this case it is the light - mostly. I have no daylight lamps, so the lighter colours on my mini's always come off as a little warmer than reality (which I found out only recently because I have almost no light colours on my mini's). But a friend told me I should do one more skin + white mix for highlights, so I'll probably do that.

 

@The Hydra: Thanks mate - will work a little on the face!

 

@Noctus Cornix: Deathly pale as marble, you say?

http://www.oocities.org/marble_iran/p_Pink-Marble-SAL.jpg

Even though he's the palest, sickliest looking dude I've ever painted, and he does look like marble, I will abide thy will and highlight him up to even unhealthier standars

 

@dantay_xv: That is certainly an interesting technique, although I don't fully see what you mean. You mean to use a wet piece op TP as a template for airbrushing? That would be interesting, and I'll be sure to try that out on a tester. Right now, I just wanted scribbly text on the banner. 

 

@KrautScientist: Thank you! But pasty? I google pasty face and the results looked nothing like what I imagined you meant... And thanks on the solar Auxilia scheme comment. I like them too. Perhaps in the future I'll have some live ones...

 

@psnmario: Dude, thanks!

 

@Radiation: Thanks mate! Happy you're on board. 

 

@The Hydra (2): THat might've been it!

 

@Forte: Thanks for the PM with an example - I'll give that technique a try on my next big model.

Edited February 13, 2015 by Augustus b'Raass