J. Reagan Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Long time lurker, first time poster. (Also posted in Hall of Fame...let me know if need be removed for double posting.) I've been into the hobby aspect of Warhammer 40k for about 16 years now but only got the motivation to finish my Dark Angel army recently and of course the first thing I had to do was get new models to add to the growing list of models I have in various stages of paint. I've decided to base my models on the portion of the Dark Angels army that participated in the Siege of Vraks. (http://warhammer40k..../Siege_of_Vraks) Vraks is a sulphur filled wasteland with no flora or fauna so I made the bases rocky with spots of sulphur. Also, the army's legs and bike treads are coated in a layer of sulphur dust. Critiques, comments, or anything else is certainly welcome. This is the first of many units so any tips to help along the way would be most appreciated. Most likely I will be weathering the armor (2D painted battle damage and weathering) at a later date. Thanks everyone! http://i.imgur.com/mW8UN67.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/1LDCM1t.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/BokPhVq.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/wRNQ49l.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/f3Bu2go.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Bahram Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Welcome to the Rock!Awesome work, Brother! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SvenONE Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 very well done!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother dean Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Not bad at all... Maybe could have used another coat of bone because I can see some dark patches through it but you can damage those parts later... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
march10k Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Excellent work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gillyfish Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Good work, particularly the basing and sulphur effects. The highlights are good, but you might want to try blending them a little more or including another mid tone. That's just personal preference though and the highlights probably show up more as these are magnified. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Semper Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Welcome to the Rock brother. I've made some comments on the other thread in the Hall of Honour. Look forward for the rest of your work! :tu: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J. Reagan Posted March 25, 2014 Author Share Posted March 25, 2014 Thanks to everyone for the notes of encouragement. Good work, particularly the basing and sulphur effects. The highlights are good, but you might want to try blending them a little more or including another mid tone. That's just personal preference though and the highlights probably show up more as these are magnified. I replied to some other comments that echoed your same sentiments. In short, I tried my hand at wet-blending through my range of colors for the bone but found I could not get the same results as some other more skilled painters and for me personally, if I couldn't match the art on the box, I didn't want to try and give it my best copy and have it turn out terrible. So I decided to make the standard layering technique with lots of lining in and hard edge highlights me personal style. That being said, after looking at these large photos, I do need to go back and thin out the white lines of the edge highlights because some are rather large, especially around the elbow joints. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isiah Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Thinner highlights yes ... and remember not everything needs an edge highlight or it all starts looking a bit artificial. Just edge shoulderpads on one edge rather than all, same with other items. Think about the direction (an imaginary) light source is coming from and use that to work out what potentially could use an edge highlight and where. Less is often more. But nice DW all the same. Lovin' the sulphur theme you have going there :tu:. Cheers I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gillyfish Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Don't worry about wet-blending if you're not comfortable with it. I use a number of thin layers to build up the paler colours. They're slightly transluscent, so you can build to a stronger white more gradually that way. It's a different approach, but it works. I suppose it depends on the overall shade you're going for. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother dean Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 Don't worry about wet-blending if you're not comfortable with it. I use a number of thin layers to build up the paler colours. They're slightly transluscent, so you can build to a stronger white more gradually that way. It's a different approach, but it works. I suppose it depends on the overall shade you're going for. It usually takes me two or three coats to get decent coverage with Bleached bone... (whatever the new name is... I even have a pot of the new stuff.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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