Aqui Posted May 4, 2014 Share Posted May 4, 2014 Like many have already said, the grittiness/battle damage on the armour is done very well and I love the OSL on the las/plasma weapons. Lot of little touches to each just add that bit more to the army as a whole Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedFred Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 These are just top standard man, absolutely golden. Signing out, - RedFred Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Yak Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 What a treat for a Monday morning! You have a great force of Raptors here. Love how gritty you have made them look. Excellent work Brother Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inquisitor Eisenhorn Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 What a treat for a Monday morning! You have a great force of Raptors here. Love how gritty you have made them look. Excellent work Brother That was my thought as well!! Truly a nice blog to discover this morning! Congrats on these Raptors, they are fantastic. I think it's awesome how many people are really throwing their weight into making cool Raptors forces around here. There are what, like 4-5 Raptors Halls of Honor blogs going on right now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob451 Posted May 5, 2014 Author Share Posted May 5, 2014 What a treat for a Monday morning! You have a great force of Raptors here. Love how gritty you have made them look. Excellent work Brother That was my thought as well!! Truly a nice blog to discover this morning! Congrats on these Raptors, they are fantastic. I think it's awesome how many people are really throwing their weight into making cool Raptors forces around here. There are what, like 4-5 Raptors Halls of Honor blogs going on right now? I have to admit it's really surprising how many Raptors players there are on this forum and all with very unique takes on the army as well which is very refreshing. My biggest problem though is that I have the attention span of a butterfly. Now that I have a sizeable force I have this itch to paint a different chapter. Currently left to paint are another 10 Scout models plus the crew for a Landspeeder Storm. The Storm itself is finished but I'm not posting it until the crew is done. Once that's all done I think I'm going to sell off the army so I can start on something new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inquisitor Eisenhorn Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 What a treat for a Monday morning! You have a great force of Raptors here. Love how gritty you have made them look. Excellent work Brother That was my thought as well!! Truly a nice blog to discover this morning! Congrats on these Raptors, they are fantastic. I think it's awesome how many people are really throwing their weight into making cool Raptors forces around here. There are what, like 4-5 Raptors Halls of Honor blogs going on right now? I have to admit it's really surprising how many Raptors players there are on this forum and all with very unique takes on the army as well which is very refreshing. My biggest problem though is that I have the attention span of a butterfly. Now that I have a sizeable force I have this itch to paint a different chapter. Currently left to paint are another 10 Scout models plus the crew for a Landspeeder Storm. The Storm itself is finished but I'm not posting it until the crew is done. Once that's all done I think I'm going to sell off the army so I can start on something new. Hey if you have the attention span to get through 2000 points that's better than me; I'm still nowhere near that and I've been painting mine on and off for like 3 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob451 Posted May 5, 2014 Author Share Posted May 5, 2014 Hey if you have the attention span to get through 2000 points that's better than me; I'm still nowhere near that and I've been painting mine on and off for like 3 years. I'm a fairly fast painter. Probably due to working from home so I can paint stuff of my breaks. My local GW also runs campaigns that award bonus points for fully painted and based armies so I try and make sure I only field painted models. I actually won the last 40k campaign there entirely because of those bonus points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Mike Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 The only criticism I'd have is that the eyes are either unpainted or flat. On well painted models it sticks out even more, and you can obviously do good glow effects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schultzhoffen Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 Totally cool army. Keep it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulfast Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 More awsome Raptors, Really like this. Good work. Hope soon for more :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob451 Posted July 7, 2014 Author Share Posted July 7, 2014 Finished up some commissions for the new owner of this army. http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2014/7/7/627995_sm-Centurions.jpg http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2014/7/7/627993_sm-Landraider%20Redeemer.jpg http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2014/7/7/627992_sm-Droppod.jpg The client wanted a Captain with the Burning Blade and Shield Eternal and asked if I could convert something up for him. This model is based on the Plastic Captain with Combi-Grav with various bits of Sternguard and Vanguard thrown in. http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2014/7/7/627994_sm-Captain.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firepower Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 I. Love. These. You've executed the muted look perfectly. My one complaint is the OSL on your headlights. It seems like the blue drifts too far towards he center, well outside of what the lights would actually illuminate, given their angle. The headlights on the Raider seem rather washed out in particular, but I can already tell you if I was trying that with an airbrush, I'd jam the needle through my eye in a rancorous outburst rather quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That Guy Matt Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Excellent stuff. I particularly love your Seternguard Sergeant with the tonne of pouches and ammo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seathal Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 Great looking, gritty and stealthy Raptors! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teetengee Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 You have done a great job, but I agree with Firepower that the OSL seems a little off. I think the problem might be that the centers of the sources aren't bright enough (or the pics are washing them out) rather than or in addition to that the bleed is too wide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob451 Posted August 13, 2014 Author Share Posted August 13, 2014 Another batch of commissions have been completed for the Raptors. This time I added a squad of Assault Terminators and an Imperial Knight. The client wanted the Imperial Knight in Raptors colours and heraldry so I cribbed a bit from House Cadmus. He also wanted the weapon to be magnetised so e could run it as an Errant or a Paladin. It was my first time magnetising a Knights weapon and it was far easier than I was expecting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teetengee Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 That knight looks great in the olive drab. Now I want to see a camo knight! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firepower Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 The OSL for the hammers is delicious. Really wish I could wrap my head around panting that particular effect. The yellow makes for an eye catching dot of color on the Knight. I'm not so sure about the neon orange fuel canisters, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son of Carnelian Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Now that's a Land Raider! Great work on making a lively piece with a drab color scheme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exetus Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Excellent work on a difficult and typically dull color. Love the OSL and the details on the Knight are great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LutherMax Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 A feast for the eyes - great colour choices and great photography. If I might offer a bit of criticism, the OSL in some places (Devastators for example) looks a bit 'solid'. A couple of colours layered on top of each other might yield a more realistic effect. That said, you've achieved great results on the vehicles, the Rhino in particular. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acolyte of Dorn Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 These are so well painted and modeled, excellent work. One small criticism from a fluff perspective, their skin should be almost paper white and their eyes should be black. They are a Raven Guard successor after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
appiah4 Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 Something about the flame blade is kinda off but I can't figure what. Hot tip/cold hilt just doesn't do it for me. Maybe should have gone for a hot/glowing edges look instead? Swords with such broad blades are for slashing, not poking.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandMagnus Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 Rob, your stuff is just awesome. I really like that dirty, gritty, used look you have given your raptors, something I think fits perfectly with the chapters background. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmyS Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 Great work! Love the OSL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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