Knight of the Raven Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 "Chainswords are for unimaginative losers who can't think for themselves. For sheep. Hedgetrimmerswords are where it's at." Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/292060-rare-and-cool-templar-art/page/19/#findComment-4725563 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machine God Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 Ooh a Chain Cutlass! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/292060-rare-and-cool-templar-art/page/19/#findComment-4725565 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal_Roujakis Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 Here have another Brothers... Â Kastor Krieg and Marshal Wolfhart 2 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/292060-rare-and-cool-templar-art/page/19/#findComment-4740735 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrotherAtrox Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 Thought I would make a couple contributions after this thread brightened up my morning:   http://i.imgur.com/w22DieN.jpg  http://i.imgur.com/EYZs5nn.png  http://i.imgur.com/01hvUvS.png Ray_K and Marshal_Roujakis 2 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/292060-rare-and-cool-templar-art/page/19/#findComment-4741582 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lippy Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 Not sure if this is Rare or Unseen, but appeals to me as my Tau are Blue too! Â http://i.imgur.com/0Ihr42N.jpg Ray_K 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/292060-rare-and-cool-templar-art/page/19/#findComment-4744145 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOneTrueZon Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 (edited) I threw this together yesterday and put it in the inspirational thread Brother Honda started but think it can live here too... Â Edited May 17, 2017 by TheOneTrueZon Kastor Krieg, Brother Talon, Marshal_Roujakis and 1 other 4 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/292060-rare-and-cool-templar-art/page/19/#findComment-4744986 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acebaur Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 Looks great! Mind sharing with us what you did? TheOneTrueZon 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/292060-rare-and-cool-templar-art/page/19/#findComment-4745028 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOneTrueZon Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 Looks great! Mind sharing with us what you did?  Sure! I'd love to share some process stuff so others can get inspired.  Here's some screenshots of the overview of elements using Photoshop CC 2017.  1. Base image with no color correction: Using a large panel light as my backdrop and shooting with a very wide aperture to get a nice shallow focus (f2.8 on a 100m Macro on a Canon 5DM2), I used two images to give me sharp focus on the subject, placing the focus of interest just off center (rule of thirds!).   2. Adjusted the colors (desaturated the reds and reduced the yellow in the whites) and knocked out the white with a real quick magic wand. I then go in and smooth out the edges (I'll explain later why this isn't the *best* way to go about doing these things) in the layer mask.  http://i.imgur.com/V8EMFXL.jpg  3. Drop a 50% grey background at the bottom of the layer stack and added in foreground and sky from a quick google image search. Blended the two into the base image with layer masks and desaturated the sky image.  http://i.imgur.com/coZTfru.jpg  4. Add fire and explosions. I have access to a library of pre-matted VFX elements, these were extracted as single frames from 2k video files.  http://i.imgur.com/JwalZAk.jpg  5. Smoke and atmosphere.  http://i.imgur.com/r2Gg4uW.jpg  6. Ground impacts.  http://i.imgur.com/feROXvC.jpg  7. Tracer fire and some sparks. Done!  http://i.imgur.com/N46zbkU.jpg   The one thing that I will be doing differently is shooting my base image with everything in focus and then adding blur & depth afterwards as that gives me much more control. But for this instance I was shooting this really quick while I had an hour to kill. Hope this gets some others interested in setting their own models in some epic battles! These techniques are also good for sprucing up battle report pics as well! Marshal Mattias, Honda, Lippy and 1 other 4 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/292060-rare-and-cool-templar-art/page/19/#findComment-4745130 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kastor Krieg Posted May 17, 2017 Author Share Posted May 17, 2017 This is soooo awesome and inspiring. Lippy and TheOneTrueZon 2 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/292060-rare-and-cool-templar-art/page/19/#findComment-4745158 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Talon Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 Zorn, I think I speak for a great many of us when I say this. Â I would literally kill pay for work like that done... that is mind shattering. Been away from this site and in need of uplifting.. Â SQUAD MORALE RESTORED Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/292060-rare-and-cool-templar-art/page/19/#findComment-4748305 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight of the Raven Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 Your morale needed to be restored in the first place and you dare call yourself a Black Templar? Neophytes these days. KhorneHunter57x 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/292060-rare-and-cool-templar-art/page/19/#findComment-4748509 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SydonianDragoon404 Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 Found this on facebook this morning- Â Sete, robofish7591 and Marshal Mattias 3 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/292060-rare-and-cool-templar-art/page/19/#findComment-4748609 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teetengee Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 Looks suspiciously like a psychic hoodwitch to me. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/292060-rare-and-cool-templar-art/page/19/#findComment-4750181 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dumbcow1 Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 Looks suspiciously like a psychic hoodwitch to me. He bears our cross brother...do you suspect infiltration? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/292060-rare-and-cool-templar-art/page/19/#findComment-4752587 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kastor Krieg Posted May 24, 2017 Author Share Posted May 24, 2017 If this is official art and "penitent" means that GW gave us Librarians who are "penitent" but are in the Chapter, imma punch a game designer. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/292060-rare-and-cool-templar-art/page/19/#findComment-4752754 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acebaur Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 If this is official art and "penitent" means that GW gave us Librarians who are "penitent" but are in the Chapter, imma punch a game designer. I doubt it. Librarians wear blue armor just like techmarines wear red and chaplains black Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/292060-rare-and-cool-templar-art/page/19/#findComment-4752849 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teetengee Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017  Looks suspiciously like a psychic hoodwitch to me. He bears our cross brother...do you suspect infiltration?  Alpha legion, and a witch to boot. We should burn him, just to be on the safe side. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/292060-rare-and-cool-templar-art/page/19/#findComment-4753018 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhorneHunter57x Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017  If this is official art and "penitent" means that GW gave us Librarians who are "penitent" but are in the Chapter, imma punch a game designer. I doubt it. Librarians wear blue armor just like techmarines wear red and chaplains black  Which was probably Dorn's or Sigismund's idea in the first place - Dorn and Guilliman: "Wait, Guilliman, you want to do what? to my Legion?" "Yep - oh, and by the way, Librarians are back, too." "...alright. Oh, hey, while you're writing your book, have you thought of making the Librarians wear blue - after all, most other specialists jave their own color..." "That's a brilliant idea, Rogal!"  Dorn to Sigismund, five minutes later: "...but I'm giving you all of the Templar Brethren. Oh, and one last thing - avoid any Space Marines wearing blue armor." Othniel's Blade and Marshal Mattias 2 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/292060-rare-and-cool-templar-art/page/19/#findComment-4753193 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Blackwood Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 (edited) Thought I would make a couple contributions after this thread brightened up my morning:   http://i.imgur.com/01hvUvS.png this image is mine , I made it for my WIP  thread  in  the Age of Darkness Section of the boards  also heres something I havent seen before  by Alex Charleux Edited May 24, 2017 by Bladewolf TheOneTrueZon, Honda and KhorneHunter57x 3 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/292060-rare-and-cool-templar-art/page/19/#findComment-4753667 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOneTrueZon Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 He seems to be saying to himself... "Wait, my chainsword... I know I left here somewhere" SydonianDragoon404 and KhorneHunter57x 2 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/292060-rare-and-cool-templar-art/page/19/#findComment-4753689 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhorneHunter57x Posted May 25, 2017 Share Posted May 25, 2017 He seems to be saying to himself... "Wait, my chainsword... I know I left here somewhere"And this is why we always chain our weapons to ourselves, lest we end up fumbling around like we are from a lesser Chapter. Honda and Kastor Krieg 2 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/292060-rare-and-cool-templar-art/page/19/#findComment-4754170 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight of the Raven Posted May 25, 2017 Share Posted May 25, 2017 While it allows for optimal xenocide, a Black Templar doesn't need a weapon to slay xenos and heretics. Â KALIMA! Firepower 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/292060-rare-and-cool-templar-art/page/19/#findComment-4754302 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acebaur Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 He seems to be saying to himself... "Wait, my chainsword... I know I left here somewhere" Â Meanwhile I see it as "The kitten it was so small... thankfully I saw it's psyker tainted eyes in time to crush the life out of it" Â Suffer not the xenos psyker kitten to live!!!! Â Â :lol: Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/292060-rare-and-cool-templar-art/page/19/#findComment-4754899 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kontakt Posted May 27, 2017 Share Posted May 27, 2017 Boltguns make excellent melee weapons when you shove the barrel down the throat of a xenos and pull the trigger... Honda 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/292060-rare-and-cool-templar-art/page/19/#findComment-4756703 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acebaur Posted May 28, 2017 Share Posted May 28, 2017 Boltguns make excellent melee weapons when you shove the barrel down the throat of a xenos and pull the trigger... Â Actually boltguns have a minimum distance for maximum effectiveness as the shell has to have time to arm. But to your point yes that is effective as well ;) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/292060-rare-and-cool-templar-art/page/19/#findComment-4758384 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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