jah-joshua Posted September 19, 2015 Author Share Posted September 19, 2015 thanks, guys... @Bloodbath: good call on the Army of the Dead reference... i really liked their look, and green is my favorite color;)... if you, or anyone else, is thinking of a commission, keep in mind my full schedule... at the moment i am booked through February, and every time i get close to clearing out my queue it gets filled up again... if you want a spot, you need to jump in:).. here is the second mini in the Legion of the Damned commission, the heavy flamer trooper... i had a lot of fun painting the flame in the brazier, even if it didn't photograph well... i am still trying to perfect my realistic flame, but it is something i really enjoy playing with... http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l266/jah-minis/wips/HFlamer_zpso3dqdkuv.jpg http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l266/jah-minis/wips/HFlamer1_zpscfit4nfd.jpg http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l266/jah-minis/wips/HFlamer2_zps9rpbqssv.jpg http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l266/jah-minis/wips/HFlamer3_zpsl5yr5o0g.jpg thanks for looking... i hope you like him... cheers jah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adeptus-Alaska Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 Yeah, maybe it didn't photo well, but if the rest of the model is any indication, it's awesome. I really like the eyes. They are way sick. I think I speak for all your b&c fans when I say. OSL eye tutorial, we need it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jah-joshua Posted September 21, 2015 Author Share Posted September 21, 2015 thanks, bud... i'll see what i can do on the melta squad Sergeant that i am working on right now:)... here is the third mini in the first Legion of the Damned Squad, the flamer Marine... i like the striding pose of this guy... these LotD Marines have a lot of character in their stances... http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l266/jah-minis/wips/Flamer1_zps5b0pbxea.jpg http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l266/jah-minis/wips/Flamer2_zps3cnzhpjt.jpg http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l266/jah-minis/wips/Flamer3_zpsptvgsapn.jpg http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l266/jah-minis/wips/Flamer_zpsmbuzksmq.jpg having two braziers to practice fire on was nice... painting these guys has convinced me that i really need to do one for myself, with no deadline to contend with... thanks for looking... i hope you like him... cheers jah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LutherMax Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 Looking good! Totally agree about the poses of these models. That guy in particular is one of the rare 'walking' marines out there! Everyone else seems to be either running or standing weirdly squat-legged! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jah-joshua Posted September 23, 2015 Author Share Posted September 23, 2015 thanks, Luther... here is the fourth Legion of the Damned Marine from the flamer armed squad... this guy has another nice advancing pose, looking like he is actually striding the battlefield, instead of an awkward squat, ready to poop his power armor... http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l266/jah-minis/wips/BolterB_zpsgnlvjc0f.jpg http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l266/jah-minis/wips/BolterB1_zps4fry9kqu.jpg http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l266/jah-minis/wips/BolterB2_zpsqv7ie4pj.jpg http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l266/jah-minis/wips/BolterB3_zpsdsxspprm.jpg thanks for looking... i hope you like him... cheers jah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jah-joshua Posted September 27, 2015 Author Share Posted September 27, 2015 hey B&C... here is the final Marine in the squad... unfortunately, he was not glues to the base yet when i took these pics, so he looks a bit wonky... i should have taken the pic of the five bases together first:(... oh well, live and learn... http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l266/jah-minis/wips/BolterA_zpseohz9ldh.jpg http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l266/jah-minis/wips/BolterA1_zpsy8typ4qh.jpg http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l266/jah-minis/wips/BolterA2_zpsjttaygye.jpg http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l266/jah-minis/wips/BolterA3_zps7gnqgk7h.jpg thanks for looking... i hope you like him... cheers jah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LutherMax Posted September 27, 2015 Share Posted September 27, 2015 Great job on these - any chance of a group shot?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jah-joshua Posted September 28, 2015 Author Share Posted September 28, 2015 @LutherMax: ask, and ye shall receive... here is the group shot of the first LotD squad... these ones all have the flamers... next up is the melta squad... http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l266/jah-minis/wips/FlamerSquad_zpskcjdmpah.jpg i don't usually get a chance to paint squads... they look cool all together:)... now i need to paint five more... thanks for looking... i hope you like them... cheers jah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jah-joshua Posted October 1, 2015 Author Share Posted October 1, 2015 hey B&C... here is the last mini to get caught up with in the backlog of work to share... this is the first character in the 6 mini commission for a Black Crusade 40K RPG group... i was stoked to hear that we would be using the Forge World 30K Kakophani miniature for the Slaanesh Noise Marine character... this is a great FW sculpt, and was a perfect cast, with just a bit of flash to clean up... the Finecast Noise Marine backpack, not so much... it is bendy, and had about ten air bubbles where there should have been details:(... http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l266/jah-minis/wips/NoiseMarine_zpsarhalwio.jpg the resin Dragon Forge Design base was also a beautiful resin cast, and a pleasure to work with... http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l266/jah-minis/wips/KakophaniBase_zpsjrhxxgqm.jpg next up, the step-by-step for the magenta armor... thanks for looking... cheers jah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jah-joshua Posted October 3, 2015 Author Share Posted October 3, 2015 hey B&C... here is the step-by-step of the Noise Marine's magenta armor... all paints are P3, as usual... i started with a base coat of Sanguine Base, and then gave it a wash of my usual red shade mix, Sanguine Base, Coal Black, and Flesh Wash in a 1-1-2 ratio... http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l266/jah-minis/wips/KakophaniWIP_zps1qz9nhdl.jpg next, i layered my midtone with pure Sanguine Highlight, and then a layer of Murderous Magenta, leaving the shading wash in the shadows of the curves... http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l266/jah-minis/wips/KakophaniWIP1_zpsi1yc79wt.jpg the edge highlights are a mix of Murderous Magenta and Morrow White at a 3-1 ratio... http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l266/jah-minis/wips/KakophaniWIP2_zpsgmw3agwf.jpg http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l266/jah-minis/wips/KakophaniWIP3_zpsnqkoisso.jpg http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l266/jah-minis/wips/KakophaniWIP4_zpsjo8aycpb.jpg quick and simple, but striking, especially against the white, gold, black, and green accents that you will see on the finished body next time... thanks for looking... i hope this was helpful... cheers jah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagicMan Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 Love those LoTD. The gritty weathered look really works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LutherMax Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 Noise Marine is looking awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jah-joshua Posted October 5, 2015 Author Share Posted October 5, 2015 @LutherMax: cheers, mate:)... Edit: you to, MagicMan!!! here is the main body of the Kakophoni finished... i have waited a long time for an excuse to do a snow leopard pattern... since i didn't want to go as crazy as the 'Eavy Metal team did on the original Noise Marine mini in the early 90's, a bit of 80's hair band leopard print would suffice:)... this guy was painted up before the LotD from last week, so the green glow on this guy was my experiment to see if i could pull it off for the squad... http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l266/jah-minis/wips/KakophaniWIP5_zps2uhnbdz2.jpg http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l266/jah-minis/wips/KakophaniWIP7_zpsgviefsiz.jpg http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l266/jah-minis/wips/KakophaniWIP8_zpsnlnbnned.jpg if you look at the pics in my last post, you will see that this guy didn't have the bolt pistol and knife until about halfway through the paint job... after the armor was done, i decided that the knife needed a strap like the bolt pistol holster has... i sculpted that on, and painted it to match the other blue/black leathers... thanks for looking... i hope you like him... cheers jah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rojo Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 That. Is. Awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jah-joshua Posted October 15, 2015 Author Share Posted October 15, 2015 cheers, Rojo... here are a few more pieces of the Kakophani... Forge World has done a great job with both the sculpting and casting on this guy... the gold and magenta is a fun scheme to paint... it's nice to finally have an excuse to use P3's Murderous Magenta... i really like this color... http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l266/jah-minis/wips/KakophaniWeapon1_zpsweexezar.jpg http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l266/jah-minis/wips/KakophaniArm1_zpszgx984fa.jpg the Dragon Forge base is up to Jeff's usual standard... very clean cast and crisp details... http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l266/jah-minis/wips/KakophaniBase1_zpsqrctbeyu.jpg thanks for looking... cheers jah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LutherMax Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 Cant wait to see it all came together - you really must do a tutorial on those glowy eyes!! Will this guy be part of a squad? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathspectersgt7 Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 Glorious !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Bob Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 Leopard print on Noise Marines works so well, and I'll never understand why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jah-joshua Posted October 17, 2015 Author Share Posted October 17, 2015 thanks, guys... @LutherMax: i'm getting the tutorial together right now, while i finish the next LotD Sergeant... this guy is for a Black Crusade RPG group, so there is a variety of dudes... @DarthBob: one of the great mysteries of life;)... here is the assembled Kakophoni/Noise Marine... he is not finished yet, but i wanted to see how he goes together... i still need an Eldar Dire Avenger back banner for this guy... sadly, none of the work on the loincloth and glowing vials shows up behind his big gun, but we know it is there;)... http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l266/jah-minis/wips/KakophaniA_zpsr5kgmdko.jpg http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l266/jah-minis/wips/KakophaniA1_zpsi5sogfcg.jpg http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l266/jah-minis/wips/KakophaniA2_zpsogxjqbzu.jpg http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l266/jah-minis/wips/KakophaniA3_zpsq314bzun.jpg http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l266/jah-minis/wips/KakophaniA4_zpscfodiatu.jpg thanks for looking... i hope you like him... cheers jah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Heinrich Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 Awesome, I don't know why but I LOVE when corrupt Emperor's Children have Tiger and Leopard pattern garments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jah-joshua Posted October 24, 2015 Author Share Posted October 24, 2015 thanks, bud... i checked out your minis, and they are awesome, too!!! i'm surprised we never bumped into each other in Portland... i used to paint every Thursday at Guardian Games... the Kakophani was the first part of a Black Crusade RPG warband... the next mini in the group is another Forge World piece, the Nurgle Chaos Marine Sorcerer... i was asked to give him a Raptors jump pack (my first time using one of these cool plastic packs), change his weapons, and sculpt a tail... i chopped up his glaive, built him a Rod of Corruption, and rebuilt the blade into a sheathed sword at his side... he is going on another one of the 25mm Dragon Forge Design bases... http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l266/jah-minis/wips/NurgleSorcerer_zpsbcva8wgf.jpg http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l266/jah-minis/wips/NurgleSorcerer1_zpsjlrvozzl.jpg http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l266/jah-minis/wips/NurgleSorcererArm_zpsqd2pxnhc.jpg http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l266/jah-minis/wips/NurgleSorcererBack_zpst4ouhxjr.jpg next up, i'll show the Greenstuff work:)... thanks for looking... cheers jah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jah-joshua Posted October 27, 2015 Author Share Posted October 27, 2015 hey B&C... here is the Greenstuff work on the Nurgle Sorcerer... i wanted to show off the pitted sword on his hip, so i didn't sculpt a full scabbard... instead, i just gave him a beat up leather loop... the tail started as a wire armature, and a press-molded Nurgling head (from the one at his feet)... the bulk of the tail is just a snake of Greenstuff wrapped around the wire, and smoothed some... after that cured, i filled in the gaps a bit leaving a little variation in thickness to make it look slightly wormy... then i sculpted some cracked armor plates around the base of the tail, where it broke through his butt-plate... http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l266/jah-minis/wips/NurgleSorcerer3_zps35qeqnub.jpg http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l266/jah-minis/wips/NurgleSorcerer4_zps2ue8mhdu.jpg http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l266/jah-minis/wips/NurgleSorcererBack1_zpsvirp5nns.jpg http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l266/jah-minis/wips/NurgleTail_zpsymtbah83.jpg for the rod, i started with the same snake of Greenstuff, but instead of wrapping it around as is, i flattened it out first, and then wrapped it around the handle... as this started to cure, i came in with the Exacto blade, and put some nicks and holes in the leather... http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l266/jah-minis/wips/NurgleRod_zpscjhftie6.jpg http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l266/jah-minis/wips/NurgleRod1_zpsji9hh5qc.jpg now it is time to paint this bad boy!!! thanks for looking... i hope you like him... cheers jah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jah-joshua Posted October 28, 2015 Author Share Posted October 28, 2015 hey B&C... when designing a custom paint scheme with a client, i like to give a couple of options to choose from... for this one, i gave a four color sample, using the jump pack... the first option (on the upper panels) was the darkest, P3 Thornwood Green... the second (on the left engine cover) is P3 Ordic Olive... the third (on the right engine cover) is P3 Traitor Green... the fourth (on the center tank) is a 1-1 mix of Ordic Olive and Traitor Green... we decided to go with the custom mix... http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l266/jah-minis/wips/NurgleSorcererPack_zpsosyng3a6.jpg once the color was chosen, i gave the whole jump pack a base coat of the mix, and then a heavy wash of purple to shade... after i had heavily tinted the whole base coat, i stippled the original color back on for a rough texture to the paint... it is Nurgle, after all;)... it isn't showing well in the pics, but the steel is also tinted with the purple... the orange rust separating the green and steel compliments the purple and green tones, and makes a more interesting visual separation between the two elements than a simple black line would... the highlight is the base coat mix (Ordic Olive & Traitor Green 1-1) and Menoth White Highlight, maybe around 3-1... i forgot to write it down, so i will have to experiment on the armor to get the mix again... http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l266/jah-minis/wips/NurgleSorcererPack1_zpsne8r3udo.jpg http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l266/jah-minis/wips/NurgleSorcererPack2_zpsmrcyceor.jpg no battle damage at the moment, but it is still early days yet... lots more to do!!! thanks for looking... cheers jah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adeptus-Alaska Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 Shading green with purple? Madness! Well brilliant actually. Looking forward to this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jah-joshua Posted November 1, 2015 Author Share Posted November 1, 2015 happy Halloween!!! @Bloodbath: glad you like it:)... i spent the last month knocking out a second Legion of the Damned squad... this time they are armed with meltas instead of flamers... the Sergeant comes armed with aplasma pistol, but the client wanted a combi-melta... unfortunately, i used the combi-bolter body on the first Sergeant, so i had to improvise... i still had the combi-melta bit from the Tac. Squad box, and some extra bolters, so a few snips with the clippers, and a couple slices with the Exacto later, i had a new gun... then i just had to cut the hand off of the bolter, so it could be left-handed... i've used the same scheme and style as the previous squad... the green power weapons are a nice change from all of the blue ones i've done... http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l266/jah-minis/wips/MeltaSergeantA_zps1i3szine.jpg http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l266/jah-minis/wips/MeltaSergeantA1_zps8irhqqki.jpg http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l266/jah-minis/wips/MeltaSergeantA2_zpszrchqjug.jpg http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l266/jah-minis/wips/MeltaSergeantA3_zps8i6micb5.jpg http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l266/jah-minis/wips/MeltaSergeantA4_zps2fhqq3h5.jpg thanks for looking... i hope you like him... cheers jah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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