Redwunzgofasta Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 Hi, Recently I foolishly tried to start a non-Space Marine project (filthy Orkses). It fell flat on it's face when I wasn't satisfied with my ability to paint gretchin skin and I realised I should be painting mighty power armour! I have a 2500 points Salamanders army but wanted a new direction so I thought I'd go nostalgic and paint some Blood Angels. Blood Angels are the classic chapter for me. The 2nd edition box cover artwork stole my imagination as a youngster and I've been hooked on 40k ever since. I have the limited edition Games Day Blood Angel captain from that artwork but didn't want to take a dangerous risk by practicing my colour scheme on him! I've painted one tactical marine and will be setting to work on an assault marine soon. Before anyone points it out I know I've spliced old and new Blood Angels colour schemes, but I just went with the look I wanted to go for. I wanted a nice eye watering yellow aquilla but to drop the black pauldron trim of the classic scheme. I'm pretty happy with how the first guy turned out. I've decided to start slowly as I usually end up trying to paint too many models at once and killing a project before it takes off. So here he is, Blood Angel one, hope you like... http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f243/jonnyoliphantastic/a5d8f04e-60d2-4af0-98fe-ca2ca44da2d9_zps22c9a6d0.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathspectersgt7 Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 NICE !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soric Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 Reminds me of the old 3rd edition Blood Angel Codex colour scheme :D Will there be some weathering or are you forgoing that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaosRaptor Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 Oh my. That is one fine looking Blood Angel. With painting this good, I really don't think anyone's gonna mind you mixing schemes! Any idea how many of these guys you're planning on painting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwunzgofasta Posted June 27, 2014 Author Share Posted June 27, 2014 deathspectersgt7 Haha thanks! That's an encouraging first comment. Soric Cheers, I'm glad my guys will fit somewhere in the Blood Angels canon! I'm actually going to commit heresy in the painting times that we live in and not weather my marines. I do enjoy it when other people weather theirs but I'm a bit of a neat freak and I think trying to add weathering to my guys would drive me insane. I'd probably obsess to an unhealthy level over getting it 'right' KaosRaptor Thanks! I'm planning on a full Blood Angels army but I'm going to focus on one guy at a time. I've wiffled on a lot of projects because I've gone too big too soon. Progress will be slow but I think I've found a scheme that will keep my interest over the long term. There's also scope for keeping things fresh with death company and dreadnoughts and tanks. Not to mentions chaplains! I'm really looking forward to painting the chaplain from the reclusiam command squad kit. He'll eventually lead my army alongside the Games Day captain. Edit for spelling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montuhotep Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 Dang, that's superb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marine7312000 Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 An awesome start. Can't wait to see more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandMagnus Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 Beautiful blood angel! Really nice work :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grotsmasha Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 That is a very nice Blood Angel :tu: Cheers, Jono Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
November Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 Very nice - good to see some more BA on the board, and an army painted to this standard will be very impressive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sad Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 Crisp and clean man, love it. Your base coat, are you layering at all or just edge highlighting? I really like the clean results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KJB Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 Very nice! I'm liking the red, nice and neat - What colours did you use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwunzgofasta Posted June 29, 2014 Author Share Posted June 29, 2014 Paladin7221, marine7312000, Anaziel, Grotsmasha, November Thanks for the encouraging words, I'll try my best to keep it up! Sad Thank you very much, I can't really claim a lot of credit for the clean look on the red armour, as the work in progress pictures show below. The red is all arbrushed on except for a 'pin' wash (a great technique I only discovered very recently) and two line highlights. keith The red is an airbrush undercoat of Vallejo Surface Primer German Red Brown (amazing product, goes on so nicely!) followed by a few thin layers of Mephiston Red airbrushed at a 45 degree angle (much harder to get through the airbrush successfully ). Then it's a pin wash of Army Painter Strong Tone and two line highlights, Wild Rider Red then Ungor Flesh. I've changed some colours and a couple of techniques (out of laziness) but I've basically ripped off this tutorial, which was great to follow due to the really helpful pictures: http://taleofpainters.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/tutorial-how-to-paint-blood-angels.html My better half has been away all weekend so when not playing Titanfall and ignoring the washing up I decided to start work on my first assault marine. He's very work in progress and the pictures show how flat the base colours are until the magic pin wash and highlights! The light is fading here so sorry about the blurry pics. http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f243/jonnyoliphantastic/image1_zpscba9ed99.jpg http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f243/jonnyoliphantastic/image_zpsaa3790e5.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandmaster damion Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 wow stunning work cannot wait to see completed squads painted to this standard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A D-B Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 JEEZY CHREEZY. These are freaking incredible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Janos Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 Wonderful crisp colouring. Brilliant! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwunzgofasta Posted July 6, 2014 Author Share Posted July 6, 2014 Grandmaster damion, A D-B, Lord Janos Thanks so much for the great comments! I've managed to finish the assault marine's body except for the aquilla which still needs to be highlighted. http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f243/jonnyoliphantastic/image3_zps682aaa6a.jpg http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f243/jonnyoliphantastic/image2_zps4cedc714.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwunzgofasta Posted July 12, 2014 Author Share Posted July 12, 2014 I've finally got my assault marine finished! I've doubled the size of my army and it feels great haha. I'm happy with how he turned out, although he nearly got thrown out of the window once or twice when I was working on his helmet. I've never really painted yellow before and I've quickly discovered it's in the same category as gold in terms of difficulty to paint! There's a lot of light hitting the model on this photo and I think it makes the base look a bit crap but here he is... http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f243/jonnyoliphantastic/4c25adea-02e9-47f9-907f-763f917aa620_zpsab16c19a.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firepower Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 Damn man, that's the definition of crisp. You have some brush control worthy of my jealous hatred :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathspectersgt7 Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 Another Outstanding Marine , great looking Yellow!!. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaweda Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 Absolutely magnificent. May I ask how you do your purity seals? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandMagnus Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 Excellent miniature! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reckoning Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 The red is indeed very nice, but that yellow is superb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzly_bear Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 Wow that red is beautiful, as others have said they have a very old school look but keeping in with the newer (darker) feel of painting, that yellow helm is awesomely done too....but brother.... Battle damage.... Lol I used to be a neat freak with my painting......then....I did my scythes.....all down hill from there.....you'll never wish to see a clean marine again lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daemon2027 Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 Wow what a really nice smooth colour. Fantastic work. Looking forward to what's next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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