Ultramarines 2nd Company ever growing army

[leonhart040]

Hi!
I'm building an Ultramarines army, starting from 500pts, then 1000pts, 1500pts and finally 2000pts. I'm not in a hurry to achieve the top points, cause I like to take my time on painting, and I have many side projects ongoing.
I'll show each unit one by one on each post, with an explanation of the painting process and markings.
I hope you like them!! Any advices for improving will be welcome ^^

First unit, HQ, Chief Librarian Varro Tigurius. Not really the first miniature I painted for the army, but first character I paint since a long time. Not very proud of the cloth ,still not used to paint it. Also, first freehand of my life
Maybe I'll repaint it or buy another one and try a different technique on the armor and cloth.

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You can find this and other miniatures in my Tumblr page, http://leonhart040.tumblr.com/

(Are the pictures too big? Is there a way to reduce them here?)

[Darth Mustard]

For a first character you did not selected the easiest one to paint

Pretty good job

Love the freehand

Pictures aren't too big

I like big pictures since I'm a living ancestor who needs glasses

You might crop them a little closer to your mini

[leonhart040]

Time for some troops. This is the first new kit of tactical space marines I paint since a long time. I was done in a quick way, only to play. Basically it's drybrush+drybrush+glaze, not a great paintjob I fear http://www.heresy-online.net/forums/images/smilies/sad.gif I'll fix them later maybe.
Also it is the first squad where I use numbers and icons of squad and company. After reading the old Insignium Astartes and comparing it to the infromation in the new codex, I thought I could work a bit more on them and show some markings.
I also applyed this to an old rhino, and put some LED in it. I'll explain it in another publication.

 

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[deathspectersgt7]

Ran out of likes The Tac Squad looks great.

[Toxichobbit]

You've got a solid start there, especially on Tigurius. If you wanted to improve, then a couple of things you could do are to go back and neaten up the freehand on the Tactical Squad, especially the numbers and add script to the purity seals.

For the freehand, the easiest way to make it a bit neater is to go back and refine the numbers and kneepad checks with blue. It's easier to use a darker colour to neaten the edges of a lighter freehand than it is to keep repeating the lighter colour over and over again trying to get it right.

For the script, just some thing wiggly lines will add a nice element of detail to the purity seals.

You also mentioned the cloth, which is a trickier thing to get right. The best way to do it is wet blending the transitions between the highlights and shading, but that's a technique that a lot of people find difficult. To start with I'd work on painting the cloth with thinner paints and doing more layers of shading/highlighting, that should help smooth the transition. It takes a lot longer than wet blending, but it's significantly easier.

Apart from that, it's all looking good.

Edit: DSS, you !

2nd Edit: I should also mention that photos make the transitions between shading and highlights on lighter colours look more dramatic than they actually are. Add onto that the fact that the camera zoom picks up slight errors that the human eye is unlikely to spot and you realise that photos almost always make models look worse than the actually are. With that in mind, I can say for certain that your cloth and freehand are definitely up to a good standard.

[Seathal]

Gotta love the LED job on the Rhino. Paint-job on everyone is also cool! Keep up with it!

[leonhart040]

Those were painted before Tigurius, and pictures are the forst ones I did. Grom now on, the newest minitures will have a background and better pictures. I feel a white background it's not good for coloured miniatures.

[Grizzly_bear]

Looking great fella

[leonhart040]

Quick update with Rhino VI pics. This rhino is the one assigned to tactical squad VI, and comes with full battle markings: chapter, company, campaign,...
In addition, it's one of the most elaborated vehicles I've made, all doors can open and close, even top ones. Tactical squad symbol is made of plasticard and all the weathering is made to express a feeling of old, and ancient machine with years of duty.
The front can be lifted to see the wiring and the battery, I'll post a picture later.
Questions? Opinions? http://www.heresy-online.net/forums/images/smilies/smile3.gif

 

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