chaplainmikey Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Hey all, Recently started a Blood Angels army as an alternative to painting and playing my Wolves. Thought the highly decorative models and painting red would be a nice change of pace from my usual dark grey, plus you can never have too many power armoured armies and the sons of Sanguinius have such a strong character that I just couldn't overlook them. That and my Girlfriend bought me Space Hulk for our Anniversary which swayed me more than just a little bit. Anyway, onto pics of what I've painted so far: First 4 Tac Marines. Going for a squad that I can break down into a 5 man camping unit with a Plasma Cannon while the other 5 will be in a Razorback with a Plasma or Melta Gun. The two Terminators that I've painted from SH- As you can see I've gone for a darker tone of red than usual which I find helps with both the speed of painting them and giving the models a darker look which I prefer. Hoping to get a few more Tac Marines done over the weekend so I'll post progress as it happens. Cheers, Mike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morticon Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 rwaaaaaar!!!! SICK dude. Love, love, love the dark red. Thats my fav look for the BA. And like the splashes of black in and about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Dallo Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 I agree with Mort. Those are some lovely Blood Angels. The face of the first marine is really impressive. Keep up the good work Dallo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSlade Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 How did you get that dark red? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zedrenael Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Love the gem effects so muc inspiration for me to get back to painting instead of just painting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaezus Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Beautiful work :) Love the gems and really like your metallic effects too. How did you get the gold for the skull on the terminator's knee? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaplainmikey Posted October 17, 2014 Author Share Posted October 17, 2014 How did you get that dark red? I basecoat with Khorne red and then shade the recesses with Athonian Camoshade, highlight with Wazdakka Red and then a fine highlight of Evil Sunz Scarlet. Beautiful work Love the gems and really like your metallic effects too. How did you get the gold for the skull on the terminator's knee? I basecoat with Balthazar Gold then use thinned Druchii Purple to shade the recesses, layer on Gehenna's gold and highlight with Runefang silver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fury_of_Fenris Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 That red is delicous really nice man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagsy Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Congrats on a such a good job i love how neat they all are not one bit of paint out of place... Well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quixus Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 The red and the rest of the armour looks great, but that face... wow. Where's the torso of the marine with the Mk IV legs and the FW bolter from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaplainmikey Posted October 17, 2014 Author Share Posted October 17, 2014 The red and the rest of the armour looks great, but that face... wow. Where's the torso of the marine with the Mk IV legs and the FW bolter from? The torso is a standard FW MK IV piece from the older MK IV set. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knife&fork Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Gotta agree on the face of that first model, that's an impressive amount of detail you've gotten out of that sculpt. If I didn't know the model I would have guess it was a 50-something scale. Any tips for painting faces like that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaplainmikey Posted October 17, 2014 Author Share Posted October 17, 2014 Gotta agree on the face of that first model, that's an impressive amount of detail you've gotten out of that sculpt. If I didn't know the model I would have guess it was a 50-something scale. Any tips for painting faces like that? I'm glad you like it. :) Faces are one of the areas where I'm really trying to push my self and improve so I appreciate the feedback. I did do a tutorial for painting faces a month or so ago, the link is in this thread- http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/topic/295448-painting-faces-tutorial/ Hope that helps. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midnightmare Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Really cool work here, I likey :) esp the gems and faces as said Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaplainmikey Posted October 25, 2014 Author Share Posted October 25, 2014 This update has taken longer than I'd expected it would but real life stuff has gotten in the way but now things have settled I've had time to sit and finish these two honourable sons of Sanguinius! :) Thinking I might paint up the Space Hulk Librarian next for a treat for getting through a crappy week. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sockwithaticket Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 Lovely deep red, the green gems and lenses are excellently executed and provide a great spot colour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demoulius Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 I love how much details you put in your minis :) it must take forever to paint up a force in this manner though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helias_Tancred Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Just amazing! Very well done. I'm going to go with a darker red too for my blood angels after seeing yours. What do you prime them in? Black? Red? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zedrenael Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Mikey I got to say that I love the amount of detail that you put into your minis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaplainmikey Posted October 26, 2014 Author Share Posted October 26, 2014 Just amazing! Very well done. I'm going to go with a darker red too for my blood angels after seeing yours. What do you prime them in? Black? Red? I prime them black but if you can get a spray that matches the basecoat colour you're intending to use then I'd advise giving it a go just for the time it could save you. I love how much details you put in your minis it must take forever to paint up a force in this manner though Thanks. It does take a while to finish each model but I feel it is worth it. Just means I have a stupid amount of models for various armies that need painting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unbreakable Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Love the red, I prefer the darker look for blood Angels. The gems are also very well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ovidius Incertus Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Dat face! One of the best I've seen and leaves me jealous! Very nice minis so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaplainmikey Posted October 26, 2014 Author Share Posted October 26, 2014 Thought I'd share a few pics of this model who will be acting as my Assault squad Sgt. This model was the first I painted for my Blood Angels however I painted it for decoration for my Hive Tyrant's base rather than for an actual army. Thought it deserved a place i my army now as it was essentially my test model despite being painted in January. Just needs a bit of touching up in areas that aren't up to scratch. I'm aware Xenos pics are against the forum rules but I thought in this instance it would be okay but if I'm wrong feel free to remove it or ask me to do it. Working on my Libby's base and hope to get painting him tomorrow. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marine7312000 Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 So I take the Sgt won that little fight then. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helias_Tancred Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 That sergeant looks awesome! Grats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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