Slips Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 ...I...actually never had a hard time painting yellow... I just worked up from : Averland -> Yrel -> Flash Gitz You could stop at Yrel and use Flash Gitz as a highlight color. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/300860-for-the-glory-of-terra/page/2/#findComment-3904029 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daemon2027 Posted December 30, 2014 Author Share Posted December 30, 2014 Its not so much the building of the colour it just looks messy as I paint. I just don't like the look in progress. Little things like that annoy me. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/300860-for-the-glory-of-terra/page/2/#findComment-3904084 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother-Chaplain Kage Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 A one off, though? I think it's time to start a petition. BCK to sculpt Solar Auxilia. Psh, why bother when FW did such a great job on them? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/300860-for-the-glory-of-terra/page/2/#findComment-3904116 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Rohr Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Are you using the yellow shades and washes to blend? Also, it's worth dry brushing a layer of the GW lightest yellow dry brush formula (can't remember the name at the moment) and giving that a final wash. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/300860-for-the-glory-of-terra/page/2/#findComment-3904130 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daemon2027 Posted December 30, 2014 Author Share Posted December 30, 2014 Yeah I did start to, but I just wasn't enjoying the yellow. Dark blue is far more enjoyable to paint. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/300860-for-the-glory-of-terra/page/2/#findComment-3904219 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire Golem Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Yeah I did start to, but I just wasn't enjoying the yellow. Dark blue is far more enjoyable to paint. I agree. Everything I paint seems to end up blue, blue green, or purple. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/300860-for-the-glory-of-terra/page/2/#findComment-3904252 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daemon2027 Posted December 30, 2014 Author Share Posted December 30, 2014 Right, so having left the glory of golden Fists to better men I have turned my attention to the dogs of the VIIIth. But not Curzes Nostramo filth, but the brothers of the Crimson Sons. My room is a pain to paint in, I need to get some lamps and daylight bulbs, but all the plug sockets are connected to Christmasy type stuff so will have to wait. But, with the poor light a VIIIth Legionnaire should enjoy, I have got this: I hunted my house for a place to get this picture and it's still dark! Hopefully you can see what I am trying, a muted tone. Hopefully as I get back into the swing of painting I will get a better blend from dark through to light. The blood from the eye is causing problems, I've tried Tamiya clear red, blood for the blood God, and this mix of blood for the blood God and a bit of Evil Sun Scarlett to try and give a bit of colour. The lightening was also a test, I want to get as thin as possible, so it's a hint of lightening. I will probally reserve the lightening for certain models anyway. Thoughts will be appreciated. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/300860-for-the-glory-of-terra/page/2/#findComment-3904646 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daemon2027 Posted December 30, 2014 Author Share Posted December 30, 2014 And here's work on the Solar Auxilia, I tried several colours for the cloth, but went with black, to make the metal more prominent. Nice and simple to. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/300860-for-the-glory-of-terra/page/2/#findComment-3904717 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire Golem Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Liking the Night Lor... Sorry, Crimson Son. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/300860-for-the-glory-of-terra/page/2/#findComment-3904721 Share on other sites More sharing options...
helterskelter Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Do more. Please do more. Crimson son is wicked cool! Auxilia looking grand too Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/300860-for-the-glory-of-terra/page/2/#findComment-3904722 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother-Chaplain Kage Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 The blood from the eye is causing problems Here's how I do mine: http://i.imgur.com/DrSF4p1.png?1 Take a dark red color, in my case I used Sanguine Base from P3, and mix about equal parts with black. I dunno the new GW colors names, but GW Scab Red in the older set would be ideal for this. Use this mixture to make the tear tracks and paint them a little thick. Add more red to the mix and paint thinner, brighter tears, and you can keep adding red and doing thinner, smaller strokes like you're layering line highlights as much as you want. To help smooth everything together, I went over it with some thinned down red ink and then hit them with a 50/50 mix of water and Future Floor Wax to give a little hint of shine and help make them pop and stand out a bit. You might try painting the tear streaks on another figure or even on your palette or a piece of paper to get the hang of it, because when I first tried it, it was surprisingly difficult to get the look how I wanted it. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/300860-for-the-glory-of-terra/page/2/#findComment-3904737 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daemon2027 Posted December 30, 2014 Author Share Posted December 30, 2014 Thanks for the advice, will give that a go. I found my mix looked great as a drip,on the silver colour of the mark III but got lost in the dark blue of the face plate. Then I think I over compensated with the vibrancy of the red and was to bright. I will certinally try what you suggested, and will aim for better brush control. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/300860-for-the-glory-of-terra/page/2/#findComment-3904743 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire Golem Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 What about getting some Tamiya Clear Red, or Citadel blood for the blood God, and have it like actual blood? Not that there's anything wrong with your two, but personally that's how I'd do it (mainly because I have a pot of the Tamiya I rarely get to use). Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/300860-for-the-glory-of-terra/page/2/#findComment-3904772 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother-Chaplain Kage Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 I went out and bought a jar of Tamiya Clear Red specifically for this and I tried several different ways of using it for the bloody tears and I didn't like how any of them looked. Of the probably 10 different things I tried for the bloody tears, this is the one that worked best for me. YMMV. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/300860-for-the-glory-of-terra/page/2/#findComment-3904787 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire Golem Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Fair enough, worth a try I guess. I'll do a tester one and see if I can get the Tamiya to work, bloody hell, gonna have some Night Lords too soon. I do like yours (both of you) but I like the sheen the Tamiya has like wet blood, and I know it probably is dry blood on the Crimson Sons helmets, but the image of crying blood proper like, is bloody cool. Excuse the pun. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/300860-for-the-glory-of-terra/page/2/#findComment-3904799 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostMalone Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 I approve of your scheme good sir ;) I had a realization of the perfect lord marshall piece so I just ordered a lord solar macharius pewter model on ebay :) So I'm thinking of using the enforcer model as a Strategos. Keep going demon my buddy Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/300860-for-the-glory-of-terra/page/2/#findComment-3904843 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DimDim Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 Kind of upset I didn't get to see another fist for inspiration, but non the less I was going to go for crimson sons if I didn't go fists! Like your scheme, not to much lightning (did the crimson sons have lightning?) so it doesn't detract from the excellent scale job you've done. If I may humbly support using tamiya clear red or blood for the blood god to give them that "realistic" fresh blood look? Maybe mix in some black to give a deeper colour? Keep it up! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/300860-for-the-glory-of-terra/page/2/#findComment-3905048 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daemon2027 Posted December 31, 2014 Author Share Posted December 31, 2014 I have tried both clear red and blood for the blood god, the problem is over such a dark base, it just doesn't pop in the way you want it to. If I had done the the faceplate another colour, like a metal, I am sure either of those would work great. The pic of the Crimson Son in Massacre had no lightening but doesn't mean they didn't use it all. But I will be keeping its use low, I am thinking of doing a Shock Infantry force, with Breachers, and may use lightening to decorate the shields. Same with the terror markings, I want less gory stuff and more savage style, skulls, maybe the odd taken head, animalistic markings. I am toying with the idea of using the terror heads as a sort of VIIIth legion deathmask. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/300860-for-the-glory-of-terra/page/2/#findComment-3905160 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slips Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 Maybe put a bit of pink/purple under Blood For the Blood God! Or orange? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/300860-for-the-glory-of-terra/page/2/#findComment-3905163 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daemon2027 Posted December 31, 2014 Author Share Posted December 31, 2014 I tired an orangey red on my model, looks to much like paint imo. Well I have time to practise. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/300860-for-the-glory-of-terra/page/2/#findComment-3905179 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slips Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 I meant Orange under with Blood Red Over to make it pop more; but yeah, blood on a dark surface isn't the easiest thing to get right without dunking the whole mini in it. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/300860-for-the-glory-of-terra/page/2/#findComment-3905181 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daemon2027 Posted December 31, 2014 Author Share Posted December 31, 2014 That may work. I wanted to try and get an effect where there was stained dry blood with smaller streams of fresh blood on top, like the eyes are always bleeding. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/300860-for-the-glory-of-terra/page/2/#findComment-3905208 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slips Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 hmm in that case, try a Red-brown underneath a brighter red / blood for the blood god, maybe? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/300860-for-the-glory-of-terra/page/2/#findComment-3905215 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire Golem Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 Next time you have a hobby accident, just smear some of the blood under the eyes. Easy! Otherwise yeah, try a brown/reddy brown base, maybe with the clear red on top (so the brown shows through). Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/300860-for-the-glory-of-terra/page/2/#findComment-3905217 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother-Chaplain Kage Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 A dark translucent color over a darker color = you're gonna have a bad time. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/300860-for-the-glory-of-terra/page/2/#findComment-3905223 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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