Jønke Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 Looks great! What did you use for the chaplain armor? Like the off black approach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucumon Posted February 13, 2018 Author Share Posted February 13, 2018 The process is similar to the gold I did a while back (here). The basic idea: 1. Prime black with an airbrush 2. Airbrush a dark grey from the sides 3. Airbrush a dark-ish (but not as dark as the previous step) grey from the top 4. Use the airbrush to spot highlight areas (such as the center of the breastplate, top of the thigh armor, or fingers with a grey 5. Light dry-brush with the same grey 6. Highlight the top edges with a grey-blue around the same lightness as the grey in step 5. 7. After painting the details, dip in Army Painter Quickshade Dark Tone Here is a comparison of my Death Company over time with one done 10 (ish?) years ago on the left with wet blending, the middle one a really lazy job, and the one on the right painted with the process above. I have 10 more DC in the queue, I can put together a step by step if you want. Also, I've picked up a new phone that makes details and colors 'pop' better... so going forward I will use the newer one. For example, here's last night's completion: Lastly, I've gotten in a few games against Dark Angels and Tau. I feel bad for Tau because the battles usually end like the following pic... the hero of that match was the little suicidal librarian that charged 5 units after casting Wings of Sanguinius with Angel's Wing... thereby denying the whole "everyone shoots overwatch" thing Tau have. I cant wait to see their new codex. The other matches have been interesting... here are some thoughts on Dark Angels: 1. The +1 damage to plasma weapons strategem is nasty if you arent paying attention 2. One of the DA fliers can put a lot of mortal wounds on your Death Company. Kill it before it can drop a bomb on your DC 3. Ravenwing are so so sweet with their mobility and firepower... so either get first turn or betastrike with all the death company Upcoming: The most frustrating model to see the 40k tabletop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burias-Drak'shal Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 Great work on your army. DC look great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucumon Posted February 27, 2018 Author Share Posted February 27, 2018 Well, I've just completed one of the most difficult models to assemble... ever: the Fire Raptor. Even after a massive amount of green stuff and a base coat, I had to do even more green-stuffing and it was looking like this: I used Vallejo's German Red Brown surface primer instead of the normal black... I think I will continue to use this in the future supplemented by white to help raise highlights. The model is currently as follows... I thought I'd be more excited but the model was so frustrating to assemble with the warpage requiring a heat gun, the sanding, gaps, etc. The model was also rather bland and un-inspiring.... anyway, it turned out as follows: I have some more weathering to do to make it look likes it been flying & fighting. Additionally, there are areas, like the sponson gun balls, that need some further sanding & repainting. Its not really visible here, but where the components came together on the sponson... 'ball', it is not flush and requires more greenstuff. Luckily, those are easily removable because they are held in by magnets. But, this weekend, I get to surprise a buddy who plays space wolves... he will not be expecting this. I've also started this guy, my first attempt at NMM... and first time without an airbrush since 2015. This took me a couple hours and I'm realizing I need a lot more practice before I can paint using a loaded brush and get that high quality NMM look... well, practice makes perfect! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
9x19 Parabellum Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 what's NMM? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bjorn Firewalker Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 Impressive work on the Fire Raptor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Majkhel Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 Non-Metallic Metal I guess? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucumon Posted March 12, 2018 Author Share Posted March 12, 2018 what's NMM? Yeah, Non-Metal Metal. Here's how this most recent Sanguinor turned out: The NMM technique takes forever and I have a ways to go before the quality gets better. Next up: 1. 8x Death Company... unless something shiney distracts me 2. A "Red" analysis... I picked up a bunch of different reds as the GW Air stuff is hella annoying to get into an airbrush... plus, I want to try this NMM technique out on a red to see if I can get better results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Majkhel Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 Wow, you've magnetized the necks! That is something :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlo Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 Really liking that raptor - especially the yellow guns! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jorre Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 Love your work! I tried to nmm sanguinor back in 5th.... it did not go so well and hes sitting half finished on my shelf of shame right now! Probably something I should revisit in the future! Did you do much research before attempting this technique? Or was it a trial and error thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekfud Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 Lol - that looks a lot like my test collection of reds too - spent about $40 on different vallejo shades before going with GW for main colours anyway :-) I still use vallejo german red-brown to both prime and 'shade'; then mephiston red from top/45 degrees. The GW Air pots *suck* - but $2.50 for 6 empty dropper bottles fixed that for the main airbrush colours (mephiston red, black, dawnstone (for bases)...). Interested to hear how you find them for mix too - I've ended up mixing a decent amount of thinner even for the Air range (maybe ~25% thinner) to keep it very liquid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucumon Posted April 10, 2018 Author Share Posted April 10, 2018 Love your work! I tried to nmm sanguinor back in 5th.... it did not go so well and hes sitting half finished on my shelf of shame right now! Probably something I should revisit in the future! Did you do much research before attempting this technique? Or was it a trial and error thing? Thanks! I'm always learning. I did a fair amount of web surfing/ video watching and eventually settled on this page as my 'guide': http://razzaminipainting.blogspot.com/2016/07/non-metallic-metals.html?m=1 I may try again in the future... but it takes so long and my technique isnt as good as an airbrush. Speaking of airbrushes, I picked up a couple new ones: Fun fact: Badger air hoses don't fit on Master compressors. So I had to pull something in from the garage for a <small> upgrade: The Sotar is so precise, it lets me do things like use the airbrush for the roof of this terrain: Lol - that looks a lot like my test collection of reds too - spent about $40 on different vallejo shades before going with GW for main colours anyway :-) I still use vallejo german red-brown to both prime and 'shade'; then mephiston red from top/45 degrees. The GW Air pots *suck* - but $2.50 for 6 empty dropper bottles fixed that for the main airbrush colours (mephiston red, black, dawnstone (for bases)...). Interested to hear how you find them for mix too - I've ended up mixing a decent amount of thinner even for the Air range (maybe ~25% thinner) to keep it very liquid. Funny you should mention the dropper bottle transfer... i was in the process of doing that when you posted... and I picked up the Vallejo Game Air line, so now my paints look like this: The great thing about all these colors is that now I have 'recipes' for things: my bone/skull set is different than my parchment/purity seal set. As far as my 'red' experiment, I am going to take a spin at Luthermax's tutorial: https://www.themightybrush.com/how-to-paint-blood-angels-part-i/ I finished MORE DEATHCOMPANY with these new paints and airbrushes... and a fair amount of Lahmian medium... that stuff is wonderful. With some closeups: And even more scouts, because those guys are awesome: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlo Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 I'm in love with those DC dude. Subtle colour-transition all over them is superb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quixus Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 It looks great, however at least in the photos it looks like you did a whole lot of work to make the marines look unpainted. That's really a shame with grey armour. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bjorn Firewalker Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 Good job on the Death Company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucumon Posted June 26, 2018 Author Share Posted June 26, 2018 So, it's been a while... Work has been rough and so I just finished the following models that I started in April... unfortunately too soon for ETL: After selling my previous Commander Dante on ebay, I picked up another one to see if I could do better than last time... and I think I did: Also, I painted up three golden bananas while I was on gold... with everything magnetized per normal: And a close-up: Hopefully I will have a battle report after this upcoming weekend! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bjorn Firewalker Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 Good job on Dante and the Custodes. Their golden armor is well painted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucumon Posted July 10, 2018 Author Share Posted July 10, 2018 It's too bad I was unable to vow for ETL this year in time... Because I was able to complete this guy in record time: I tried zenithal highlighting using 3 browns and a white... Next time I think I'll only try 2 browns to increase the obviousness of the yellow transition contrast. Also, he (she? Xi?) Isn't quite complete as I still need chipping/rust, barrel heat, engine soot, etc. Army-wise, it's role is obvious - a fire support anchor to crack open armor and distraction to allow my assault elements to close on the enemy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bjorn Firewalker Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 Good job on the Knight Castellan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dread05 Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 I got to say Lucumon, I've used your DC models as a reference point while building mine. In particular I had a model where the jump pack wouldnt fit, and I got the idea from you, to use a mark IV jump pack on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucumon Posted March 22, 2019 Author Share Posted March 22, 2019 Well, it has been a while... I had a plan after reading "Devastation of Baal" and "Shield of Baal" of painting up more BA and ~200 Hive Fleet Leviathan Tyranids but then shiney things happened: a decent amount of commission work along with life and I'm finally back to painting BA thanks to Shadowspear. Here's some WIP shots of the Vanguard Librarian I am working on: I've posted more of what I've been working on Instagram (see here: https://www.instagram.com/lucumon8339/) More red dude-bros to follow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bjorn Firewalker Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 Strider Hiryu? When did you join the Blood Angels? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Majkhel Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 Ha, the first Vanguard Libby on our sub-forum! Looks very nice. I really like your color palette. Also very neat paint job! What are you planning for the camo scheme?I will be watching this for ideas for my own libby.However metal color in the joints between plates looks kinda like like space suits from low budget movies where everything in space was made of tin foil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucumon Posted March 25, 2019 Author Share Posted March 25, 2019 Here's the progress on the librarian after highlights and washes: Rather than slopping on washes as I had done in the past, I've been more reserved in it's application, used washes based on the wash color needed, and applied multiple coats so I didn't accidentally 'overwash' What are you planning for the camo scheme? I ordered some stencils from Fallout Hobbies... its going to be my first time trying this, but it seems easier and higher quality than doing it by hand. We will see. Until then, some light battle damage and a BA Phobos Captain! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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