Carmine Blades - Completed Blood Angels Army!

[evildrcheese]

Awesome thread. Some really nice models in here.

 

EDC

[Jolemai]

Nice to see this revived :)

[Charlo]

So cool :D

[Xenith]

Gorgeous shading on the loin cloth, the rest just needs some highlighting to make it stand out!

[Bat33.1]

I appreciate the C&C! And yea...I am a bit bummed by how they came out.  They aren't that dark before I seal them, but whenever I spray on the varnish the pigment just darkens up a lot.  Not sure how to avoid it <_<

Go back with your pigment after varnishing and apply it with white spirit to fix it without using varnish.

[SlangWhanger]

Love that DC scheme! In fact, love everything! I'd maybe highlight that bolter a tad as it seems a bit flat atm, but this is only me trying to find something...

[Paikis]

I really like the whites on these models, especially with the blue glow thhey have. Was that done with an airbrush?

 

Also, as SlangWhanger said above, Im not a huge fan of the Bolter. I prefer my DC bolters to have a red case.

 

Great looking models regardless of my nitpicking :)

[keeblerartillery]

Thanks for the feedback guys! Yea, the bolter and the black in general needs a little work. I was hoping that the highlighting I did with the grey would stand out more but I think I need to do a little more work with the black in general (including the bolter).  Thanks for the advice PJ, I'll definitely give that a go...on all my bases, since the effect is pretty uniform.  And yes Paikis, the blue was done with an airbrush. I primed white, used Badger Ghost Tint (Plasma I think) and then cut back in with white from the airbrush.  Again, thanks for the C&C, I appreciate it!

[keeblerartillery]

So first off, thanks for all the feedback! I've gone back and redone my black. I added some more grey, gave it a wash and I think it looks a lot better. I also re-did my bolters and bolt pistols in red and agree - it looks much better for DC to have red weapons. I also livened up the silver and gold. The gold on the first guy still needs some finishing touches on the edge highlights. These guys are still mostly a work in progress and the pics aren't great but please let me know what you think!

[Nicodemus Doloroso]

Very very nice models. I love that shade of dark red that you've used. Excellent work, brother!

[evildrcheese]

Nice use of the blue within the white.

 

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[Midnightmare]

These are very impressive mate, great to see such a rare chapter done so well. Kudos :tu:

[keeblerartillery]

Hey all! So this has been a long time coming, but my hiatus is over. Here is my Sanguinary Priest; because the Blades are already have a little bit of a priest scheme going, I decided to invert the colors. He is still a WIP, I need to add some highlights to his helmet and base him obviously, but I'm really happy with how it turned out. As always, C&C welcome! Also, I apologize for the quality of the photos...I'll get my booth up and running soon.

Edited July 2, 2017 by keeblerartillery

[Father Mapple]

Looks really good. The robes look great and natural. Inverting the colors was a good idea.

[Xenith]

Ace!

[Charlo]

He looks great!

 

I like the red head on a SP for the Carmine Blades, makes him nice and reversed.

[sockwithaticket]

Shading's a little heavy on the plasa pistil wings for my taste, but looking good otherwise. Agree with Charlo the inversion of the scheme is a nice design choice.

[LutherMax]

Loving the Blades dude! I'm actually doing white helms on my BA Vererans instead of gold cos I like the scheme so much :)

[keeblerartillery]

Thanks all! I'm tinkering with how I want to do my sergeants now...either adding a red stripe or just doing a red helm (cus I liked this one so much!)

[Damon Nightman]

Nice priest! Any tips on how you did the jump pack? Specifically the weathering and the blue glowiness

[keeblerartillery]

Honestly, I just sprayed some black paint along the edge using an airbrush to weather it. Simple yet effective I think. For the interior, I started with a dark blue, slowly layered up to a lighter blue, doing a smaller and smaller area with each step up in color and then an edge highlight of white on the hard edges.

[Damon Nightman]

Thanks! I agree, very effective!

[Bjorn Firewalker]

Good job.

[keeblerartillery]

As per usual, sorry for the bad lighting. But after a couple of strip sessions (OF THE PAINT) and repainting, here is my fire raptor (finally)

As always, comments and criticism welcome!

[keeblerartillery]

Deleted for silliness

Edited December 16, 2017 by keeblerartillery