Space Wolfes by Adam - WIP Thread

[+Grimdark Prince Adam+]

Thanks for the comments and the tip about the ceramite, I will take it into consideration

Here is the next WIP, done the armour highlighting of one guy and the legs of the other:

http://i.imgur.com/GeHUv4o.jpg?1

http://i.imgur.com/egfpa5m.jpg?1

[+Grimdark Prince Adam+]

Almost finished higlighting the second Blood Claw, hehe, only after doing the pics I noticed i didn't paint his bottom pads

http://i.imgur.com/zU40NYs.jpg?1

http://i.imgur.com/xW5lukC.jpg?1

[LutherMax]

Really nice lighting effect. Does it take you long to do a marine with that many layers?

[Thrillhouse]

Both the grey and the yellow look amazing. Moar!

[+Grimdark Prince Adam+]

Thrillhouse - thanks! Moar to come, don't worry

LutherMax - surprisingly, no. At least, in comparison to the previous method. The most important thing is preparing the base for the highlight - which does not involve anything special. All I do at first is: base of The Fang, "wet" drybrush with Russ Grey, cover it with lahmian medium (VERY IMPORTANT), wash with diluted Naggarond Nighshade (previous lahmian medium layer makes it distribute very well).

So, the previous steps are quick and easy. Then, I use the diluted shade again to make shades on the insides of the legs and any covered places, and all the very deep places. Which is also quite easy and quick. Only here starts the hard part, only that when you understand the mechanic of light, it's actually fast, as there is not much layering to actually do. Its just diluted Russ Grey, Fenrisian grey and white one after the other, and I prepared the diluted versions already in separate bottles (after used up shades), so no additional preparing of paints, no wet palette etc.

So yea, it doesn't take so long as it might seem

[+Grimdark Prince Adam+]

And now for some battle damage:

 

http://i.imgur.com/l7BtL8q.jpg?1

http://i.imgur.com/GnBCnSM.jpg?1

http://i.imgur.com/RhHPKuD.jpg?1

[+Grimdark Prince Adam+]

So I tried to paint this next wolfie's armour in the new style of painting, but 3 times faster, by throwing away all unnecessary steps and using bigger brushes in the process. The new air paints (Russ and Fenrisian Grey) helped a lot. Here's the WIP result:

 

http://i.imgur.com/uwrlD3F.jpg?1

http://i.imgur.com/wzaFGEy.jpg?1

http://i.imgur.com/WG391WD.jpg?1

http://i.imgur.com/8N4uRUP.jpg?1

[+Grimdark Prince Adam+]

Ok, almost finished, just the base and markings on the pads to go. Probably fastes painted SW model so far:

 

http://i.imgur.com/ccQXJRy.jpg?1

http://i.imgur.com/0U4sJc8.jpg?1

http://i.imgur.com/KVbJxAk.jpg?1

[+Grimdark Prince Adam+]

Hey Guys!

 

Slowly but steadily been working on my first dreadnaught, here is a WIP shot, only thing left to do is the weapon and lenses:

 

http://i.imgur.com/Xu3MKLT.jpg?1

[Wraithwing]

Very nice. Love these wolves, looking forward to seeing more!

[+Grimdark Prince Adam+]

Thanks! The base is in the works, and I hope to finish it today after work.

[Leviathus]

Love your painting style dude!

[LutherMax]

LOVE the dread! Did you use your airbrush for the highlights / shading or your hand painted method?

[+Grimdark Prince Adam+]

Leviathus - thanks mate!

LutherMax - Everything is hand-painted, I don't see me using an airbrush any time in the near or far future And THANKS!

[+Grimdark Prince Adam+]

So here's a WIP of the soon-to-be-finished Bjorn. Hope you like it

http://i.imgur.com/IyLK7vT.jpg?1

http://i.imgur.com/fUGDF5M.jpg?1

[Ch@oZ]

There's a lot of nmm-like shadin going on, but the photos don't bring it out. I only caught it by watching that first dread's shoulder. Or am i wrong and seeing things?

[+Grimdark Prince Adam+]

Well, I'm sure you can check that in my thread in the hall of honour, where you will find better pics of the first dread. Although I take your comment on nmm-like shading as a compliment, I would say it's just deep shading

Here's the link to the better pics:

http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/topic/297408-space-wolves-by-adam/?p=4279813