Rebecca Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 Hello! I've painted just over a year and I thought it was about time to pots some of my miniatures on the internet. When I started painting I painted Iron Warriors, and I now have an Iron Warrior/ Dark Mecanicum army of about 1000 points. I will be posting additions to this army along with some other projects here. I'm entering a painting competition at the and of this month and my entries will be a Vorex Battle-Automata, an Assassin and a Penitent Engine. Here are some work in progress pictures of the Vorex Battle-Automata and the Assassin: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrautScientist Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 Well, it seems like you have the red, black and bronze part down extremely well: The recipe looks lovely! I especially love the checkerboard pattern on the Daeth Cult assassin! My gut feeling is that the models might profit from an additional spot colour (some blue OSL, for instance, or maybe some white decals for the Vorax?). But seeing how these are still WIP; all that's left to say is: excellent work so far! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olis Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 Welcome to the forums, Rebecca. Not bad work, I must say. I think the Vorax automata need another layer of red, to smooth out the 'redness', as it's looking a touch opaque in places. The red on the death cult assassin, however, looks much richer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flint13 Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 Hi Rebecca! Welcome to the BnC Love your painting so far. The Reds you've got going are especially lovely. I will agree with K-Sci and say I think you'd get a much more attention grabbing effect with a little bit of a blue or green spot color. Keep up the great work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Rage Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 A very nice start, welcome to the B&C. Looking nice, maybe add some chevrons/hazard stripes, every iron warriors needs some of those and it would make a nice contrasting spot colour? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radiation Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Cool assassin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostMalone Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Love the tinge of red and welcome to the B&C. Good to see someone tackle the Vorax it's a beautiful mini Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandMagnus Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Welcome to B&C! The assassin is a great kitbash and the red is particularly good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atia Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 welcome to B&C =) great work so far (as the Vorax is still WIP? and the lovely Assassin still needs a base^^), and i really like the pose on that Vorax!! keep it up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebecca Posted May 22, 2015 Author Share Posted May 22, 2015 Thank you all for the comments! I really appreciate the feedback! Well, it seems like you have the red, black and bronze part down extremely well: The recipe looks lovely! I especially love the checkerboard pattern on the Daeth Cult assassin! My gut feeling is that the models might profit from an additional spot colour (some blue OSL, for instance, or maybe some white decals for the Vorax?). But seeing how these are still WIP; all that's left to say is: excellent work so far! I don't know if I am going to add any specific spot colours, I'm quite pleased with the way it is. But thanks for commenting on it, I'll think it over! Welcome to the forums, Rebecca. Not bad work, I must say. I think the Vorax automata need another layer of red, to smooth out the 'redness', as it's looking a touch opaque in places. The red on the death cult assassin, however, looks much richer. About the red. I am going to add a little more battle damage, and edge highlight it, but otherwise, I really like the red:) Thanks for the tip anyway! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forgeman Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Threads like these should come with a 'may damage bank account' warning; it makes it that much harder to not go off and splurge!! Really liking the Vorex, the pose has that velociraptor look. The assassin is very cool too and the red is lovely; I really like the mottled worn red on the Vorex too as well as the oily metals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother-Chaplain Kage Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 In my experience with taking pictures of something painted red, it never looks like the actual color at all. I hope you don't mind too terribly, but I did the same correcting I do on my figure pics with one of yours. I think it shows the depth of the red and weathered layering a lot better. http://i.imgur.com/uAyHFGp.png Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebecca Posted May 24, 2015 Author Share Posted May 24, 2015 In my experience with taking pictures of something painted red, it never looks like the actual color at all. I hope you don't mind too terribly, but I did the same correcting I do on my figure pics with one of yours. I think it shows the depth of the red and weathered layering a lot better. Thank you! How did you do that? However I think the red looks a little too bright. The actual model looks a bit more like my picture... But the background colour looks really nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebecca Posted May 25, 2015 Author Share Posted May 25, 2015 My assassin is now finished!! What do you think? (: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olis Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 Nice sludgy base. I like the rust effect you have given that metal work. Edit - Blasted typos. <_< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyaenidae Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 The checker pattern on the chainblade is on point. Nice job with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kythnos Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 Definitely really cool! Do you have any plans to do different types of assassins for your warband? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostMalone Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 Armour highlights are superb not over washed or highlighted just perfectly balanced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kriegsmacht Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 Really nice Assassin. I like the diamonds/checker pattern on the chainsword. :tu: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother-Chaplain Kage Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 Thank you! How did you do that? However I think the red looks a little too bright. The actual model looks a bit more like my picture... But the background colour looks really nice! A little playing with the contrast and other things with Photoshop. Something you might check for on your camera is if it has a setting for the type of bulbs you're using. Since I use incandescent lights, I have my camera set to adjust for that and it automatically takes out some of the yellow from the bulbs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebecca Posted May 30, 2015 Author Share Posted May 30, 2015 Thanks for the comments!! Definitely really cool! Do you have any plans to do different types of assassins for your warband? I have the Callidus Assassin, she'll be a part of my warband as well:) A little playing with the contrast and other things with Photoshop. Something you might check for on your camera is if it has a setting for the type of bulbs you're using. Since I use incandescent lights, I have my camera set to adjust for that and it automatically takes out some of the yellow from the bulbs. Thanks:) The Fang (painting competition in Oslo) was today, and here are my last two entries! The Vorax: 1st in 40K vehicle And a last minute Plaguebearer: 1st in Fantasy Single Miniature The idea to make the ruff on the plaguebearer came from Gardens of Hecate's tutorial. The other entries in the competition are here on my Flickr:) Vorax base: Really pleased with the 'antenna flowers', they're made from watch parts Edit - Forgot some pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandMagnus Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 Lovely plaguebearer, I like the neck thingy (goooosh cant remember the name of that...) and the sickly, pale, white skin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olis Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 They're usually called frills or ruffles, iirc. Nice gloss on the Vorax eyes, btw, Rebecca. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urauloth Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 Congratulations, and thank you so much for posting pictured from The Fang; we usually don't see much coverage of it here, and it has really interesting minis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doghouse Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 All three of those are really nice, the bases are really good too. :tu: What model did you base that assassin on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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