The Red Sorcerers of Prospero: Exiles of Osiris

[Quixus]

Red wunz go fasta! But red ones with racing stripes may be faster still ;)

[Brother Pheidias]

I'd say the stripes would work very well.

[Xenith]

Beautiful work.

 

I'd gone for AL, because of having a Sons and Red BA armies in 40k, but these models are stunning. Those cataphracts, especially.

[SalvationOfReason]

The metallic red really reinforces that Art Deco feel I've always gotten from those speeders. Glorious.

My votes on the red stripe, as others have said, it lets them match up with your infantry ^^

[Kriegriss]

you're thousand sons are spectacular

[DarkMark]

An indent works for me.

 

BTW, when are you going to add a Tomb King's Necrosphinx as a terrain piece?

[Athrawes]

Managed to find a little time this weekend after my Girlfriend took me out to see Deadpool for valentines day.

 

I finished the Nuln Wash and most of the Edge HIghlighting/weathering on one of the Speeders.

 

http://i1088.photobucket.com/albums/i327/nickfayette1/f040a008-98b6-4ca3-932d-9b52e5f7614f.jpg

 

I'd love to hear your thoughts on how well the Metallic scheme transfers to the Larger model of the Speeder compared to the infantry. I think It works well on the Infantry but I'm not entirely sold on the edge Highlighting for the Speeder. My problem is that without the wash and the Highlight, the details lack a lot of definition in real life and the highlight helps the model look a bit sharper.

 

I think It might just be that I've been starring at this photo for a while and can find all the flaws since I painted them. What do you guys think? 

[Pearson73]

Looks good so far, the colour's nice and smooth. In terms of a stripe, I'd go for option C.

[Mango Polo]

I think it looks good, but maybe what's snagging you is that currently there's no white to break up the model. You might consider painting the lascannon frame the same color as the bolters or the plates protecting the turrets. Or tie the white crests of the helmets to the speeder by painting the tail-fin white.

 

Alternatively, you're using the same infantry technique on a much larger model. You can afford to rough up the weathering a tad more.

 

Though like I said, looks great IMO :)

[Brother Pheidias]

I think it's gorgeous, especially the edge-highlighting. A tad more weathering might be good, but only a small amount!

As for suggestions, my be-all-end-all echoes Mango Polos' suggestion as well, namely three white Stripes, Adidas style, on the nose and tail :D

[d@n]

Managed to find a little time this weekend after my Girlfriend took me out to see Deadpool for valentines day.

 

I finished the Nuln Wash and most of the Edge HIghlighting/weathering on one of the Speeders.

 

http://i1088.photobucket.com/albums/i327/nickfayette1/f040a008-98b6-4ca3-932d-9b52e5f7614f.jpg

 

I'd love to hear your thoughts on how well the Metallic scheme transfers to the Larger model of the Speeder compared to the infantry. I think It works well on the Infantry but I'm not entirely sold on the edge Highlighting for the Speeder. My problem is that without the wash and the Highlight, the details lack a lot of definition in real life and the highlight helps the model look a bit sharper.

 

I think It might just be that I've been starring at this photo for a while and can find all the flaws since I painted them. What do you guys think? 

looks really nice

[Hesh Kadesh]

Looks incredibke, although reminds ne more of BA than TS. I think the white would help break it up. Maybe a diagonal strip on the hull, and maybe a white tip on the tail.

[GrandMagnus]

I've got to agree a with Hesh, it does look a bit like a Blood Angel vehicle. While, yes, the red is a bit brigther and orangy than BA usually have, it could probably do with some white.

 

But that said it's still an amazing piece. The metallic scheme transfers well into the vehicles size.

Edited February 18, 2016 by GrandMagnus

[Dagoth Ur]

Hey Athrawes :)

 

Beautiful Thousand Sons! The Speeder looks awesome, but I do have to agree that it definitely needs a few white panels. How about the two inset, curved panels on the front of the Speeder?

 

Can't wait for more, keep on painting!

[Kizzdougs]

I really like it the way it is now. I wouldn't change a thing except to maybe add some decals when FW brings out a sheet for the Thousand Sons.

 

Awesome work :tu:

[Memento Of Prospero]

I think we see this as BA more than TS just because we have been exposed to the BA for so long.

 

Iconography on the speeder would break this up for sure.

[captainblow]

I'm not quite sure how I missed this thread. Some of the best space wizards I've ever seen!

[The Pounder]

Seconded!

Absolutely, jaw dropping!

The red is just something else!

[Athrawes]

So I'm still on the edge about adding additional white to the javelins. I think that I'll hold off on that until the Legion Decals are released and see how those might work on a Javelin.

 

In other news, I've been working on my Sicaran battle tank.

 

 

 

http://i1088.photobucket.com/albums/i327/nickfayette1/966f8611-263e-47aa-bce4-ca425f3c534a.jpg

 

http://i1088.photobucket.com/albums/i327/nickfayette1/9258fbb0-a547-4a46-bec8-28c03efa994c.jpg

 

http://i1088.photobucket.com/albums/i327/nickfayette1/8c7df7b1-4d3e-4e29-a724-fb2d98498aa9.jpg

 

There is a lot of clean up work to do, and pretty much all the detailing. all of the lenses and possibly the viewing slits will be done in the same bright blue as the eye lenses and scarabs on my infantry.

 

My big issue with this tank was breaking up all of the red. On the javelins, there is the touch of white from the Crew, but on this tank it is just tons of red. I think Decals with legion symbols and warning signs will help to break it up but this is the general direction I'll be taking it and other tanks in.

 

I'd love to hear your thoughts, especially on the placement of the white to break up all the red.

Edited February 22, 2016 by Athrawes

[Brother Pheidias]

It works splendidly, it'd do the same on the javelin :lol:

[Quixus]

I'd love to hear your thoughts, especially on the placement of the white to break up all the red.

The paint job looks great. Since astartes don't use camouflage on their vehicles anyways, metallic paint jobs look so much better. I'm not so sure about the white stripe. I think it does not only break up the red, but break the vehicle in half. Maybe do a white line across the side of the tank, possibly on the slanted part of the hull that is between the top and the side.

[GrandMagnus]

I personally like the white stripe, splitting the moving parts from the killing parts :P It looks cool.

[Athrawes]

I'm glad you guys like the progress on the Sicaran. Tanks are something that I've always been terrible at but with the metallic Red scheme, I quite proud of how it is turning out.

 

I definitely understand some mixed feeling about the White stripe, I think part of the problem is that the photos I took wash it out, and make it look way more vivid than it does in real life. The picture below is a bit more accurate to how it looks alongside the army. That said, It's starting to grow on me and helps tie the tank in with the combat markings on the rest of the army.

 

I'll be out of town for a few days so I thought I'd leave you with a group shot showing how my army has progressed since I began working on them in early January.

 

http://i1088.photobucket.com/albums/i327/nickfayette1/e840e12c-4274-49da-afb3-3b345b64f81c.jpg

 

http://i1088.photobucket.com/albums/i327/nickfayette1/88b601ac-592b-4ed1-84b6-438d579a65b8.jpg

 

I still have some work to do on the Javelins and Sicaran, but once they are finished I'll be moving onto the next phase of reinforcing the army. 

 

4 mk II marines to round out my Tactical Squad.

 

2 Apothecaries

 

2 Terminators to add to my command squad, and to allow me to run them alternately as a Legion Terminator squad 

 

1 Damocles Command Rhino.

[Vulkan He'Dan]

Everything is is just.... wow. Looks fantastic! The stripe on the sicarian looks great, it would seem a bit plain without it.

[Brother Pheidias]

Impressive. Most impressive.

A great coherent force, and I still think the white stripe is just perfect. May you'll decide to add runes/hieroglyphs to it once the Legion Transfer-sheet comes out, but for now I wouldn't change a thing.