Tzen Posted February 7, 2017 Author Share Posted February 7, 2017 Another Terminator finished! http://www.golden-throne.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/tsterm3.jpg http://www.golden-throne.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/tsterm3.1.jpg I am trying to paint these guys to a standard I am happy to field on the table, so that I can return to them at a later date. Pretty happy with em so far! Sagentus, The Traitor, Panzer and 6 others 9 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolchiate Remembrancer Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 you have nothing to reproach yourself with. Tzen 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tzen Posted February 7, 2017 Author Share Posted February 7, 2017 I think he looks okay, I just think more could be done with a few bits. Loincloth, gun and eyes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeller Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 So what happens between the picture where you have the dark blue armor with bright solid stripes of lighter colors in the edges and the last picture where those colors all appear blended? Are you just washing the model heavily? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tzen Posted February 9, 2017 Author Share Posted February 9, 2017 I am just tidying the highlights up with watered down Kantor Blue. It's just a glaze to tone the super bright highlights down and blend them into the rest of the blue. Once you add the gold it helps contrast the blue and lightens it up a bit more, I will take a few more pics on the next one to show the different stages if you like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeller Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 I'd appreciate that. I was mostly asking out of curiosity. A simple process to get a nice coloration is never something I'd turn down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tzen Posted February 9, 2017 Author Share Posted February 9, 2017 If I remember (I'm pretty hopeless!) I will take pics of every layer of paint on the next guy I do. But honestly, after the tidying up is done, the gold contrasts with the blue so much that it makes it look a little lighter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sagentus Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 (edited) Loving this model ... the highlights all pop out in the right places and like you say the gold compliments the blue really well T'zen have you looked on the gw UK website? If you go to magnus yours is one of the example pics the have :-) Edited February 9, 2017 by Sagentus Tzen 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Commander Eidolon Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 You and your 'ropey' painting! I'd be happy with that on a good day.... Looking awesome as always, almost wish I'd not painted my Sons red.... If you are doing more pics, can I request a few on the golds! I'm always struggling with highlighting it up. What do you use to thin the paint down?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tzen Posted February 9, 2017 Author Share Posted February 9, 2017 I shall do my best! The gold really is just highlighted using liberator gold them stormhost silver. But happy to take some pics! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pompeyladbfp Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 really nice standard of painting mate, looks great. Im planning on doing a small TSons force, and unsure wherever to go all red so can use them in 30k and 40k, but that blue is lovely Tzen 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tzen Posted February 15, 2017 Author Share Posted February 15, 2017 I know some people are doing them Red too, just so they could use them for both systems! :D I am glad you like! Okay, as promised, I will be trying to take pics of the next guy as I go. http://www.golden-throne.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/ts4.jpg This guy has been based with Kantor blue. I then highlighted it with Thousand Sons blue, then Ahriman blue. The next step is to highlight it with Baharroth blue. If I was painting him as a "display" piece, there would be different layers of wet blending at this point. Instead I do all the highlights then use a Kantor blue glaze to tidy it up. Dosjetka and Dolchiate Remembrancer 2 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tzen Posted February 15, 2017 Author Share Posted February 15, 2017 Next step done. http://www.golden-throne.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/ts4.1.jpg Next up is tidying the highlights. Then painting all the rims black. This is so the gold on the rim has a neutral base to sit on. Dosjetka and Dolchiate Remembrancer 2 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dosjetka Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 Looking so good. It's a shame I'm not too keen on these new Thousand Sons/Tzeentch sculpts, otherwise I'd be painting them using your recipe by now (and then crying in the corner because yours would be so much better than mine). Tzen 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tzen Posted February 15, 2017 Author Share Posted February 15, 2017 Haha. Glad you like Dosjetka! :P Pretty certain you would do a bang up job! http://www.golden-throne.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/ts4.2.jpg Okay, so next steps is the gold rims. Once that is done, I then move on to tidying up all highlights before going into the smaller details. Such as the head dress and eyes etc. The face area is still pretty messy, but that's fine, I tend to focus on it last. Panzer 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tzen Posted February 15, 2017 Author Share Posted February 15, 2017 The gold trim is done! I used retributor armour. http://www.golden-throne.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/ts4.3.jpg This stage makes me grimace a little. It makes the model awful. Not to worry, the next stage helps tidy it up! :D Panzer and Dolchiate Remembrancer 2 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tzen Posted February 15, 2017 Author Share Posted February 15, 2017 Next step Riekland Flesh shade wash all over the gold trim. This, for me at least, obviously adds depth to the gold, but it also adds additional shading to the blue. This is especially decent towards the darker recesses of the blue, as it can often help show the armour is dirty or "worn". http://www.golden-throne.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/ts4.4.jpg May have to carry this on when I next have some free time. As the daylight is fading. :/ Panzer, Dolchiate Remembrancer and Dosjetka 3 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tzen Posted February 15, 2017 Author Share Posted February 15, 2017 Highlighted the gold with liberator gold. Also base coated the silver on the weapons and power supply on the back. http://www.golden-throne.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/ts4.5.jpg Still looking a little scruffy, but that's fine, still doing all the base colours. Will have a tidying up stage down the line! Dosjetka, Kierdale and Dolchiate Remembrancer 3 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tzen Posted February 15, 2017 Author Share Posted February 15, 2017 Loin cloth painted with first layer of skrag brown. Gun, sword and gems painted black where needed. You can't see it but the head dress has been tidied up and the first layer of blue on the stripes! http://www.golden-throne.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/ts4.6.jpg Dolchiate Remembrancer and Dosjetka 2 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeaceCraft Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 wow, i love the gold technique :)thanks for the tut! Tzen 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tzen Posted February 16, 2017 Author Share Posted February 16, 2017 My pleasure PeaceCraft! I went ahead and finished this guy. http://www.golden-throne.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/ts4done.jpg I'll go into what I did later, in a bit of a rush at the moment! Panzer, Race Bannon, Dosjetka and 5 others 8 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Traitor Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 Looks awesome as usual, I really like the highlighted runes you make on the boltgun! Tzen 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tzen Posted February 16, 2017 Author Share Posted February 16, 2017 Ta man. I'm pretty happy with how they have turned out. They look decent as a group on the gaming table, which is what I was going for! I may end up painting andquad of these, or at least one of them, to a higher standard once my army is done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Race Bannon Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 If these don't look "decent" then someone needs a reality check or a slap in the face. Dosjetka and Tzen 2 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tzen Posted February 16, 2017 Author Share Posted February 16, 2017 I think they look decent but there is loads you could do with wet blending and maybe NMM gold. Bit more attnetion to the small details, and they could look sweeeet. Again, not saying these are bad, I'd just like to spend a week or so on one model! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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