Qadash Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 Hello, I'll be doing a small force of fluffy Red Talons. It may be a gamble to do a 40k force of them now depending on whether Forge World really goes ham on expanding Clan Morragul's lore in 30k in the future, but it's a gentle way of easing me back into the saddle of painting - my eventual big goal being comfortable enough painting to do a full 30k Word Bearer army (my favourite 30/40k faction ever). It was a toss up whether to choose between Crimson Fists (extremely wide Forge World/GW range to customize with, great colour scheme but 0 fluff interest), Minotaurs (adore the fluff) and the Talons - of whom I also love, my taste steers toward morally ambiguous characters. Also dropping a moon on a World Eaters' recruiting planet, blowing up "liberated" Gethsamaine cities and in general being too unstable and eccentric for even Ferrus. But I went with my gut and here I am now painting Autek Mor's great clan. They're also a bit rare and obscure, which is a plus for me. Being Iron Hands descendants I'll be mixing in hopefully lots of augmetics and cyborg-y bits, with a good range of Heresy-era MKs cannibalized to suit a Second Founding chapter. Here are the first 2 I've done, more will come: http://i.imgur.com/IFTrsIS.jpg http://i.imgur.com/AI1NadO.jpg http://i.imgur.com/tvzwULK.jpg (transfers soon) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dosjetka Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 So lovely and clean. What are you doing Chapter symbol-wise? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qadash Posted August 28, 2016 Author Share Posted August 28, 2016 Thanks. I'm thinking the Iron Hands FW Legion transfer sheet should do for now. Any bigger models like vehicles that will need big Red Talon symbology stuck on I'll get round to making stencils for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pearson73 Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 Nice colour, liking the use of the green as a spot colour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luna707 Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 Looking great! Really sharp and clean! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major_Gilbear Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 Great start and lovely painting! Really nice and crisp work that's always a pleasure to see. :) In fact, the only suggestion I have is to perhaps consider the bases a bit more... I feel that the blue-grey drybrushed sand looks rather lower-quality work than the models on them. What effect/terrain were you going for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathspectersgt7 Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 Cool a Successor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draakur Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 B-E-A-utiful :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Custom Hero Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 Really like the color scheme. Attention getting without being overly saturated or in your face. Awesome work so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Aiwass Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 What a lovely deep red you have sir. Very nice and clean painting. I'll be stalking this *human skin-made hat off* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The4thHorseman Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 Looks Great, I also use that scheme for when I play my Blood Angels as Space Marines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qadash Posted September 4, 2016 Author Share Posted September 4, 2016 Sorry for the wait. I'm far too leisurely with production, two more tacticals done. http://i.imgur.com/AVpUyaW.jpg http://i.imgur.com/o6F27Gu.jpg http://i.imgur.com/z2UTUSO.jpg Great start and lovely painting! Really nice and crisp work that's always a pleasure to see. In fact, the only suggestion I have is to perhaps consider the bases a bit more... I feel that the blue-grey drybrushed sand looks rather lower-quality work than the models on them. What effect/terrain were you going for? Thank you. Yeah, the GW texture bases are bland an unimpressive - I'd figure I'd focus on just practicing my model-painting rather than go full bore into every detail. Ice-world is the idea, vague and basic. For my next project I'll definitely take up on doing proper greenstuff'd tile flooring and intricate base-work rather than slapping on default GW stuff. Thanks for the critique. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disruptor_fe404 Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 Amazing stuff, looking forward to more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The4thHorseman Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 What is the Highlight color you use on the Black? Love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Res Ipsa Loquitur Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 http://i.imgur.com/AI1NadO.jpg Dave looked on, stunned, as Steve Macarena'd at the Orks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qadash Posted September 4, 2016 Author Share Posted September 4, 2016 What is the Highlight color you use on the Black? Love it. Eshin Grey + Thunderhawk Blue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kizzdougs Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 Dude! That is some impressively neat paint work. Really great stuff :tu: The only critique I have is that the bases don't really live up to the excellent quality of the minis. If you want to go basic and easy to do, desert bases would probably look better and be easier to do. Looking forward to seeing some more :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andvarr A Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 http://i.imgur.com/AI1NadO.jpg Dave looked on, stunned, as Steve Macarena'd at the Orks. Steve stunned everyone with his step by step to the time warp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcyon Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 Not to hijack your thread, Qadash, but I've been thinking about what chapter to play, and one thing I was bandying around was playing a Fist of Medusa with an Allied Detachment of Flesh Tearers. Maybe Red Talons could work as one chapter doing a combination of both - marines who've kept rigid and logical in line with their forebears, and a contingent of unhinged marines consumed by Ferrus Manus' rage. Also I wanted to subscribe to see more cool minis. Nice paintwork, very crisp! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andvarr A Posted September 28, 2016 Share Posted September 28, 2016 When he said leisurely with production...I don't think he was kidding! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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