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Hey, DUDE GHOST OF WAR :cuss! U ARE THE BEST IVE EVER SEEN!!! :wub: !!:withlove:!! oh well im starting a tzeench army and seeing as how this is a colour section i was wondering about what would be a good C/S (colour sceme)

 

So if u could give me som ideas i was planning for a fiery orange mask w/golden outlines (1/2 regal blue 1/4 chainmail 1/4 chaos black) mix for the armour and one squorpian green hand!

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Very nice work on the Aspiring Champion. I also really like the way you put a torn and tattered piece of skin on the roof of the Rhino instead of doors. :wub:

 

But..... I'm on broad band and the pics took quite a while to load so yo might want to limit themm so those on 56K don't go crazy and try to hunt you down.

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Here's a WIP Blastmaster marine, picture taken with my friend's digital camera. You can't see it too well, but I made sure to achieve a really vampirically pale skin tone, seen as a light patch over his green lens.

 

The Slaanesh symbol on the barrel was inspired by some sigils and whatnot painted in the same spot in John Thompson's Slaanesh army, "Innocence Lost."

 

Any comments welcome. *.D

 

Mine is the picture all the way at the bottom, below my friend's guardsmen.

 

Noise Marine w/ Blastmaster

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Take a pic from about 5'-6' away. And then on your computer edit it and enlarge the image. (Be sure to take the pic with the highest resolution availible.)

 

But if your camera has a macro zoom feature then use that, 'cause that's what it for. ^_^ Number one rule with digital cameras, read the instructions. (Not that I did. ^_^ )

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Well, kinda inspired by you guys heres what my lord and a random mook look like atm.

 

http://dysartes.com/armyfeatures/40k/totgpics/simon/lordangletn.jpg

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://dysartes.com/armyfeatures/40k/totgpics/simon/lordsidetn.jpg

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://dysartes.com/armyfeatures/40k/totgpics/simon/randomexample.jpg

 

Not the best you will ever see but I hope you like them! ^_^

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I can't believe you are making your own Great Unclean One. He looks way cool. And your Lt, he is so sick I think I got a disease just looking at him. (How am I going to explain that to my wife? ;) ) I've got two of the same model, both of them converted, and neither one looks half as cool as yours. :(

 

You have to post your Great Unclean One as soon as he is finished. Something that great must be shared with everyone. ^_^

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Painting red tutorial

 

I posted this down in the PC&A forum as well, but I figured it would be useful here too.

 

Paints used:

- Chaos Black

- Red Gore

- Blood Red

- Blazing Orange

- Vomit Brown (or any other yellowish colour, I used it because I had nothing else)

- Chestnut Ink

 

Method:

It's really just a variation of a dry blending technique. Those who remember HardCoil's tutorial from a while ago will know what it is, as it's essentially the same thing with a few different steps. All steps requre thinned down paint, I recommend a ratio of 2:1 paint to water (I've recently stated 1:1 is good, though in writing the tutorial I realised that from the new paint pots 2:1 is good enough since they are rarely as dry...) otherwise the paint becomes very streaky. If not enough water is used, brush strokes become instantly visible, while if too much is used then the thinned paint will get a bit blotchy, won't cover over the previous steps properly and will get into the cracks too easily. Try different ratios if anything goes wrong, see what works for you.

 

A tip with the brush itself, dry blending seems to work better if you brush horizontally, with relatively heavy strokes where you want the colour brightest, while where it's blending use lighter strokes. Hard to explain in words, though.

 

Step 1 - Undercoat.

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v23/cheex/Khorne%20Stuff/Tutorial/stage1.jpg

 

Basically a Chaos Black undercoat with the spray paint. As always, make sure the temperature and humidity is right to spray, otherwise it gets very flecked. Touch up with a little bit of Chaos Black with a paintbrush to get all the cracks that the spray missed.

 

Step 2 - Basecoat 1.

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v23/cheex/Khorne%20Stuff/Tutorial/stage2.jpg

 

Quite simply, this step is just two to three coats of Red Gore (watered down as above). First coat covers the whole mini, second coat, which makes it brighter, covers only part of the mini's armour plates. This starts the blending effect, and is most visible in the Berzerker's chainaxe in this pic.

 

Step 3 - Basecoat 2.

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v23/cheex/Khorne%20Stuff/Tutorial/stage3.jpg

 

This step is just a coat or two of Blood Red. Try to keep the paint covering only the top halves of each armour plate, so to keep the blending going from a bright red to near-black. If the paint is streaky, then you either need to water down the paint more or add another thin coat of Red Gore before re-attempting this stage.

 

Step 4 - Highlights 1.

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v23/cheex/Khorne%20Stuff/Tutorial/stage4.jpg

 

Though technically a highlight stage, this is really just another basecoat. Top quarter of each armour plate is painted Blazing Orange. As with the other steps, try to ensure a smooth transition from near-black to this stage.

 

Step 5 - Highlights 2.

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v23/cheex/Khorne%20Stuff/Tutorial/stage5.jpg

 

Vomit Brown highlights. This is just any yellowish colour painted on the very top edges of each armour plate. Of course, don't try to highlight the darker parts of the armour with the yellow, you just need to highlight the bright oranges. Don't worry if the armour looks very bright and contrasting, this is fixed up in the next stage.

 

Step 6 - Ink washing.

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v23/cheex/Khorne%20Stuff/Tutorial/stage6.jpg

 

Get a 50/50 mix of Chestnut Ink and water and wash the whole model (using a paintbrush, if that wasn't clear ^_^). This stage ties in all of the previous stages, blends in the colours and brings out the reds. Some streaky paint can be cleared up with this, as well, and it serves to darken the colours. It looks a bit like the model has gone back to stage 3 in the pic, but in fact the blending looks a ton better after the wash.

 

End result

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v23/cheex/Khorne%20Stuff/Tutorial/complete.jpg

 

This is the product of around 1.5-2 hours' work, not including the simple photography. The red itself took only around half an hour to an hour all told, so the level of detail after that is up to you, which can shorten the time considerably.

 

Hope this was of some use ;)

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Well, I'm only really getting started on my EC army. I've done a lot of modelling, but little painting. The link below leads to a pic of my colour scheme, although this is a rather incomplete version. Much of the detailing and highlighting work has not been done. I intend to have much more to show in the near future, as I'm currently working on a few secret projects for my EC. But for now, enjoy.

 

Test Marine

 

+++EDIT+++ One of the 'previously secret' projects can be found by looking in the WIPs album in the above link.

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