Terminatorinhell's WIPs

[Terminatorinhell]

Quickly painted old sternguard 

[bloodhound23]

Is that red glazed or wet blended? It’s a very nice gradient.

[Terminatorinhell]

Neither really. It's just khorne red with a couple thin coats with highlights. 

[Brother Christopher]

Wow, I haven't seen these guys on the Internet for ages. Do you also have the power-fist wielding sergeant? When I was younger, I really loved that sculpt. Hell, I think it still holds up as one of the greatest SM sculpts.

[Terminatorinhell]

Oh yeah I do, it's one of my absolute favorite sculpts for firstborn too. 

[ZeroWolf]

Nice work on those old guys  Some brilliant sculpts there.

[Terminatorinhell]

Trying for an active camo effect on these cloaks. Not quite ready though. 

[Boc]

Braver than me for doing the active camo. Looking forward to seeing how it turns out! 

[ZeroWolf]

Yeah, I've not got the skills to even try and do that  good luck with it!

[Terminatorinhell]

Some more work, Las fusil guy needs a head lol. 

 

[Firedrake Cordova]

The "active camo" is a nice effect, but you may find if you do the camo too well, the model disappears into the base - if you add a quick edge highlight to the bottom of the cloak, it may help stop that from happening  

[Terminatorinhell]

Lol I mean I ain't mad about him disappearing into the base. It sells the effect 

[ZeroWolf]

I didn't even notice the headless guy till you pointed it out 

[Boc]

18 minutes ago, ZeroWolf said:

I didn't even notice the headless guy till you pointed it out 

He's not headless, it's just the active camo is only finished on the helmet obviously 

[Terminatorinhell]

I kept fussing at the cloaks lol... 

 

[Terminatorinhell]

I'm still trying to glaze more of a gradient but I'm worried about messing it up lol. Thoughts on this? 

 

[Firedrake Cordova]

I think the effect works well.  I think adding another step to the gradient by mixing the blue and black and applying it at the top to blend the blue down wouldn't hurt, but I also don't think it's needed.  

[Brother Christopher]

I think it looks pretty cool - good execution. If I were to critique anything, it'd be the white line - I imagine it would look cooler if it were thinner or perhaps a bit more ragged? You could thin the wite line by glazing some of the blue on top - that way, you'd have more gradient between the light blue and the white that also should result in a better 'power field' or 'electricity' effect.

 

The blue and blueish gray are perfect, though.

[ZeroWolf]

1 hour ago, Brother Christopher said:

I think it looks pretty cool - good execution. If I were to critique anything, it'd be the white line - I imagine it would look cooler if it were thinner or perhaps a bit more ragged? You could thin the wite line by glazing some of the blue on top - that way, you'd have more gradient between the light blue and the white that also should result in a better 'power field' or 'electricity' effect.

 

The blue and blueish gray are perfect, though.

I'd agree with this, however I also think they're looking good, the work you've put in shows.

[Terminatorinhell]

Because I'm distractable I started painting a black reach captain I oyumarued an arm for. Some reason I thought Crimson Fists worked. 

[ZeroWolf]

I used that that model back in the day  looks like the replacement arm worked great!

[Terminatorinhell]

Lol the nmm is kind of crap but I actually changed his sword shape too. Like one of the big combat blades with the scooped out tip. 

[Terminatorinhell]

I keep looking at the sword and want to redo it. Might have to strip or sand down the paint. Either I try nmm again, go for a powerword effect or just make it a black metal sword. 

 

Edit

And so I went with a blue effect 

 

Edited February 29, 2024 by Terminatorinhell

[Terminatorinhell]

Working on the chapter master 

Used oyumaru to make the front of the tabard part from a 3D printed part. The cape was oyumarued from a sword brethren but not sure I like it. 

[Brother Christopher]

The cape needs some post-processing but overall I can see it work. You need to smoothen out the rougher bits (edges, as well as the green stuff bits) and modify the top part:

1. I'd recommend you file down the parts I marked in orange circles (that seem to come off from a Sword Brother's shoulder pads?) - the flow of the fabric is definitely unnatural here;

2. the way it connects to the body of the Marine (e.g. by extending it, like I marked with the green line).

 

Spoiler

 

I'm ceaselessly impressed by your conversions. You're very brave and 'aggressive' with your projects, i.e., your modifications are very extensive. Also the fact that you're mixing old (sculpting) and modern (3d printing) approaches to the hobby is very motivational.

 

With my to-be primaris project, I have certain doubts: should I 'waste time' on cutting, repositioning and modifying by using plasticard, scrap and putty - all of these things are after all time consuming and imperfect - when 3D printing is available. Especially since I know how much time it takes me to do something. It feels like a mistake, I think to myself, the world goes forward and so should I.

 

Yet, there are people like you who don't hesitate to totally reshape what GW sells them and who continue to use traditional hobby tools. Thanks to people like you and projects like this, I feel more comfortable in my plans and decisions.

 

Thanks for continuously sharing!