Farva Ramathorn Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 (edited) The 5 Infernus marines and the sargeant from the combat patrol magazine, plus a little bashing. A lot more chopping than I expected just to make bits from the salamander upgrade kit work. Chainsword cut from one of my sons chaos kits. Not codex approved but I think it's style works with a flame effect. Which I'm still trying to get the hang of. Its not clear in the pictures but i tried using some light contrast blue over the top of the ventilator shroud on the flamer units. I was going for a heat treated patina. Something I'll keep practicing. Transfers, bases, shoulder detail and some fine detail still to do. Not happy with the helmets. Might need a do over. Edited February 9 by Farva Ramathorn ZeroWolf, Tallarn Commander, Dr_Ruminahui and 4 others 5 2 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/385282-salamanders-infernus-marines/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroWolf Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 Very nice work Salamanders colours look good on them Farva Ramathorn and Firedrake Cordova 2 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/385282-salamanders-infernus-marines/#findComment-6093797 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Carpenter Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 I'd say if there's a stereotypical unit for sallies it's these guys. Love the colour scheme. I can see where you're coming from regarding the helmets., But yellow is such a pein in the b*tt to paint. I found multiple drybrushes over a basecoat of xv something to be most effective. But, nice mini's!! ZeroWolf, Firedrake Cordova and Farva Ramathorn 2 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/385282-salamanders-infernus-marines/#findComment-6093842 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firedrake Cordova Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 There's a couple of ways of making yellow less annoying - mixing in another darker paint that covers better for the first basecoat, e.g. a tan (this has the bonus of also being able to be used to establish recess shadows), or using Imperial Fist Contrast over white to give you a yellow base to paint your desired yellow over (Imperial Fist gives a relatively flat yellow with little "contrast effect" whilst having relatively high pigment levels). Farva Ramathorn 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/385282-salamanders-infernus-marines/#findComment-6093956 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroWolf Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 3 hours ago, Firedrake Cordova said: There's a couple of ways of making yellow less annoying - mixing in another darker paint that covers better for the first basecoat, e.g. a tan (this has the bonus of also being able to be used to establish recess shadows), or using Imperial Fist Contrast over white to give you a yellow base to paint your desired yellow over (Imperial Fist gives a relatively flat yellow with little "contrast effect" whilst having relatively high pigment levels). I do something similar, though I use brown, as my base, working up to yellow Firedrake Cordova and Farva Ramathorn 2 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/385282-salamanders-infernus-marines/#findComment-6094007 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farva Ramathorn Posted February 10 Author Share Posted February 10 Better angle pictures. I like the suggestion to dry brush the helmets and starting with a tan or dull yellow base using a contrast. Not sure why I didnt. I need get some finer brushes before I do lenses again. ZeroWolf, Rusted Boltgun, Firedrake Cordova and 2 others 5 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/385282-salamanders-infernus-marines/#findComment-6094012 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farva Ramathorn Posted February 13 Author Share Posted February 13 Prep and practice amd perhaps a little bit macabre! im not good at painting faces and have a librarian to do. had a few unused heads on sprues so got clipping. A couple of fleshtones and a fine brush are in the post. ZeroWolf and Firedrake Cordova 2 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/385282-salamanders-infernus-marines/#findComment-6094550 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pearson73 Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 I like the flame effect on the chainsword, very fitting! I think yellow is a good choice for the helmet and the others have given some good suggestions how to achieve it nicely. Great idea to practice on all those heads! I can really recommend pre-shading them before applying skin tones. I normally go for a dark purple/indigo in recesses and a light green on areas I will highlight. Changing the colours will give you different hues of skin. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/385282-salamanders-infernus-marines/#findComment-6098546 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farva Ramathorn Posted March 17 Author Share Posted March 17 Base update Tallarn Commander, Grotsmasha, firestorm40k and 4 others 3 4 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/385282-salamanders-infernus-marines/#findComment-6100389 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farva Ramathorn Posted March 17 Author Share Posted March 17 Base progression. Lots of wet blending and sponge dabbing. Coated with some car lacquer. Generous coating of Mordant earth. Helmet and Face progression Tore off all the original heads and followed all suggestions. Helmets had Averland Base, dry brushing and gentle edge highlights. Less contrast paint use so less pooling where I didn't want it. Faces. Had to cancel my paint order due to stock delays. Bought some Guilliaman Flesh and painted it over a Bugman Base. Not Lore accurate but I like it. Didn't bother with eyes. Felt it was unnecessary and i'd only mess it up so left it as dark recesses. Photo. Had some stuff lying around from the combat patrol magazines and thought I'd use it instead of my boring table. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/385282-salamanders-infernus-marines/#findComment-6100392 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farva Ramathorn Posted March 17 Author Share Posted March 17 also added a couple of transfers. Kept it simple. Went with 1st company, only because they were my 1st squad. Anything else needed before applying a lacquer / matt varnish? ... and tips on which to use? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/385282-salamanders-infernus-marines/#findComment-6100395 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firedrake Cordova Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 The base effect works really nicely On the faces ... back in 3rd Edition the Studio army had some members with Caucasian faces ... On varnish - are you looking for spray-based, airbrush-applied, or brush-on? AK Interactive Ultra Matte seems to be quite popular. Farva Ramathorn 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/385282-salamanders-infernus-marines/#findComment-6100489 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grotsmasha Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 I remeber Duncan doing a tutorial on that base effect, in fact I just mentioned it in another thread not 2 minutes ago.... Farva Ramathorn 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/385282-salamanders-infernus-marines/#findComment-6100496 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenith Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 Always great to see more sallies, and those bases are aces! Farva Ramathorn and Firedrake Cordova 1 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/385282-salamanders-infernus-marines/#findComment-6100499 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farva Ramathorn Posted March 18 Author Share Posted March 18 1 hour ago, Firedrake Cordova said: The base effect works really nicely On the faces ... back in 3rd Edition the Studio army had some members with Caucasian faces ... On varnish - are you looking for spray-based, airbrush-applied, or brush-on? AK Interactive Ultra Matte seems to be quite popular. Spray varnish. Will check out AK. Thanks. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/385282-salamanders-infernus-marines/#findComment-6100509 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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