The solid blue turret was a bit overwhelming so I've redone the turret in the split scheme and left the gun casing blue. I will repeat this for the side mounted weapons as well.
Since my hope is to keep the Blood Angels helmet scheme I'm glad that this works. If the paint weren't getting a bit thick I'd probably try a few other options though as I'm fairly certain there's a better turret scheme just waiting to be found.
Friday, February 20, 2009
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Baal Predator 03
My intention with the army is to hold to a unified scheme of turret/helmet colours to denote squad type:
Assault - Yellow
Tactical - Red
Heavy Support - Blue
Command - ...?
Of course now that I have the one and only Heavy Support vehicle in my army started, this Baal Predator, I'm really not sold on the blue turret. This is only the base coat and a wash so the highlighting may help bring it together... but it's so.... blue.
I've had horrible luck getting feedback on this model as well so I think I'm going to set it aside for awhile and work on something else. Or at least not work on the turret.
Assault - Yellow
Tactical - Red
Heavy Support - Blue
Command - ...?
Of course now that I have the one and only Heavy Support vehicle in my army started, this Baal Predator, I'm really not sold on the blue turret. This is only the base coat and a wash so the highlighting may help bring it together... but it's so.... blue.
I've had horrible luck getting feedback on this model as well so I think I'm going to set it aside for awhile and work on something else. Or at least not work on the turret.
Saturday, January 31, 2009
"Counts As" Dante
The Swords of Sanguinius are going to need a Chapter Master to replace Dante - this is the original idea and WIP of my "counts as Dante" model.
I will model the pistol to be a melta pistol and the spear will count as Dante's axe. The wings, not surprisingly, count as a jump pack.
Of course shortly after I got to this point I took the whole thing apart... but that's another story.
I will model the pistol to be a melta pistol and the spear will count as Dante's axe. The wings, not surprisingly, count as a jump pack.
Of course shortly after I got to this point I took the whole thing apart... but that's another story.
Assault Squad 01
I've started in on the models that will replace my Blood Angels army. I'm going to swap them out one squad at a time and sell off my original Blood Angels as I go.
These will be the Swords of Sanguinius. I'm using the Blood Angels helmet scheme with the halved armour - so Assault Marines will have yellow helmets, Tactical will be red, etc. I'm also using Dark Angels iconography - winged sword - for the Tacticals and Ravenwing iconography for the Assault.
In the end this will not only allow me to replace my Blood Angels but field them as the custom Chapter of my choice. WIN!
These will be the Swords of Sanguinius. I'm using the Blood Angels helmet scheme with the halved armour - so Assault Marines will have yellow helmets, Tactical will be red, etc. I'm also using Dark Angels iconography - winged sword - for the Tacticals and Ravenwing iconography for the Assault.
In the end this will not only allow me to replace my Blood Angels but field them as the custom Chapter of my choice. WIN!
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Bad Moons Nob
I get together most Monday nights and paint with a group of folks at our local nerd store. One Monday I showed up and didn't really have anything to paint. My buddy Dave jokingly pulled out this Nob, mentioned he was going to paint it Bad Moons colours, and said I could paint it for him.
He was very much kidding. Of course he didn't say "no" when I jumped up and said "yes." I've wanted to paint this model, in Bad Moons colours, for a long time.
Dave was quite pleased and I got a limited edition Space Marine model out of the deal. Good times.
He was very much kidding. Of course he didn't say "no" when I jumped up and said "yes." I've wanted to paint this model, in Bad Moons colours, for a long time.
Dave was quite pleased and I got a limited edition Space Marine model out of the deal. Good times.
Blood Angels Terminator
After painting all of my Blood Angels I wanted to go back and do one to a slightly higher standard. This effort wound up turning into a freehand and decals exercise, however, with very pleasing results.
Ultramarines Cassius
I've had Cassius here sitting on my shelf, half painted, for well over a year.
Rather than go with the typical black armoured Chaplain I decided to paint him in a halved scheme. This let me play with a simple blue recipe and add some visual interest to the model.
There is still some touch up work to do but I am otherwise quite pleased with the result.
Rather than go with the typical black armoured Chaplain I decided to paint him in a halved scheme. This let me play with a simple blue recipe and add some visual interest to the model.
There is still some touch up work to do but I am otherwise quite pleased with the result.
EC Dread Redo02
An update on the re-painting effort of my Emperor's Children dreadnought. Of course I built the model before the new Codex was released and I'd never actually field a lascannon dread any more...
Friday, January 9, 2009
I'm not dead - not yet anyway - and I will have work to post shortly. In the interim I'm posting a link to a free, online Adobe tool that is similar, though vastly superior, to the color matching tool I have in the resources section:
http://kuler.adobe.com/#create/fromacolor
http://kuler.adobe.com/#create/fromacolor
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