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My 40K figures

Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2011 6:14 pm
by Yarok
So I started painting my W40K figures. Go figure. I'm probably going to update as I paint more, for the moment I'm planning on finishing my Fire Warriors, then Kroot, then battlesuits and vehicles. I'd appreciate any constructive criticism (they look a bit different because of the shitty camera quality).

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For these I still have to touch up the details like the lenses. It's a bit late right now but it shall probably be done.

Re: My 40K figures

Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2011 5:02 pm
by Dead Site
Good job on the painting, but I suggest a different shade of yellow/gold, perhaps more shiny.

Re: My 40K figures

Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2011 9:45 pm
by TaxiService
Is that a Marathon sign on those sort of shoulder-shields?

Re: My 40K figures

Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2011 9:54 pm
by kiddten
TaxiService wrote:Is that a Marathon sign on those sort of shoulder-shields?
Good, that wasn't just me.

Re: My 40K figures

Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2011 8:34 am
by Dead Site
Bunneh wrote:
TaxiService wrote:Is that a Marathon sign on those sort of shoulder-shields?
Good, that wasn't just me.
Huh. Neat.

Re: My 40K figures

Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2011 4:23 am
by Smythe
Get a wash on them, go over the armour again with the same colour, highlight.
I'd say use Gryphonne Sepia, and just put it all over the armour.
Pick out the details on the gun and such, for all the lights, choose one colour and stick with it for the whole army.
Speaking of my Trygon ;D
Dear god that's bright D:
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The Back
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The Base
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And i'm getting another one of these bastards tomorrow :D
2 down, 1 to go.
Shitty webcam :/

Re: My 40K figures

Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2011 8:28 am
by Dead Site
I like it.

Re: My 40K figures

Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2011 4:41 pm
by Yarok
Smythe wrote:Get a wash on them, go over the armour again with the same colour, highlight.
I'd say use Gryphonne Sepia, and just put it all over the armour.
Pick out the details on the gun and such, for all the lights, choose one colour and stick with it for the whole army.
Funny you should say that, it's exactly what I did, down to the sepia. Unfortunately they were all out of blood red when I ordered, so the ice blue I'm using for the lenses and barrels isn't very apparent. I'm painting them on a black background now, though, so it stands out a bit more. Unfortunatly I spilled a good third of my wash, so when I buy a new pot I'll buy some red to paint over and add some Sept symbols.

The nid looks very nice too. You should buy some Spehss Mehreen heads and maybe limbs and add them to the base. Too bad Tau doesn't have any monstrous creatures that aren't Forge World.

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I tried my hand at blacklining, I think it turned out pretty well. I still need to touch up the Piranha and paint the pilots though, and maybe give it a wash. There's a bunch of white showing through and some uneven blacklining, ignore that. I hadn't eaten all day and my hands were shaking.

Re: My 40K figures

Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2011 6:03 pm
by Smythe
Don't have enough space marine heads, and i'm going for no other army remains on bases, so it looks better when fighting all armies.
Also the theme is a swamp, a big, watery swamp.

Liking the colour scheme, especially on the kroot.
for the lenses, do a coat of dark blue, like a regal or ultramaine, then highlight them with ice blue.
Did you make a list before you bought any? or are you buying them, then making the list?

Re: My 40K figures

Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2011 6:42 pm
by Yarok
Smythe wrote:for the lenses, do a coat of dark blue, like a regal or ultramaine, then highlight them with ice blue.
Did you make a list before you bought any? or are you buying them, then making the list?
I have a list in Google Docs. It's basically a battleforce plus a piranha and a battlesuit.
I would go for a darker blue, but as of now I only have ice blue. I'd rather do it in red, but they ran out of stock as I said.

Re: My 40K figures

Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2011 7:13 pm
by Smythe
Ah right, how many points all up?

Re: My 40K figures

Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2011 8:22 pm
by Mota-Lev
Smythe i want your pink flloyd poster.

Re: My 40K figures

Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2011 9:25 pm
by Smythe
Mota-Lev wrote:Smythe i want your pink flloyd poster.
$12 at a record shop down here :D

Re: My 40K figures

Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2011 9:39 pm
by Mgalekgolo
My cousin has that dark side of the moon (I think) poster. Pretty smexy. Also weed.

Re: My 40K figures

Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2011 10:32 pm
by Smythe
Mgalekgolo wrote:My cousin has that dark side of the moon (I think) poster. Pretty smexy. Also weed.
Dark side of the moon is amazing, but i think Division bell and the Wall were better.