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Ustrello
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#1 - 2013-04-28 01:21:22 UTC
Hey all

I've been painting 40k minis since about September, with a few breaks for school etc, and I thought I'd share some of my painting with you fine people

Sons of malice warpsmith

Raven Guard terminators

Raven Guard terminators part two

Raven Guard chaplain

One of my earlier works so the scrolls aren't that good

Raven Guard drop pod

Raven Guard terminator librarian WIP
Ustrello
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#2 - 2013-04-28 21:48:40 UTC
Graygor
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#3 - 2013-04-29 06:39:08 UTC
Looking very nice I must say.

Keep up the good work.

Although I've always been an imperial guard man myself.

"I think you should buy a new Mayan calendar. Mine has muscle cars on it." - Kenneth O'Hara

"I dont think that can happen, you can see Gray has his invuln field on in his portrait." - Commissar "Cake" Kate
Commissar Akiga
Perkone
Caldari State
#4 - 2013-04-29 07:22:00 UTC
Man it's been such a long time since I played Warhammer!

Painting was probably by far my favourite thing about the hobby as well.

I don't mean to offend you or anything, but I think there's definitely room for improvement, but you certainly understand some of the minor details that make a huge difference to some people, myself included.

Do you use a base layer? If you don't then it's worth investing in some of the spray cans and given your models a base layer, it really enhances the colours and I think it helps give the end result a smoother look in general.
Some of the solid metal miniatures aren't as nice to deal with because you can't give different parts different base colours, but with the plastic models you should consider that if you really want to make them pop.

For light coloured models I always used a white undercoat and for darker coloured models I used black. Of course it's all trial and error and different colours work better than others and give different results, so it's up to you to play around with different colours and see the different results you can achieve and how much it can compliment a particular colour and model in general.

Another thing I loved to do with the mechanical models was to incorporate some sort of rusting or wear and tear, like a watered down copper paint and lightly apply it in certain areas to really add that extra level of detail. Same thing I used to do with Orcs in traditional Warhammer, I'd water down black paint and sometimes a brown paint to add a layer of grime and dirt, I personally thought it made them look how you would typically expect an Orc to look and was often complimented on it, and it's so simple to do! With the watered down black especially, it really hmm can't think of the right word, but it makes the lines of the muscles really stand out almost like shadowing, it's a real nice extra touch.

Anyway, I like your models but I thought I'd add my thoughts because I know when I was playing, painting and how they looked was really important and the most fun part, so I hope you like the ideas and maybe give them a try :)

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baltec1
Bat Country
Pandemic Horde
#5 - 2013-04-29 08:09:43 UTC
I am forever tempted to start up collecting and painting again whenever these threads pop up.
Graygor
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#6 - 2013-04-29 08:45:01 UTC
baltec1 wrote:
I am forever tempted to start up collecting and painting again whenever these threads pop up.


Same here.

Only thing i have bought in the last few years is a limited edition box that i wont open until my as yet unborn son / daughter turns 10 or 11.

I keep using the "when i have kids" argument.

"I think you should buy a new Mayan calendar. Mine has muscle cars on it." - Kenneth O'Hara

"I dont think that can happen, you can see Gray has his invuln field on in his portrait." - Commissar "Cake" Kate
Ustrello
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#7 - 2013-04-29 14:27:01 UTC
Commissar Akiga wrote:
Man it's been such a long time since I played Warhammer!

Painting was probably by far my favourite thing about the hobby as well.

I don't mean to offend you or anything, but I think there's definitely room for improvement, but you certainly understand some of the minor details that make a huge difference to some people, myself included.

Do you use a base layer? If you don't then it's worth investing in some of the spray cans and given your models a base layer, it really enhances the colours and I think it helps give the end result a smoother look in general.
Some of the solid metal miniatures aren't as nice to deal with because you can't give different parts different base colours, but with the plastic models you should consider that if you really want to make them pop.

For light coloured models I always used a white undercoat and for darker coloured models I used black. Of course it's all trial and error and different colours work better than others and give different results, so it's up to you to play around with different colours and see the different results you can achieve and how much it can compliment a particular colour and model in general.

Another thing I loved to do with the mechanical models was to incorporate some sort of rusting or wear and tear, like a watered down copper paint and lightly apply it in certain areas to really add that extra level of detail. Same thing I used to do with Orcs in traditional Warhammer, I'd water down black paint and sometimes a brown paint to add a layer of grime and dirt, I personally thought it made them look how you would typically expect an Orc to look and was often complimented on it, and it's so simple to do! With the watered down black especially, it really hmm can't think of the right word, but it makes the lines of the muscles really stand out almost like shadowing, it's a real nice extra touch.

Anyway, I like your models but I thought I'd add my thoughts because I know when I was playing, painting and how they looked was really important and the most fun part, so I hope you like the ideas and maybe give them a try :)



Well for the rg except the libby I did not base coat otherwise I did base coat the rest. My personal thoughts on the warpsmith are since he is basically a techmarine I feel like he would be okay with dirt oil and grime on his armour but wouldn't tolerate rust. So I used a lot of nuln oil on him
Ustrello
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#8 - 2013-04-29 14:40:50 UTC
Graygor wrote:
Looking very nice I must say.

Keep up the good work.

Although I've always been an imperial guard man myself.


I actually got about 500 points of death korps of krieg
stoicfaux
#9 - 2013-04-29 16:17:18 UTC
baltec1 wrote:
I am forever tempted to start up collecting and painting again whenever these threads pop up.

It's easy to fight that feeling. Simply tell yourself that you're going to save up for a 3D printer and make your own minis to paint.

That should buy you a few years of putting off the (expensive) collecting urge.

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