Monday, June 28, 2010

What do you think - Iron Snakes...

I have just finished re-reading Dan Abnetts Brothers of the Snake - awesomeness in book form.

While reading it, I realised that the colour scheme for the chapter is similar to my own, but they have red trim whereas mine have black.

I am painting some plebe Marines so thought I would have a crack at the red trim and see what it looks like in min form with my grey scheme.

This is what I got.


The cover art also shows they have more gold but I stay away from metallics where I can so this is what I have.

What do you guys think. Should I apply it to a squad and see what it looks like en masse, or call it there, and revert back to the old scheme?

Cheers,

Pom

3 comments:

  1. These marines look very sharp! I really like how the colours have been worked up to lighter tones -- particularly the shoulders and the head -- it really draws attention to them. The red trim is also a good contrast colour on the guy on the left. Don't see why you should revert to metallics myself :)

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  2. I must say I'm in favour of the red trims, makes the whole model pop a lot more! It's easier to see what is a shoulderpad and what's an arm and where the torso starts..

    So go red!

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  3. Alrighty then - twos enough. Cheers guys, I think I will whip out the red on a squads worth and see if I still like it before I attempt to re-trim the army. I might alos finally get around to some decals and such.

    Cheers again.

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