The only part that needs doing now is the black armour. I was talking to the manager of my local GW last night who has a whole Death Watch army about how he does his black which is basically the same as what Ron over at FtW has done - fine edge highlight using grey (codex or fortress).
I'm going to adopt this method too, using the grey edge highlight rather than the shadow grey, as this made the models too blue. This was worsened by the way I had done the skulls etc which had worked up from a shadow grey base.
I am really happy with how these guys have come up, and by doing the different Chapters I have been able to use a broader colour range than I normally get too with my vanilla Marines. My favourite is definitely my Dark Angel. Its great what you can manage with a broad bitz box, and a bit of a think about what background each model is meant to represent.
On other news, I sat and base coated my remaining Marines the other day with my air brush. Normally I would hand paint the base coat of Adeptus Battle Grey on but figures I could do the whole lot with the air brush and save some time.
When I did it though, I got this result (the one on the right - the guy on the left is a fairly beat up test Marine). By spraying the paint the colour has settled much darker than the result I get if I hand paint it on. Same paint, same water mix (a bit more in the case of the air brush to help the flow) but different end result. It shouldn't effect the next two layers (I hope), but it was an odd result. Anyone know why this might have happened?
My Marines will be my next project as I would like to make a significant dent in the unpainted pile; however, my very next project will by some Nurgle Marines - more in this in a future post.
Cheers all, and thanks for stopping by.
Pom
I really love the way these ordos xenos came out. They are awesome. I look forward to the Nurgle marines!
ReplyDeleteWere the airbrushed Marines primed with black? The coat of paint from the airbrush may be so thin that the primer is affecting the color...
ReplyDeleteCheers OST.
ReplyDeleteLeadHead - yes they were over a black primer. Thats a really good point that I hadn't thought of.
I will paint up one of the models and see how the next layers look - if it is darkened, then I might need to lay down a second base coat before moving on.
Cheers,
Pom
this is a very easy question to answer, as im a spray painter by trade, and air brush alot of my miniatures.
ReplyDeleteits not that youve made it too thin, as you have an even coverage. its all in the application.
regardless of what colour your spraying over, its all about building it up in layers.
what you will find is, you have the perfect place to start from for light source painting. so decide where your light is goin to be comin from, and focus spraying from there, the rest will stay darker, and where you focus will naturally be lighter.
hope that proved helpful and useful :)
Cheers Mephistopheles for that feedback.
ReplyDeletePom
Nice work as usual Pom, good to see great figs for the New Year. What are their names?
ReplyDeleteThanks Smurf.
ReplyDeleteAside from the Dark Angel - Brother Nathaniel (which was my Death Watch moniker), none of the Marines are named.
Pom
These guys look fantastic, Pom! I think they turned out excellent and I especially like their bases, those are some really nice details. The whole squad is outstanding, though... very well done!
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