Well, it's Tuesday, and I've been neglecting updating everyone on the latest of my painting exploits. I believe I've finally gotten the hang of painting yellow, and my Imperial Fists have flourished, but more on that later. I also managed to get some touch ups to damaged models, namely my black Legio trooper. I also managed to paint, very well in my opinion, my space marine Sergeant. Personally, I think he's one of my best so far!
On top of this, I took some pictures to notice the difference between a subtle black highlighting and a hardlined highlighted black. Left is Legio trooper, right is one of my commissars, actually the original one I ever recieved! I just love the model, it seems to fit Warhammer 40k in general, and the Guard specifically!
As you can see, the hard lined trooper has much starker lines, but also looks brighter, despite similar amounts of color. The commissar, however, is much darker and more befitting his menacing appearance. Mainly, this was achieved by skipping the final step of my black tutorial, the final codex grey highlight. Also, this is a key difference between hard armour, well maintained and polished in appearance, and a cloth/leather trench-coat, more likely to be dull and dark in the field.
Finally, we have some examples of my upcoming gem/glow tutorial. I've been practicing, and I believe I've gotten the technique down. However, close examination will show flaws, so for now this is tabletop quality only, unless you are feeling ballsy about entering a competition!
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| Gemmed bolter lens and eye piece |
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| Gemmed eye piece |
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| Gemmed Eye pieces |
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| Glow effects on the back pack |
Finally, the progress on my Fists as mentioned before. I was curious about the community's opinion on my choice of schemes. I have one painted as demonstrated by several tutorials, and one I developed on my own. I won't mention my preference, so as to not bias the decision, but the left, completed model is the tutorial. The right is my own test model, unfortunately unfinished. One of these will be the final look of the army, but that's up to you to decide!
The yellow coloration is the main thing I'm looking for, I've decided on every other detail. Also, the black trim is going to stay, as those are the appropriate colors. I hope to hear from all my readers in the comments below, but until then, this is Lord Fancy Feast signing off. Good night and good luck!
I like the yellow on the unfinished one. The yellow on the other one looks very toy like
ReplyDeleteHoly Shit. The gemmed lenses are just SPECTACULAR. As are the faces, especially the sergeant. The trench coat is also badass, and looks really realistic. Is it a green shade? Would love to see that technique on an Aragorn model :P
ReplyDeleteI'm not too crazy about the camo - it looks great, but the model is already really busy (with all the individual armor pieces) and the camo literally does its job too well - it breaks up the shape of the trooper visually, and makes it hard to make out its anatomy.
Otherwise, awesome! Maybe save the camo for a stealth team?
Lord Fancy Feast, I must say I really like the unfinishd one - the whites you used really put it over the top!
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