Time for some general progress. Here's the Sergeants shoulder guard. Looks pretty close to an AoBR one right? Me and my friend green stuff fixed that :) Sorry for the fuzzy shot.
My Sergeant has had his backpack magnetized and so has the banner. Easier to stow it and I can switch them around if I want to. I chose to go with red as that is a common second color for the Imperial Fists and I use that for the eagle on the chest and any fabric on the marines. This is Macharius Solar Orange plus a liberal amount of Baal Red. I am quite happy with the results. I think I will add some writing and probably a "1" for the Squad number. Maybe I should include Chapter (VI) and Company (5th), hmm.
Here's some WIPs of the sergeant and a Meltagun marine. AoBR comes with a flamer and I thought that it would be better to have a Meltagun instead. It should provide some extra potential killingpower if needed. Hopefully the Ass Cannon will clear any vehicles first though :) On the right side you can see my first attempt at some freehand. A simple "1" as a test. I think I need to fill it in with white again and clean it up a bit with black, but I think I might go with it. This way I have not just the arrow but also a number to show that the are the first squad. I might just go for painting on arrows on the second squad. Only time will tell:)
I will glue on the loincloth when I am done painting. Just too hard to get it good before painting everything that is behind, and the meltagun isn't glued on either (finally I was smart enough:)). If you look closely on the power sword you can see that I have used a blue wash on it. Thought that it could be a good base before I paint anything else on it. Still want some lightning on it!
I also have a secret project visible to the left :)
Looking great so far! I really like the way your yellow turns out.
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Me too, good stuff! I'd appreciate an article stage-by-stage of the yellow, it's a colour I have problems with. A pic of each coat as it is applied would be brilliant to see the process, if you don't mind? :)
ReplyDelete@Big Jim Many thanks on the liking of my yellow. I've tried different ways and found that the one with the least steps is the best for me. Painting layer after layer of thinned down yellow takes the fun out of painting. Next full army is going to have mainly colors that covers well and fast:)
ReplyDelete@The King Elessar It does sound doable. It wouldn't require me to do something I don't already do after all:) Except being good with taking photos each time I am done with a layer. I have a captain left that is just primed (white) so I can try to photo my way through him. I will do all the stages including the "other" colors just to get a completeness to it. I do need to learn to paint power swords now if I am going to do a full series :) Stay tuned for more yellow!
Friends don't let friends play Tau
ReplyDeleteon the contrary friend encourage friend to play tau. and joke about it. hehehehe
ReplyDeleteNice work on the SM.
you are getting better. and yellow for the tau?
Nice painting jobs, Flekkzo!
ReplyDeleteLooking really nice, Seems like your getting better all the time.
ReplyDelete@OSH and Frenzy: Thanks for all the praise! The two of them are finished, I just need to get some good pictures of them so I can post them!
ReplyDeleteI really like the banner - you don't see Baal Red get used very often, but you've made it work here :)
ReplyDelete@Woroxon I'm thinking of trying out a bluegrey bork'an theme for Tau. I like the models so I want to try to paint one:)
ReplyDelete@Sholto I'm trying to make use of all the washes and try out new things with them. Baal works real nice on orange for instance. Works nice for SM eyes too:) Different colored washes on metal can be really nifty too. I just wish there was a true yellow wash as well:)