Sunday, May 2, 2010

Terminator test

As I have previously mentioned I have 5 assault terminators primed and ready to be painted. I wanted to paint a test terminator first though, to figure out what works and doesn't work. I did want to work in white somewhere as the first company's color is white but I think that the shoulders guards in white, well, that is too much white and white is quite hard to paint well it seems. At least for me:)

I do like how the white helmet turned out though. More rough and grimy. I did all the red details with foundation red and a black wash. Darker than what the rest of the army has, but it sets them apart which was the point.

I also tried an Ogryn Flesh wash instead of my usual Gryphonne Sepia which looked good. I do think that the legs turned out a smidge too dark though, so I am thinking of lightening it up with some yellow before I wash it next time.

Here's the guy, let me know what you think!


Oh, and I experimented with a "light box" which was just a box with the sides covered in aluminum foil and two pieces of white papers. I took more pictures but the two first I took with the flash on, and lo and behold, it was actually a lot better *with* the flash! Who would have known? We'll see what the future holds! Again, all and any suggestions are welcome. One day I will have to test a red wash on yellow to see how it turns out.

4 comments:

  1. On my Terminators I painted the white onto the little shield on the power fist arm and the shoulder pads in the main armor color (green for my Chapter). It's a slightly smaller area, so maybe that could be an option for you if the white shoulder pads are too much white for you.

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  2. The white shoulder pads feels wrong both visually and the coverage was subpar so that didn't help. I did paint the "hip things" grey with white hard highlights which turned out better, though I might want to do all white in the same way to get it more "even".

    I really do like the idea of painting the little shield white. I just hope I can paint it in the same manner as the helmet :) I think the assault terminators have something on the shields as well which should make it more interesting. I really need to start writing down every little paint recipe I use as when you play around it gets harder to remember.

    I'm also considering using extra bright (read: white) highlights on the shoulders only to give them a whitish feel without going overboard.

    I really wish I wasn't at work right now, because I want to change those things on the test model to see how it turns out :)

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  3. Looks great. I agree with the all white shoulders seeming "off" somehow. The rest is fantastic.

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  4. Yes plans for the white shoulder pads are gone. :) I am contemplating to give the termies a lighter yellow than the others simply to make them stand out more. They are next in line as sson as the last assault troops are done.

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