That's superb work on that terrain piece. The texturing has turned out especially well and it's certainly very suitable camouflage for those Deathguard.
Loving the new, darker, grubbier terrain. Very fitting with your Death Guard excellent work!
Cheers Irisado and Ynnead! I'm glad you think it fits in with the Death Guard, that was something that I was aiming for.
Niiiiice!
Don't like Death Gaurd but like what you've done with your last piece. Cannot say any more than what has already been said. Can only agree with them.
The terrain piece?... Wow! When given a clear, plain surface to work with, you really go to town don't you? Hats off, mate... Be well!
Hey, each to their own Said-Dann. I personally think the Death Guard have some of the best models in the game...and I never really liked any of the chaos aesthetics before now. Hopefully if I keep painting them, I can win you over!
Glad you like the terrain piece though!
You really are the king of weathering. You've done a superb job on that piece. It was good before, but you really brought it to that next level.
That certainly looks like an old and used tank. Brilliant work on the weathering. And the update on the grass and sand is just what you would expect - bringing old, just-starting-out projects up to snuff with your current skills.
Cheers guys! The weathering was a little more slap-dash than usual, but I just wanted to update the piece, not make it a masterpiece. I'm glad you like it; bringing my older models up to scratch is normally something that I avoid (It's nice to see an evolution in painting skills, I find), but terrain pieces don't have the same sentimental value, so it's good to do and something that I've been meaning to do for ages.
WOW! That looks incredible Loosh! When I stopped in the pics weren't available. Absolutely exemplary painting and weathering. I love how the grass and dirt sort of spills into it as well. Super nice work Loosh and very consistent with the weathering and "decay" factor of your Death Guard. Love it
That looks fantastic!
Cheers fellas! Means a lot for you to stop by and give me feedback.
Alright, enough of the backslaps, fun as they are to receive! On to the progress.
So...I have made no progress with my Death Guard.
Or the Sisters of Battle models.
Or my Harlequins.
So what the hell have I been up to?
Well, if you remember, it was the GW Store Birthday a couple of weeks back. At every store having a Birthday, they have a special Primaris Captain available to buy on that 1 day. He's only available in store for that 1 day, so if you don't live near a GW, you're kinda screwed. Well, at my GW, if you spent £150 on the day, you got him for 'free'. So I bought Gift Vouchers that I used the next couple of weeks on Shadespire and the Elder Codex...stuff that I was going to buy anyway, but by getting the vouchers, I could still buy them, but I got a free marine model...and boy is that marine model pretty.
I don't generally paint marines. I'll say that now; but again, the store was going to do a painting comp* for just that model, so I figured I'd give him a go and maybe he would be some sort of inspiration for the Crimson Fist army that I've always intended making.
Please note, he's not 100% finished. He's painted to a point that I'm (very) happy with him. However, there are 1 or 2 very minor bits I want to clean up. Also want to add a 2nd edge highlight to some of the armour panels (I didn't have any Hoeth Blue to do so).
Finally, I need your input as to whether I weather him!
Cloak detail. You can see a tiny bit of the white/grey on the red. That's one cleanup job to do.
Come get some:
So, by the time I had taken those photos, I was actually questioning some of the things that I had done with the model, and whether they worked as I wanted them to.
I needed a comparison. I needed something totally different to contrast with the model and prove to me one way or the other whether I had made the right choices.
So I put together a little diorama to check whether it all worked...and I'm not going to lie, I love the result. It gave me a massive smile when I put it all together...so I really hope you like the next photo too (Sorry about the computer crap in the background, the lack of my Lightbox really hurts my composition!):
So there you go. 1 Primaries Captain kinda finished...hopefull
y he'll be the start of a big Crimson Fist army. Who knows?
Please though guys, I need your help. Please answer the following questions:
What else do I need to do to finish this guy (Decals, more highlights, touch ups that you've seen...anything really)?
Should I weather him? It'd probably only be the boots (Dirt/Scrapes) and maybe the cloak (Dirt). Or should I leave him clean and a total juxtaposition to the Death Guard?
Thanks for dropping in fellas, I look forward to hearing what you have to offer.
*If you're wondering about the painting Comp...this week was also Armies on Parade for AoS and the guys working in the store had to be reminded that there was a Comp too! Also, no other entries...so that was disappointing; but a lot of folks liked the mini, so that was nice.