Saturday, March 27, 2010
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Dready McDreadnought
After months of procrastinating I finally managed to whip myself into enough of a painting frenzy to complete my first dreadnought. The impetus behind this venture was: (1) I got off early from work, and (2) I bought another dreadnought, so I had to have at least one completed.
(I did a little washing and touching up after I took this; I'll put up a few more shots as soon as I get a chance.)
Sunday, March 14, 2010
New stuff.
I've been busy, but I managed to paint five marines over the last week or so. I need to crank out my other two sternguard's, so I can start my primed assault marines and scouts, so that I can build and paint my devastators, then when my other dreadnought and my terminators arrive, nothing will stand in the way.
By my calculations, I should have a fully painted army by around the end of the year.
I've changed some of my painting techniques; I'm getting pretty good at robes and chest aquilas, now that I finally gave in and stopped trying to use gray as a base and shading color. I resisted GW's advice, but a brown base does look more natural with Bone White. Fuckers.
The sternguards and robed veteran are pretty straight forward. I used more metallic colors to accent their weapons and armor, and add an element of individuality. For the captain I decided to try a combination of fancy and battle damaged. His armor and robes are scarred and burned, but you can tell he started out looking shiny and impressive. He is a bad motherfucker, and he's not afraid to wade through ankle deep blood and gore to take care of his business.
Three out of five sternguards ain't bad:
Sternguard sergeant:
Sternguard troops:
Veteran:
Captain:
By my calculations, I should have a fully painted army by around the end of the year.
I've changed some of my painting techniques; I'm getting pretty good at robes and chest aquilas, now that I finally gave in and stopped trying to use gray as a base and shading color. I resisted GW's advice, but a brown base does look more natural with Bone White. Fuckers.
The sternguards and robed veteran are pretty straight forward. I used more metallic colors to accent their weapons and armor, and add an element of individuality. For the captain I decided to try a combination of fancy and battle damaged. His armor and robes are scarred and burned, but you can tell he started out looking shiny and impressive. He is a bad motherfucker, and he's not afraid to wade through ankle deep blood and gore to take care of his business.
Three out of five sternguards ain't bad:
Sternguard sergeant:
Sternguard troops:
Veteran:
Captain:
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