tortoise Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 I recently finished off a few more EC conversions. For those who missed the first ones the white marines are noise marines, the pink marines are chaos marines who carry the icon of Slaanesh. They're part of an almost finished (small) army. On with the show. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v317/tortoise222000/marines.jpg The champion of one of the icon bearing units. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v317/tortoise222000/champion-1.jpg Its been taking so long to get the army finished since the conversion process is slow and exhausting. I'm also ashamed to admit I got distracted by the recent ork releases too. Hope you enjoy. Comments and crit much appreciated. If you like them of got a couple of WIP's in that forum I could probably use your suggestions for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchell93 Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 B) Thats amasing! Pictures of the whole army are demanded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackjack13 Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 B) um...WOW!! They have to be some, if not THE best Slaanesh I have ever seen (for 40k)!! Truly amazing, I cannot wait to see more of these guys!! BTW I am now incredibly jelous and feel inferior... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Damned Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 Simple fantastic. the color composition is great, subtle and powerfull. Do you have a thread in the "works in progress" section? I would love to see the process you went through with the GS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liltom Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 It's beautiful. It does exactly what slaanesh should: Gives me the horn :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stargazer Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 Looking awesome! where did you get the heads from? did you convert them or get them from somewhere else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seres Blackthorn Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 The champ is indefinately PG but it has the feel of XXX, if you know what I mean. Such easy hinting towards their 'excess' makes me want to convert slaanesh. Then again I will never paint anything pink or purple or I'll shoot myself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Carlin Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 Hmm welp thats the end of me... Seriously though this is some sick stuff! B) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabblerouser Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 Awesome figures.. keep up the good work. Slaneshi stuff is hard to do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kable Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 Truly epic! Those are the best Noise Marines i have seen. Looking forward to more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Disciple Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 I feel like a parrot but those are stunning. Do you have any more? Sorry had to ask, keep up the amazing work! Disciple Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teh_perfesser Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 The black blasters with the detailing--I've never seen that before and it looks great. The blending is very well done, the conversions are just enough and the free hand is tasteful. I hate not being able to criticize, but those NMs are certainly approaching GD level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lestat Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 WOW! I love the subtle tones and highlights - great paint scheme and some very nice painting skills! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neophyte of Slaanesh Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 Looking fantastic. Keep up the great work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liltom Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 Looking awesome! where did you get the heads from? did you convert them or get them from somewhere else? I hope Tortoise doesn't mind me trying to answer for him [Feel free to tell me to shut up/behead me if you do mind]... IIRC, the heads are converted from greenstuff and CSM heads. I think I saw them at the pre-painting stage in a WIP thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teh_perfesser Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 IIRC, the heads are converted from greenstuff and CSM heads. I think I saw them at the pre-painting stage in a WIP thread.The WIP pictures are around the internets, not too hard to find. The amazing thing with the conversions is that they are simple, but excellently executed. That's the pinicle of conversion technique; the conversions aren't distracting in a negative or positive way, but rather add to the model as a whole. It's the artist's restraint that demonstrates his real talent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIGHT RIPPER Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 they are awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackblade68 Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 The champion of one of the icon bearing units. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v317/tortoise222000/champion-1.jpg I love the Horn....Below the belt. Freakin AWESOME conversions. Totally go for the Golden Demon!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boomsly Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 i didnt even see the horn until you mentioned it, i think these are stunning examples of slaneshii marines, click, save as Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tortoise Posted February 26, 2009 Author Share Posted February 26, 2009 Thanks very much for the positive responses. Liltom- you're almost right. In fact the heads are from Imperial marines rather than chaos marines as the horns on chaos marine models make them a paint to convert. teh-perfesser- thats totally my outlook for both painting and converting- the work done by the artist should always be for the service of making a great model, not just a showcase for their abilities. I think if the models had bits on them where you could obviously say 'thats the converted part' then they wouldn't work, especially as these are models for an army and need to be reasonably uniform. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Corvus Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 Those marines are awesome! ;) The green stuff work and the painting compliment each other perfectly. They are awesome Slaaneshi marines! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drudge Dreadnought Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 I love your gold. Can you explain how you do it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster27 Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 golly they are :cussing erecting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferrus Manus Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 These are great, any chance of an army shot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tortoise Posted February 28, 2009 Author Share Posted February 28, 2009 I love your gold. Can you explain how you do it? I paint gold in a couple of ways depending on the object. The pink champion's bolt pistol for instance is painted gold and then washed with 2 coats of sepia wash before highlighting. However, red tones look a bit too much on the blue marines. Their gold is painted bronze and highlighted through gold up to almost silver before being washed in blue and purple washes. This is in addition to a brown or sepia wash. Ferrus- I'll put up some shots of units soon. The army is a bit away from completion but once its done I'll stick some photos up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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