jah-joshua Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 hey B&C... here is my plastic version of Tycho, built from Sanguinary Guard, DC, and Captain parts... http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l266/jah-minis/forum%20pics/66e.jpg http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l266/jah-minis/forum%20pics/76e.jpg http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l266/jah-minis/forum%20pics/81e.jpg http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l266/jah-minis/forum%20pics/86e.jpg the voting link has the montage with a close up of Tycho's face and chest that shows off the detail better than these wide shots... check it out: http://www.coolminiornot.com/310528 i tried a lot of new things on this mini such as a corpse on the base, zenithal style black (instead of just straight line highlights), battle damage on black, sculpting a face mask, and doing a solid black backing to the base rubble (hopefully giving the impression that there is more structure to the rubble behind the minis, instead of a rather convenient rockpile), and much more... this is the furthest i've ever pushed outside of my comfort zone so far... hopefully producing my best work yet, but that's up to you to decide... i'll have a full write-up on my blog soon, where i will go into all the experiments and ideas behind this piece... thanks for looking... i hope you like him... cheers jah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Angel Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 Very nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dosjetka Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 Very nice Agreed. He's very well done :D The only nit-pick that I have with the model is actually the Ork on the base, who's right arm looks too rigid, but it doesn't really matter that much. Ludovic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lachdannan Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 Very cool. Love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khakisuperbunny Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 Fantastic! The detail you've put into this model is eye watering, very well done indeed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urauloth Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 The whole piece is amazing, looking forward to a more in-depth writeup! That black in particular is stunning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepper Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 Very nice indeed!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Rolunde Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 Bloody hell.... I like it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ragnarok Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 Very nice. I like the ork as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimm Blade Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 Awesome!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulricspath Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 Awesome paint job you've done there! Really made it alive. Blending is quite hard in my opinion but you really pulled it off! Edit: Changed the text. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yodhrin Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 Inspired, I love it. I'm also hoping your writeup will include a serious how-to of your zenithal black technique. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EgoDraconumNigrorum Posted July 29, 2012 Share Posted July 29, 2012 Tycho at his best! Great job mate :tu: - EgoDraconumNigrorum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattMatt39 Posted July 29, 2012 Share Posted July 29, 2012 Would love to know how you got the black looking so good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olgerth Istaarn Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 I think he is most excellent. It takes real talent to paint good yellow and good black. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jah-joshua Posted July 31, 2012 Author Share Posted July 31, 2012 thanks for all the kind words guys... i'm glad Tycho has been a success... it will be a while before i get a chance to do the painting article on my blog, since the video card on my laptop crapped out on me last month... i have to replace the motherboard:(... as soon as i can get some more time on my girl's computer, i'll get the article up... until then, here is the post for the build: http://jahminis.blogspot.mx/ i wiil get deeper into the black when i can, but it's really amazingly simple... the first broad highlight is P3 Coal Black, which is very blue... this defined the shape of the highlights, but remained very subtle... now, normally i would have done a layer of Greatcoat Grey next, as it is the next color up from dark to light in the greys... i decided to skip that and go straight to Ironhull Grey... this was a big jump in tone, but i kept the paint super thin, so it didn't seem as bright as it would have at full thickness... it was still too bright, so i played with layers of the Grey, P3 Flesh Wash (which is very maroon) and Armor Wash (very blue), going back and forth a couple of times... tha's it... i left the major highlights there so the battle damage would stand out (just using Thamar Black and Trollblood Highlight for the chips)... the last fineline highlights are Cryx Bane Highlight, and spots of Trollblood Highlight... thanks again... cheers jah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urauloth Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 Thanks for the writeup! That's some of the best looking battle damage on black armour I've seen in a long time. I'd never thought of using Trollblood as a highlight for black... interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interrogator Stobz Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 Brilliant work, masterful stuff and thanks for sharing the black recipe. Such a hard 'colour' to highlight. MOAR MODELS PLEEZZE My Ravenwing await... stobz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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