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[tyrannosaurus]

This army is coming along nicely, you are clearly putting the hours in - for me, there need to be a couple more stages after the black wash. Firstly I think you should clean up the wash by going over the areas that would be exposed to more light with the original blue. At the moment there is a lot of pooling of the black wash [especially on the bikers] which makes them look messy. Secondly I think you should add a line highlight to make these pop.

Finally I think you should make a decision on the bases - sand or urban. Sand and metal decking looks a bit wierd.

Hope those comments are useful, keep them coming

[AyanamiKun]

This army is coming along nicely, you are clearly putting the hours in - for me, there need to be a couple more stages after the black wash. Firstly I think you should clean up the wash by going over the areas that would be exposed to more light with the original blue. At the moment there is a lot of pooling of the black wash [especially on the bikers] which makes them look messy. Secondly I think you should add a line highlight to make these pop.

Finally I think you should make a decision on the bases - sand or urban. Sand and metal decking looks a bit wierd.

Hope those comments are useful, keep them coming

Thanks for the feedback!

The bikes have been done with the Vallejo black and it really shows. They are on my "redo" list already ... Overall I do not dislike the messy look on my normal marines but the bikers are just too much ... Highlighting, the bane of my existence! I will try it again for sure but the last attempts discouraged me too much :\ But you are right, I really have to do it again! Could you maybe recommend a color?

Bases will stay sand, the urban metal look was an experiment. I might go in that direction for a different army at some point but not for my marines.

[AyanamiKun]

So here are two more additions to my army. I really like them both because they look radically different to most of my marines!

This the the first marine, armed with a heavy bolter (inquisition pattern) and a high performance energy module for long term operations



This marine is armed with a powerweapon and bolt pistol and will be part of my command squad if his close combat prowess is needed in battle!