Greenz Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 Oh man, it looks like I've missed a few updates on your thread. Outstanding work FC! That Nephilim is just amazing, not that your other work isn't. But wow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlamingDeth Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 Any progress on Sammael's speeder? After seeing the other stuff I'm interested in seeing where that goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinylCut Posted December 14, 2016 Author Share Posted December 14, 2016 Thanks for the kind support, brothers! I'm really happy with Ravenwing 2.0 to this point. Love it, how the hell did you do the canopy on the flyer? Brother Arkley, I carefully masked the canopy in order to continue with the airbrush. At this point, I essentially had a dark gray basecoat, onto which I began spraying very diluted layers of red and black inks. Dilution was accomplished not with my usual airbrush thinner (75% matte medium; 24% distilled water; 1% flow improver), but with 90% distilled water; 10% flow improver. This seemed to work very well as the inks behave more nicely than paints over a longer time. I treated this as a glaze in the same fashion as the black armor was handled. I started with pure red, and slowly added more and more black to the mix. Were I to do it again, I would only change the locations of the highlights. The technique worked quite nicely. Any progress on Sammael's speeder? After seeing the other stuff I'm interested in seeing where that goes. I think I just got called out on Sammy! CardinalVirtue, thanks for asking a direct question. I've dug him out of storage, dusted him off, and plan to (re) spray him with the command squad. The first attempt resulted in a very gray speeder, but I didn't have the (air) brush control to get it right; furthermore, I hadn't had my eureka moment of ink glazing which occurred during the Nephilim. I've learned enough from the Nephilim to move forward with this step. No excuses; the Ravenwing must be completed. Sammy was returned to a black base coat many moons ago, so the timing is perfect. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathspectersgt7 Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 Wow I would not have the patience to do that . Thumbs up . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinylCut Posted December 31, 2016 Author Share Posted December 31, 2016 Thanks, deathspectersgt7. Here's a quick progress pic. I'm continuing to get better with painting metallics, but photographing them isn't quite right yet. Sableclaw received a good start, but I ran out of paint. He's up after these bikes, however. I wanted to clean up the black on the bikes from the last squad. The previous ones were a bit too blue. I think I achieved the effect I was after, but I lost more contrast than I would have liked. These three are coming along well; I'm very pleased with the results. Thanks. FC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Master Belial Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 I am really loving the Dark Green feathers on the bikes. What is your recipe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinylCut Posted January 5, 2017 Author Share Posted January 5, 2017 Grand Master Belial: Â I base coat with Vallejo Model Color black green (70.980), then mix in a bit of VMC Ivory (70.918) for a thick highlight. I then reverse the quantities for the edge highlight. It's probably 3:1 if I had to guess. Â Thanks. FC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Master Belial Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 Grand Master Belial: Â I base coat with Vallejo Model Color black green (70.980), then mix in a bit of VMC Ivory (70.918) for a thick highlight. I then reverse the quantities for the edge highlight. It's probably 3:1 if I had to guess. Â Thanks. FC Â Thanks, I have been running VMC and VGC for a while now and love these two colors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinylCut Posted April 7, 2017 Author Share Posted April 7, 2017 Brothers: Here's a quick progress pic. I've got a plan for the banner. I've got lots more work on Sableclaw. There are plenty of command squad details which may get completed at some point in the future. I had to bring Librarian Vega up to the new basing standards.Slow and steady... Thanks. FC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenz Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 Slow and steady wins the race ;) Â Stunning work as always FC! The robes, the blacks, the metallics... But in particular that sword. Just terrific blending, I love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJD Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 The ravenwing are superb. How did you paint the front and rear wings.  Edited for reading  Never mind I actually read the text and saw the answer.  Damn now you all know I'm just here to look at the pretty pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tygwyn Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 "Greenwing" Ravenwing - love 'em. Good and dark, really unusual, and I really like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinylCut Posted April 24, 2017 Author Share Posted April 24, 2017 Brothers: Thanks for the kind words. More Sableclaw progress, but more to go: I can see the end coming...Thanks.FC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlamingDeth Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 That's some pretty ace blending on that sword. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormxlr Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 Your blending and metals are insanely smooth dude, I got a lot to learn ! I am ashamed of my Ravenwing compared to yours! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Ciaphas Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 Just to chime in. Amazing work on those Ravenwing. I am personally not too fond of the blue tint on the Nephilim, but your technique is fantastic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenz Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 Keep it coming, beautiful work as always! Loving that black Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinylCut Posted May 1, 2017 Author Share Posted May 1, 2017 Brothers: Thanks for the continued encouragement. This is the final push. A foot of snow this weekend lead to the backside getting a good amount of attention: The list of must completes for Sableclaw is rapidly dwindling. Starboard side arch (matching the port side) The cross on top A few lights (three needed on the rear) More depth and/or cleanup in spots A base! This guy was started a long time ago, preceding my must-have-a-completed-base-for-priming rule. The list of nice to haves is big. One of them is rather... ambitious. I've two weeks to finalize this project for a local competition. Thanks. FC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sockwithaticket Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 Outstanding work. I love the Biker Chaplain, and the creative use of icons to make his Crozius. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinylCut Posted May 14, 2017 Author Share Posted May 14, 2017 Brothers: I humbly present Sableclaw: 20 months in the making. Thanks for the compliments on the Chaplain, sockwithaticket. FC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlamingDeth Posted May 14, 2017 Share Posted May 14, 2017 Oooh, I was wondering what the plan was with that flat part in the front. Nice freehand and the highlighting is really on point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Blaire Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 Brothers: Â I humbly present Sableclaw Fan-:cuss-tastic, man, really, that is a beautiful piece! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaplain Raeven Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 Well . Despite being 95% black, you managed to bring life in the colours. This is one damn beautifull Sableclaw man, if Sammael scratches it in battle, I'll snap his neck in person Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interrogator Stobz Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 Nope, all that work and you've ruined it!  Jk, ... What Brian said :tu: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sockwithaticket Posted May 28, 2017 Share Posted May 28, 2017 That is simply outstanding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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