Prot Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 I love that sorc... I have the old metal one (weighs a bloody ton. I would probably be better off throwing him at my opponent's army and seeing what he could break. lol) It's kind of a classic sculpt I just don't see anymore. You've done a great job with the army conversion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sception Posted July 6, 2014 Author Share Posted July 6, 2014 This one is the old metal one. It was a nice sculpt, but short lived. It was relatively quickly replaced by the current termie lord kit, which, honestly, I'm also a pretty big fan of. Anyway, another several hours of slow, agonizing progress: http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z142/Malisteen/Black%20Legion/etl04_zps2d7bf8c0.jpg Still vaguely on track for finishing tomorrow. Fingers crossed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prot Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 He's turned out awesome. I have the same one (I just wish it wasn't metal). I agree on the plastic one that replaced him. It does look great as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sception Posted July 6, 2014 Author Share Posted July 6, 2014 I actually prefer metal to finecast. Nothing but bad experiences. Plastic in general is better, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dammeron Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 Lovely work; so redolent of the Black Legion as it occurs in the background and imagery. Love the character models in particular; very distinct and dynamic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldrick Shadowblade Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 WOW! Just went through the whole WIP. Really cool stuff! Edge Highlights are a must for the black armor even though they take forever.... The biker was really awesome and I the plaguebane was inspired! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sception Posted July 20, 2014 Author Share Posted July 20, 2014 Work has begun on the Plaguereaper. So far I've primed it, painted on two layers of black undercoat (once with the tank brush, once with a regular brush to get the parts the big brush missed), and hit it with an initial dark grey overbrush. Next up is a second overbrush to even that out, then a slightly lighter grey drybrush in some areas, and then it will be time to start the metal bits & treads & such. Admittedly minimal progress so far, due to lingering family events, but that's all done now, so I should have plenty of time to myself to work on it this week. In more exciting news, I found my apo templates, so I'll actually be able to try the sucker out once it's done. http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z142/Malisteen/Plaguereaper12_zps26328913.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forté Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 Nice Mal :tu: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augustus b'Raass Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Ooooooh great. I was waiting for you to paint this and show us some delicious pictures. :tu: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldrick Shadowblade Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Looking forward to it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sception Posted July 23, 2014 Author Share Posted July 23, 2014 Basecoat's done: http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z142/Malisteen/Black%20Legion/Plaguereaper13_zps17cf7d96.jpg more: http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z142/Malisteen/Black%20Legion/Plaguereaper14_zps5b5cbfa3.jpg http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z142/Malisteen/Black%20Legion/Plaguereaper15_zps215dfa72.jpg http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z142/Malisteen/Black%20Legion/Plaguereaper16_zps372a9850.jpg http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z142/Malisteen/Black%20Legion/Plaguereaper17_zps2d67a157.jpg Still on track to finish by August first. The ryza rust is maybe a bit more saturated than I wanted, but nevermind, that'll come down in washes. Had to glue the side sponson heavy bolters in place - one was too loose and was flopping around, the other too tight and risked damaging the paint job if moved. The sponson lascannon turrets, forward heavy bolter turrets, and main cannon turret are still unglued. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midnightmare Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Looking beastly! Going to be awesome :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forté Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Tasty Mal. Can't believe you painted th underside too ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldrick Shadowblade Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Nice work so far. Care to share your gold techniques.... Having trouble finding gold I like on my legion... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sception Posted July 24, 2014 Author Share Posted July 24, 2014 I undercoat P3 cold steel, though GW equivalents should work. Then I paint over that with P3 rhulic gold, which has worked slightly better for me than the GW equivalent Then I wash with black wash (nuln), then brown wash (agrax), then overbrush with the rhulic again, then stain with chestnut or whatever the current equivalent is, then highlight with whatever GW's calling their replacement for shining gold, and then that mixed with a bit of some bright mithrillish silver if I'm feeling extra uppity. Then studs/bolts get a dab of black and/or brownwash, and get picked out in steel. Process is similar for the paler, brassy bits, except using P3 brass balls instead of rhulic gold, and that mixed with mithril as the highlight. Pics so far on the reaper show pre-wash, just the undercoat and base coats. Had work today, so not much progress, but I did get the initial blackwash on, and will follow up with brownwash and brush steps tomorrow. In general, i find that gold is garbage to work with, and don't recommend it. If I weren't such a sucker for the black legion, I'd have dumped it from my pallet ages ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forté Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Got to love the old chestnut wash. Still have some myself. Can I recommend using Vallejo Metallic Medium for highlighting gold. Tried it out on my sorcerer and won't be going back to using silver for highlighting again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augustus b'Raass Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Or Vallejo Liquid Gold Old Gold? Anyway, looking awesome Mal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldrick Shadowblade Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 Thanks for the heads up. Looked up some of the p3 colors on painting tutorials today and really like their colors. Been using GW / Reaper paints mostly. I've been going Tin Bitz, Aged gold, auric gold with agrax earthshade in between. My favorite look is a NMM yellow base hit with heavy agrax but i cant commit to it. Anyways, really dig the work and thanks for the tips! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sception Posted July 27, 2014 Author Share Posted July 27, 2014 Progress continues on the plaguereaper: http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z142/Malisteen/Black%20Legion/Plaguereaper18_zpsea450105.jpg http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z142/Malisteen/Black%20Legion/Plaguereaper19_zps49fc5ca3.jpg http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z142/Malisteen/Black%20Legion/Plaguereaper20_zpsb0a3419f.jpg http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z142/Malisteen/Black%20Legion/Plaguereaper21_zpse53d3efb.jpg http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z142/Malisteen/Black%20Legion/Plaguereaper22_zpsb84b1cc8.jpghttp://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z142/Malisteen/Black%20Legion/Plaguereaper23_zps9d695146.jpg http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z142/Malisteen/Black%20Legion/Plaguereaper24_zps6769441d.jpghttp://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z142/Malisteen/Black%20Legion/Plaguereaper25_zps3f417245.jpg Next stage is touch ups on the black, then black highlights (edge highlights, and maybe a mid-dark grey on the rivets, then all that will be left is little details - eyes, teeth, skulls, slime/blood effects, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
incinerator950 Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 I want to make a plague marine hot tub or a nurling kiddy pool for that vat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sception Posted July 28, 2014 Author Share Posted July 28, 2014 I still haven't figured out quite what I'm going to do with the vats, effect-wise. A layer of nurgle rot swirled with blood for the blood god? Or would that be too opaque, and cover up what I've already painted? Or would that be a good thing, hiding the circular ridge on the upturned lid that makes up the top of the vat? Maybe instead a thin layer of clear water effects, perhaps with a drop or two of olive green mixed in? I don't know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sception Posted July 29, 2014 Author Share Posted July 29, 2014 So... instead of painting today, I updated my long neglected homestuck liveblog liveblog on tumblr. That... is a very bad sign for the possibility of any further painting progress from me before the end of the year. A very bad sign indeed. It's suddenly and frankly rather unexpectedly looking like I might be cashing in my ETL chips and checking out of this forum more or less completely until ADB's Abaddon book hits shelves and brings me back. We'll see how tomorrow goes. [EDIT] Yup, the 40k spirit's gone, and my hobby energy's been consumed by other endeavors. I'm packing away the 40k stuff, and shuttering the thread here, at least until ADB's Talon of Horus book sees release. If you want to reach me between now and then, try my tumblr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sception Posted August 27, 2014 Author Share Posted August 27, 2014 Hey all, just a quick note. I've fallen on some sudden and unexpected hard financial times. Won't bore you with the details (mostly just results of my own poor attention to detail, nothing to feel sorry for me over), but as a result I will likely be putting some portions up to and potentially including all of my chaos marine army up for sale in the coming weeks. The plaguereaper in particular I'll be looking to unload (guess I won't be adding those finishing touches after all). If there's anything in the thread that any of you might be interested in, painted or unpainted, half converted or otherwise, feel free to send me a PM, and maybe we can work out a deal before I put it up on the ebay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emperors Immortals Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 Mate that's sad to hear, I've loved your work I just don't leave many comments. Between rebuilding the front end and purchasing an overdue puppyimbroke too, good luck man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forté Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 Sorry to hear. You put a lot of hard work into those models too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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