Incompetence at Work: Night Lords

[Captain Incompetence]

I can see why you receive some Ultramarines vibes. Did you consider to do something with the gold trims? Those are very clean (very nice work) but it is similar to the modern interpretation of the UMs. I personally like your work - always good to see nightlords that do not look cartoony.

 

Thank you, and yes, I've been experimenting with some of the metallics I got to see how I can improve the trim further. Unfortunately thus far nothing has really stood out. I always seems to end up with an even more saturated and shining gold or bronze trim instead of a worn brass look I want to achieve. On the positive side, I did give a demo  to a new Ultramarine player at my local store a few days ago and putting my Night Lords on the table did silence some doubts I had about them being too close to Ultramarines. Granted, the person I gave a demo to did paint his in a more pale airbrushed blue, so the comparison might not hold up quite so well against those more closely resembling the official GW look.

[Brother Carpenter]

Nice thread, lovely builds.

I really really like the OSL on the eyes and plasma pistol of your last mini.

 

Hev you considered varishing to make your colours a bit more vibrant, as you were debating which coulour sceme was suitable for NL?

 

Keep up the nice work!

[Isengrin]

And we're calling this spooky boy done. First time trying out some freehand, it's a bit wonky but I'm quite happy with the final result.

 

 

 

 

 

Nice job! Like Apologist, I really like the stippled effect on the bone parts. It gives them such a cool textured look.

Edited September 13, 2020 by Isengrin

[Captain Incompetence]

Nice thread, lovely builds.

I really really like the OSL on the eyes and plasma pistol of your last mini.

 

Hev you considered varishing to make your colours a bit more vibrant, as you were debating which coulour sceme was suitable for NL?

 

Keep up the nice work!

Thank you. Doesn't Varnish usually dull the colours ever so slightly?

 

 

 

Nice job! Like Apologist, I really like the stippled effect on the bone parts. It gives them such a cool textured look.

 

Yeah, it's surprisingly easy but the effect looks pretty good. Thanks!

[Brother Carpenter]

I've found that varnishing my templars the black actually stays more vibrant.

I've used matte varnish and high gloss but even the matte gives a nice effect.

Maybe give it try on a not so visible spot on a mini?

If its not to your liking just add battledamage/grime/whatever and its gone.

Edited September 14, 2020 by Brother Carpenter

[Captain Incompetence]

After a while in the warp, I have returned! My FLGS held a painting competition with a free Primaris Intercessor. Obviously I decided to convert him and put him in Midnight Clad. Had quite a bit of fun doing this, so I might have to go ahead and do some more conversion work before I paint up my regular CSM guys. With some luck it won't take nearly a year for me to get painting these guys again .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Miek]

I love the armor, it looks like it's just dimly moonlit (as it should be).

[Magos Kasen]

Mate, these look incredible, I love how atmospheric the armour looks. 

[Isengrin]

Time passes, things change. But I'll always love your painting style. Great job converting the primaris to the Eighth!

[Mechanist]

Really good look blue on these guys it pops so nicely.

They'll make a fantastic force and should really stand out.

[Captain Incompetence]

Hello Bolter&Chainsword, it's been a while. I've been setting up a Escalation Crusade campaign thing so I decided (quite foolishly perhaps) to bring the Night Lords. And so it's time to get back to the midnight blues. Been going complete overkill on this basic bolter marine, but I'm using him as a test model for my Chaos Lord. Been altering the blues a bit and decided to try and figure out NMM better. I think it looks pretty good, though I'm certain there are plenty of errors in the NMM parts and maybe I'll go back and fix some of the blue panels, but as it's a basic marine... maybe not.

 

Edited March 4, 2022 by Captain Incompetence

[Valkia the Bloody]

These are awesome. Love the armor!

[Pearson73]

That blue is gorgeous.

[Captain Incompetence]

Finally finished him. I keep forgetting how many tiny details and bits there are on these models. I've also noticed I spilled some red on the pauldrons apparently . Oh well, free OSL I guess.

 

 

Edited March 6, 2022 by Captain Incompetence

[Valkia the Bloody]

Again, great work.

The colour on that armour is just amazing.

It really looks like a star-lit midnight sky.

[BadgersinHills]

Beautiful.

[Isengrin]

Gorgeous. This has got to be among my favorite NL paint schemes.

[Dosjetka]

You've really nailed Night Lords blue. :tu:

 

I also find it somewhat amusing that you're so critical of your own work and yet I and others find that it is pretty damn great. :)

[Captain Incompetence]

Thanks everyone.

 

 

You've really nailed Night Lords blue.

I also find it somewhat amusing that you're so critical of your own work and yet I and others find that it is pretty damn great.

Well, you know what they say. You're your own worst critic .

 

Did some more work on some bolter dudes, though it's a bit sloppy and I'll have to go back and clean up some of that blue and make that brass pop a bit more. The colours came out slightly brighter than the other guy, but I think it's a combination of airbrushing the basecoat and probably being a bit sloppy with my paint mixing. In other news, I got a delivery in for some more sculpting material, as I'd like to do a bit more conversion stuff and get better at sculpting with greenstuff and milliput. Hopefully I'll get around to that sooner rather than later.

 

[Isengrin]

Looking forward to seeing new conversions from you! Even if it's going to take a while. 

[space wolf]

Great stuff! Looking forward to seeing more!

[Majkhel]

Loving your style 

[Captain Incompetence]

Finished up the two bolter marines. On to the next!

 

Edited March 16, 2022 by Captain Incompetence