Sunday, August 28, 2011

Finally a painted model

After spending most of my hobby time putting the final touches on my entry for Red Corps special character competition I had some free time this weekend to put some paint on my first test model and continue painting the interior of the Land Raider Crusader.  The test model took me a little longer than I wanted, but I was deciding which colors to use as I was painting him. I'm hoping the next 25 will not take as much.


The base now only needs a couple of weeds or dying grass sprouting from the edges of the rock and I think I can call him complete.  One of the things I don't like about him is the Red Scorpions chapter symbol.  I just can't get the detail to look quite right.  Has anybody else had a similar problem?  What did you do to ensure your painting gave justice to the great detail on the FW shoulder pads?


Having said that, I had no problem getting the details on the left shoulder "Crux Terminatus".  I really liked how this turned out.  Well now that I have finished my test model, hopefully I'll be able to start cranking them out a little bit faster.  As always please let me know what you think,your critiques are highly welcomed.




2 comments:

  1. Lookin' good brother, well done.

    I find with mine as well that they can look really flat OR too over detailed/contrasted. Finding a balance between the two is something that takes a long time on each of my minis, probably even as much as painting the armour itself.

    I paint the area white first then give the whole area wash with badab black. Once that's dry I go back over and touch up the areas I want to be white again and paint he red scorpion on and trim up the outside with a black ring.

    Yours looks good though, just try keep your white thin so it stays nice and smooth.

    Keen to see more of your work mate.

    Jack

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  2. Really like the look of this guy. Just got a question. What colors are you using for the base grey and the yellow?

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