Space Hulk Terminators (2nd edition)
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Asslessman
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Think so, I'll have a look on monday when I'm back home if yo want.
Asslessman
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and yet he's already looking sexy as hell !
one thing bothers me from the start (and I know you said not to worry about details) : don't get me wrong, you don't have to answer this if you won't, but man, are you going to drill the cannons on this stormbolter? please tell me you will or that you will at least paint the hole black, it's puzzling me from the start... or maybe I'm a freak and should calm down.
No seriously, the power weapon is great too and I can't wait to see the rest.
one thing bothers me from the start (and I know you said not to worry about details) : don't get me wrong, you don't have to answer this if you won't, but man, are you going to drill the cannons on this stormbolter? please tell me you will or that you will at least paint the hole black, it's puzzling me from the start... or maybe I'm a freak and should calm down.
No seriously, the power weapon is great too and I can't wait to see the rest.
Dreamfish
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I know what you mean and I probably will. The thing is, when I started I thought to quickly paint up some terminators with the airbrush. After the airbrush I thought to get some proper bases. Then I thought, might as well buy some tranfers and now I'm thinking of drilling holes in the boltersAsslessman":1g5wg0j4 said:
Asslessman
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Dreamfish":3c52w0iu said:I know what you mean and I probably will. The thing is, when I started I thought to quickly paint up some terminators with the airbrush. After the airbrush I thought to get some proper bases. Then I thought, might as well buy some tranfers and now I'm thinking of drilling holes in the bolters
Say no more brother, We're the same
I would join Ardyer on his question on the intermediate colours. I've seen zenithla spraying red over a brown bas coat helps get rid of the yellowish effect but you seem to have escaped this another way which could be very useful.
Dreamfish
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The power sword was quite easy. First, I covered the miniature so I wouldn't accidentally paint over the parts that didn't need painting. I used a little plastic bag, covered the mini, sticked the sword through it and sealed it with tape.
I used four colors in total. A base color of Vallejo Air Color 71004 Blue, 3/4 of the sword with Vallejo Game Color 70844 Deep Sky Blue, 2/4 of the sword with Vallejo Game Color 70961 Sky Blue, 1/4 of the sword with Vallejo Air Color 71001 White. The whole process took about 15 miniutes.
I cannot remember exactly what I did with the red. In total I did three different attempts on the miniatures. I tried to follow this YouTube movie. I used other colors than shown in the video. I don't have many red in the Air Color range, so I mostly used thinned down Vallejo Game Colors. I remember using 70911 Light Orange for the final highlight and brown for the shadows.
The highlights applied with the airbrush are very thin. To get good coverage with red or orange on a darker base color you'll need to apply more than one layer. You might consider to work the other way around, starting with the middle or lightest color. For the final highlights I first sprayed with white before covering it with the orange otherwise I would need to spray way too much orange to get good coverage. The airbrush I used isn't very precise. It's smallest radius lies around 5 mm. This makes it hard to get that final highlight without covering the other layers. I think a better airbrush would make a difference.
Eventually I'm planning on doing another squat of 5 Ultra Space Marines. I think blue is a lot easier to get right. One thing I'll try to do differently is not to assemble them completely like I did with the Blood Angels. It'll be much easier to paint if you leave the arms off.
I used four colors in total. A base color of Vallejo Air Color 71004 Blue, 3/4 of the sword with Vallejo Game Color 70844 Deep Sky Blue, 2/4 of the sword with Vallejo Game Color 70961 Sky Blue, 1/4 of the sword with Vallejo Air Color 71001 White. The whole process took about 15 miniutes.
I cannot remember exactly what I did with the red. In total I did three different attempts on the miniatures. I tried to follow this YouTube movie. I used other colors than shown in the video. I don't have many red in the Air Color range, so I mostly used thinned down Vallejo Game Colors. I remember using 70911 Light Orange for the final highlight and brown for the shadows.
The highlights applied with the airbrush are very thin. To get good coverage with red or orange on a darker base color you'll need to apply more than one layer. You might consider to work the other way around, starting with the middle or lightest color. For the final highlights I first sprayed with white before covering it with the orange otherwise I would need to spray way too much orange to get good coverage. The airbrush I used isn't very precise. It's smallest radius lies around 5 mm. This makes it hard to get that final highlight without covering the other layers. I think a better airbrush would make a difference.
Eventually I'm planning on doing another squat of 5 Ultra Space Marines. I think blue is a lot easier to get right. One thing I'll try to do differently is not to assemble them completely like I did with the Blood Angels. It'll be much easier to paint if you leave the arms off.
Asslessman
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I do have some ultramarine banner but don't think I have this one, we'll find out monday night when I come home !
Mutantdale
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Looking great there. Good to see someone putting a bit of love into some horrid sculpts. I always found they have a huge waistline gap no matter how they are assembled.
I remember that banner also being a cut out in the white dwarf from when that lot of terminators we made.. I cut my white dwarf up for it
MD
I remember that banner also being a cut out in the white dwarf from when that lot of terminators we made.. I cut my white dwarf up for it
MD
Dreamfish
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horrid sculps: checkMutantdale":89acrorg said:Looking great there. Good to see someone putting a bit of love into some horrid sculpts. I always found they have a huge waistline gap no matter how they are assembled.
I remember that banner also being a cut out in the white dwarf from when that lot of terminators we made.. I cut my white dwarf up for it
MD
huge waistline gap: check
100% nostalgia: check
You happen to remember which particular WD issue that was? I might resort to similar drastic methods.
Asslessman
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Dreamfish
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I just finished the first squad of five blood angels and I'm glad it's over. I've been having a hard time finishing them. I just left the tubes and flame thrower black. I really couldn't bear myself to paint those tubes. I'm still wainting for the banner to arrive. I'll take some more pictures as soon as it arrives.
Blue in VT
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Well it looks like your dedication paid off to me! they are simply stunning!
Cheers,
Blue
Cheers,
Blue
Dreamfish
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Thanks guys. Strange as it might sound, I'm actually looking forward to paint another squat of five terminators. I want to paint a squat of Ultramarines, just like how they're depicted in the Space Hulk 2nd ed. mission book. Mutantdale was nice enough to go through the trouble of finding the Ultramarine Galidus banner for me. I'm hoping things will go faster this time, as I now know how to go about painting them.
Thinking about the genestealers. When I bought the 2nd edition box, it didn't include them. Instead I bought a box of 8 genestealers from a local GW store. I just discovered that the ones I bought were the new edition genestealers. I'm not quit sure yet whether or not I like them. Something tells me I should get the classic ones to match up with the classic terminators. Anyhow, how much do I need to paint to be able to play a decend game of Space Hulk?
Thinking about the genestealers. When I bought the 2nd edition box, it didn't include them. Instead I bought a box of 8 genestealers from a local GW store. I just discovered that the ones I bought were the new edition genestealers. I'm not quit sure yet whether or not I like them. Something tells me I should get the classic ones to match up with the classic terminators. Anyhow, how much do I need to paint to be able to play a decend game of Space Hulk?