[aquatic_foible]

after a 10 year absence from the hobby, i found myself with some disposable income and, riding a wave of nostalgia that has seen me returning to a lot of things i enjoyed when i was younger, i dove headfirst back into the hobby by deciding to paint [and eventually game with!] the dark angels army i always planned, but never managed to start.

well, i've started now [better late than never], and i'd like to share the results with community. i would really appreciate feedback and [constructive] criticism...to let me know where i'm going wrong. hope you enjoy reading / looking as much i've enjoyed painting!

 

[aquatic_foible]

opening salvo

well, here are the first shots...

 

[mcmuffin]

i dont see anything............

 

[aquatic_foible]

still trying to figure out uploading, i apologise for being an idiot...

 

[aquatic_foible]

first finished terminators

 

[aquatic_foible]

a rocky start...

a few more images of the stuff i've finished so far. my girlfriend has a phenomenal camera, but i am not a phenomenal photographer...hopefully you can see most of what's going on. i will do my best to improve!

 

[sanguinius noob]

wow man, for 10 years out of the game your still an ace painter!

will be looking at this eagerly in the near future, have some rep

 

[aquatic_foible]

wip - up next...

the last of the terminator squad, and a mock up of a sergeant for a devastator squad [just a bit of kit-bashing, but any thoughts on the pose are most welcome]...

 

[WarlordKaptainGrishnak]

those terminators are...perfect :good: + rep

 

[mcmuffin]

excellent painting, i am loving your photos, crystal clear. the terminators are fantastic. here's a little present.

 

[Orochi]

Whoa.
How'd you get you're "bone white" colouring n the Terminators?

 

[Marneus Calgar]

These look ace, the only crit I have is the red, it looks too thick in my opinion. Simple fix, just water it down some more.

I really like the stuff! +Rep

 

[aquatic_foible]

terminator colour scheme

@ orochi - the terminators were painted thusly...

white undercoat
bleached bone basecoat
gryphonne sepia wash
devlan mud wash into the deeper recesses
x2 coats thin bleached bone, leaving the recesses
50/50 highlight of bleached bone and skull white
fine skull white highlight on the upper edges of the model

simples! :victory:

 

[aquatic_foible]

a digital slr is an unforgiving mistress

@ marneus calgar - damn the camera, they should look more orange. and i absolutely agree, the paint is too thick...possibly through lack of patience. practice will make perfect [hopefully!] :victory:

 

[Marneus Calgar]

@ marneus calgar - damn the camera, they should look more orange. and i absolutely agree, the paint is too thick...possibly through lack of patience. practice will make perfect [hopefully!] :victory:

They do look pretty orange, but most people paint them red and they appear orangy. I think that you will probably get the orange looking awesome in no time.

 

[shaantitus]

impressive work. Very nice indeed. Love the terminators in particular.

 

[vulcan539]

wow ace painting hear mate, Terminators +rep

On the beak helm did you paint the wings on? if so how do you go about it?

 

[Daemonetteboobs]

Everything looks real clean; great work! It's nice to see DA continuing to draw appeal even with their lackluster codex.

 

[The Wraithlord]

Good work, nice and clean, simple and effective, what's not to like? I dig the terms in particular as they are really well done. One suggestion I do have however is regarding the cloaks the regular marines are wearing and that is to tone down the highlights just a bit. To me they seem to go a bit too far to white, just a tad.

 

[dark angel]

Whoa, they are awesome! Some of the best Dark Angels I have seen, bar me of course:laugh: the Marine with the wings on his helm looks badass! Keep up the good work mate, I look forwards to seeing more of these!