Hi there, I’ve finished my latest batch of Necromunda models! With the Leader and the Juve done, I’ve completed 10 models out of 20, so half time! I’m quite pleased how the turquoise glow effect turned out. At first I thought about painting the whole blade turquoise, as laid out in Garfy’s excellent Grey Knights tutorial. But then I thought a turquoise blade would overwhelm the model, as I use only sparse amounts of this colour on my Escher. Also I guess you wouldn’t be able to hold a powered blade this close to your body.
So I went for more subtle source lightning. Painting it was difficult. First, I tried glazing the metal with thinned VGC Falcon Turquoise, which I completely messed up. Then I repainted the sword and for the second try, I mixed increasing amounts of turquoise into my metallic base colour while getting closer and closer to the light source. That turned out quite well. Getting it right on the hair was difficult, too, but in the end I think it turned out nice. What do you think?
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The models are looking really good man, for me the turquoise on the sword is a little too strong but that's just personal preference. I've been looking at your whole series and noticed you paint and finish one area/colour fully before moving on – does this help? I tend to do the whole model I.e. base, shade, layer etc. but am always looking for new techniques to help me improve!
Stahly, is it possible to become a blog author here? I current run Tauofwar.blogspot.com, but it's become less about Tau and more about showing off my painting. It'd be nice to simply post here and shut down tauofwar…any chance you're still looking for writers?
T
Hi Tim,
we're not looking for a new blog author at the moment, sorry. But keep up your good work at your blog – your Space Wolves are ace!
The 2 best painted necromunda models I have ever seen!
:-O!!!
They are looking pretty darn cool. Nice stuff.
Done very perfect..
looks cool and good
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