Hey there, I just finished painting Tigurius so I want to share some pictures of the finished model with you. Check out more views after the jump and tell me what you think of the model in the comments.
This model is slightly different from my other Ultramarines. In the Codex Astartes it is recorded that Libarians have to wear blue armour despite their chapter allegiance. To differentiate Tigurius’ Librarian status I chose a slightly darker shade of blue for his armour than I use on regular marines. The recipe is Kantor Blue with a little bit of Abaddon Black mixed in, pure black for the recesses, and two stages of highlighting with Mordian Blue (the base colour of my regular Ultramarines) first, and Calgar Blue after that.
The most eye-catching piece is probably the banner. I’m no freehand master like Garfy, I also don’t enjoy painting them because I’m lacking the patience. Having said that, I’m quite pleased with the result. Even though it took me over two hours for just the freehand.
What do you think of the model? A lot of people don’t like the sculpt and prefer the older version, have I changed your mind with my paint job? Let me know in the comments!
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A painting tutorial maybe?
I'm painting this model at the moment. Its my first ever paint job on a model outside of the GW Lotr/Hobbit range. The paint job you have put on the model is excellent and I am using it as reference. Just hope mine turns out somewhere near as good.
Great painting, certainly an improvement over GWs.
I'm still not 100% on the model itself, I do prefer it slightly to the old one, but I think an amalgamation of the two would be best.
So, you're unsure of your freehand skills, Stahly… right. The banner is just amazing, linking the new with the old perfectly. Really gorgeous paintjob!
My only complaint would be the shadings on the robe. A bit too stark for my personal liking, but then again it looks brilliant from half a metre away.
Overall your piece is – as the Captain has already said – much better than the studio version!
I still find the old Jes Goodwin version far better (the new is so grotesque in some parts, e.g. the staff or the robe)
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Your paintjob is brilliant, miles away from the poor official paintjob. And i LOVE your freehanded banner, with the classic symbols from the codex. Congrats !