Imperial Fists: Attack Bike

I am seeking comments and harsh critique! How I painted the yellow armour: 1. White primer. 2. Watered down Golden Yellow. Very transluscent layer. 3. Gryphonne Sepia wash. 4. Layers of more and more bright yellow glazes, avoiding recesses, from Golden Yellow, through Sunburst Yellow, mixing more and more white into the yellow, and lastly a 50/50 mix of Sunburst and Bleached Bone. Keep the middle of armour-plates darker. Or: 4b. Alternatively (faster): 2 layers of quite heavily watered down Golden Yellow. 2 layers of quite heavily watered down Sunburst yellow. 2 layers of Glaze of Golden Yellow on the middle of "plates", to create a highlight "the-other-way-around", darkening the middle. I try to make the transition from Golden to Sunburst yellow as invisible as possible. Lastly, highlight a bit with 50/50 Sunburst and Bleached Bone. 5. Use the Gryphonne Sepia wash to carefully recreate lines between armour-plates, that you've accidentaly covered with yellow madness. 6. Use appropriate yellow to carefully recreate areas, that you've accidentaly covered with Gryphonne Sepia. 7. Use the Gryphonne Sepia wash to carefully recreate lines between armour-plates, that you've accidentaly covered with yellow. 8. And so on...

Posted: 20 Feb 2011

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z750
I tend to score higher just on your choice of chapter - Imperial Fists FTW! I would say that with all those layers you reduce the lines and sharpness of the miniature - minimise your layers. Hard to do with yellow, I agree, but your step 4 might be achieved with some golden yellow drybrushing? Just a suggestion. Anyway, nice work.
23 Apr 2012 • Vote: 7
nels0nmac
The paint job looks clean and sharp. A plain background would help the model stand out more as the yellow armour gets a bit lost against the grass behind.
25 Feb 2011 • Vote: 6

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