A Host worthy of the Gods!

[redarmy27]

Well I\'ve finished my comissions for the time being, now for some \"me\" time. I\'m going to finally get around to painting my daemon army that has been glaring me in the face for some time. I\'m painting this army as my personal army so I\'m going to take my time in doing so. I want them to look nice and be a pleasure to look at as well as play with!

First up, I wanted to try painting something I\'ve never painted before: a Tzeentch character. I started the painting journey with a Tzeentch Flamer. It\'s just getting the main colors of it together at the moment, but I think it\'s turning out well.

Cheers,
Jake

 

[Kaine]

I like it alot, the transition between the colours is very smooth.

 

[freakinacage]

very cool

 

[DaN]

The yellow/orange/pink transition seems a little smoother than the pink/turquoise , but very nice look overall - what colour will you do the sucker parts?

 

[redarmy27]

Thanks . They\'re going to be green since they\'re flames. While normal flames are red, orange, and white, I want something a little more \"demonic\" so I\'m going with a green!

Cheers,
Jake

 

[Obar]

I like it. It\'s an unusual twist. You might try to pick up something like THIS for reference. I saw something similar in my local Target store so you might find something locally. Of course you can also look for images on google but a little homecooked pyromania is always wothwhile in the name of research.

 

[redarmy27]

Thanks! This is something completely different for me. I\'m not used to using to many colors like this. I\'m using Privateer Press Paints this time around and I\'m loving it! The colors used are: Meredius Blue, Heartfire (Orange-Yellow), Murderous Magenta, Necrotite Green. I love the colors, they\'re very vibrant and rich. Here\'s an update:

I\'ve decided to go a bright green for the flames. I didn\'t want just normal fire, after all this is Tzeentch, I wanted Demonic Fire!

Also, this image is the first one I\'ve taken using the manual setting on my camera. While it doesn\'t sound like a big deal I\'m looking to improve my photo taking abilities. Any feedback would be great on it. I\'m also keeping the images to 75 DPI due to constraints on websites.

Any comments on the painting or the photography is always appreciated! I\'m always looking to improve

Cheers,
Jake

 

[johnboyjjb]

Your color transitions/blending is phenomenal.

 

[mattsterbenz]

Great job with the blending. These should look very sharp! Keep it up!!

-Matt

 

[redarmy27]

Thanks for the comments I\'m having a ton of fun blending different colors together like this to really emphasize the spontaneous nature that is associated with Tzeentch!

For the rest of the army units, the Khorne ones will be red and black, but I may go with a darker tone to them, not quite sure yet. The nurgle units will be a very nice mix of greens and browns to give them that rotting organic look with some yellows here and there. I\'m pretty much flying by the seat of my pants on this! Normally I\'d shy away from it, but I actually like it a lot this time around.

Anyways, I made some progress on the Flamers today. I got around to nearly finishing the unit and the unit champion, but I can finish them up tomorrow.

Unit Champion:

Flamer Unit:

I\'m having a good time taking photos of these as well. I\'m really getting the hang of the manual functions on my camera. If you have any comments on the photography or the painting, feel free to post! I appreaciate C&C and will return the favor anytime

Cheers,
Jake

 

[junior elf]

I like your color scheme and the blending is good, but, and this has got nothing to do with you, I do hate the models.

 

[redarmy27]

Haha, no offense taken. The models are a different thing to look at, but they\'re something different to paint.

Cheers,
Jake

 

[swordtrainer]

Very colorful...

 

[redarmy27]

Ugh, classes!

Sorry for the delay, I was recently hit my a tsunami of class work. Being my senior year of college, I thought perhaps the teachers would back off a bit, but boy did they fool me. Anyways...

I haven\'t been able to get much done for my Host of Chaos Daemons. Too much work to do for classes. I did however get to sit down and get some blending done for these guys to really get them to unify individually as well as a unit.

Unit Champion:

Unit:

I need to do their mouths next and maybe I\'ll take the time today to do that. As always, feel free to leave C&C; they\'re always appreciated!

Cheers,
Jake

 

[redarmy27]

After two months, I\'m back to painting. I\'ll post pics of what I\'ve done. Today, I put together my unit of bloodletters and started messing with my Juggernaut. I\'m a little hesitant to pick up a brush because I\'ve been out of practice for almost two months. Got to start somewhere...

Jake

 

[redarmy27]

Well, I had my flamers stolen from me tonight. I was at my local gaming store doing a painting workshop and I had my flamers there as a demo for blending and sure enough they went missing after I made my rounds around the room and went and got a soda. The nerve of some people... I do feel bad for them though. I mean there\'s got to be something up if someone has to steal someone\'s stuff like that. Hopefully they turn up.

Anyways, I made some progress on my bloodletters tonight, I\'ll post pics tomorrow!

Happy Painting everyone!

Jake

 

[ScottRadom]

Why would you feel bad for them? They weren\'t stealing food, they didn\'t even take money for food. They took LITTLE MEN! This was a crime of simple excess. They wanted to make their lives better at your expense. Those flamers were taken out of greed man.

It\'s people like these that make my fists itch all the time. Good luck. Gaming communities are pretty small and tight knit so I hold hope out for you at least finding out WHO took them.

 

[PegaZus]

What is it with the thieves lately? Isn\'t this the fourth story in the past month? This one, Liz\'s, the Houston guy, and I thought there was one more?

Sorry to hear they got nabbed. Hopefully, they didn\'t get far.

 

[sg2009]

alot of people who i know and some of my m8s think this hobby is sad !!!!

yet people are stealing them !!! now thats sad

 

[Dragonsreach]

Not the first time, stuff\'s been stolen, wont be the last.
Make sure you talk to the owner of the Gaming store and show him the pictures that you have here.