Lone Lemming's WIP

[SaintToad]

Lovely, very precise work on that base, Lone Lemming.

 

[Lone Lemming]

Adding the green goo caused me a lot of headache.
I tried to layer the Vallejo Still Water mixed with GunshipGreen, LimeGreen and PK-Pro Glowing Pigments, consecutively.
To my surprise the Still Water became opaque (as opposed to painting with the given colors, meh, even though I used the paints in at least ~1:20 ratio), but I had to add ~7-8 layers of Still Water to get the desired thickness and consistency. Meaning that e.g. at the steel pipe there was no dent in the goo.

The OSL game me another headache, simply drybrushing green was not enough, but painting the interiors with GunshipGreen and drybrushing with LimeGreen made it more or less acceptable.

Finally I finished the grills, added ModelMates rust effects, Typhus Corrosion and Nuln Oil, drybrushed with some VAC Steel, painted some scraches and the base is ready.

Here is the completed mini:

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[MAXXxxx]

I think it turned out great

 

[pariahrob]

Just read this whole thread. Some awesome work and love how you've done the marine. Love the style. Very refreshing.
Thanks for sharing!

 

[Foxtail]

It's been great following this one through, and it's clear to see how much effort you've put into it. I know the water/slime didn't turn out quite how you wanted but it certainly doesn't look bad

 

[ten ball]

Nice paint job on a real old school RT mini :good:

 

[MAXXxxx]

Nice paint job on a real old school RT mini :good:

it's not that old (I think it's GW's 30th anniversary marine)

 

[Lone Lemming]

MAXXxxx, pariahrob, Foxtail, ten ball,

thank you very much.

ten ball,

This was really the 30th anniversary Space Marine.

 

[Lone Lemming]

Here comes some prelude for the next mini:

Cloak outside is VMC 70966 Turquoise + VMC 70847 Dark Sand, inside is VAC 71.014 Gunship Green + VMC 70847 Dark Sand:
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[bgcdazzler]

The green goo came out really well. Not a fan of the beaky marines but it's beautifully painted and the base is deceptively simple. Look forward to seeing more.

 

[Lone Lemming]

The last couple of weeks did not go for me very well (except Hungarian Golden Gobbo, more about it later).

I continued painting the cape, drawing the dragon with VMC 70872 Chocolate Brown + VMC 70950 Black:

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Then filling out the details with VMC 70872 Chocolate Brown + VGC 72066 Tan and VGC 72066 Tan:

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Finally highlighting with VGC 72066 Tan + VGC 72041 Dwarf Skin and VGC 72041 Dwarf Skin:

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[Zab]

Cape looks great, life will turn around glad you had fun at the comp!

 

[Meph]

Crickey, I'd have a heart attack painting that cape... So, nice job!

And good stuff on the marine, it's a joy to watch.

 

[Lone Lemming]

Zab, thanks!

Meph, thanks, I cheated a little (but not much). I put a painter sticky tape under the dragon, and with a needle I made holes on the dragon body. Then I stuck the tape on the cape, and tried to paint over the holes, but not with much success, but I got enough black dots to draw the dragon body.

And some pictures of the loincloth (asscloth? bottomcloth?) and the quiver:

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The outside of the loincloth was painted with VMC 70982 Cavalry Brown (+Black or +White).
The quiver and the leather stripes were painted VMC 70872 Chocolate Brown (+Black or +White).
The gold was painted with VMC 70877 Goldbrown (+Black or +White).
The arrow shafts were done with Chocolate Brown, and the feathers with VMC 70838 Emerald (+Black or +White).
But to be honest the arrows looked more like a chunk of metal, not a couple of arrows together.
And the result:

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[Meph]

Using tape to transfer the pattern, that's not cheating, that's a great technique!

 

[Maenas]

Freehand looks very good! and with all those plies it must have been very difficult... congrats.

 

[Lone Lemming]

Maenas, thanks!

And she is of course Ainariël Arrow of Light II. Will be an Xmas/Birthday present for my sister (whenever I will be ready )
I airbrushed her skin with VMA 71076 Skin Tone, and shaded with VMA 71014 Gunship Green. As this was too bright, I glazed it over later with VMA 71079 Flat Tan.
Some pictures:

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[Lone Lemming]

I decided to paint the back of the loincloth to red, as painting it like inside of the cape was too similar to skin tone, and added some freehand curling line.
Furthermore the boot was painted with VMC 70812 Violet Red (+Black or +White):

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[Lone Lemming]

And here is the final body.

Hair was done from Chocolate Brown to Dark Sand.
Steel was painted with 2:1 VMC Turquoise:Black, highlighted up to white (seems that I forgot to write down this one).

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[anotherpainter]

hi, great work in this thread!

Meph, thanks, I cheated a little (but not much). I put a painter sticky tape under the dragon, and with a needle I made holes on the dragon body. Then I stuck the tape on the cape, and tried to paint over the holes, but not with much success, but I got enough black dots to draw the dragon body.

I will steal this technique
What was the problem with painting over the holes? Was it the heavy folding of the cap or the tape itself?