wip scratch built large scale space marine biker

[cassar]

well its a few years now since i had a six pack, more of a kegg now lol, but other than that who did you think i based him on!!! im 6\'3\" an 19 stone in old money i think thats about 117 kilo\'s in your money, if you thought that was me in the photo holding the dready youre wrong thats number 1 son im holdin the camerallol... cheers for all the comments thus far will post some more picts later. MEPH i treid the blue tones and they turned out a bit bland and hard to make out will try your idea re purple instead

 

[Chrome]

120.6 Kg actually. thats only twice my weight, though I am rather short, 5\'6\". lol

 

[cassar]

im imperial through an through no metric for me your half that!, most of that must be brains eh judging from the tech standard of your modelslol

 

[Chrome]

I guess I have no choice but to take that as a compliment! lol

And as a hardcore metric user i have trouble seeing how you stand all this multiply this with 6 and that with 12 and that, that-is-just-a-random-number-some-bearded-fellow-made up-long-ago measurements added into the equations. But it does look more fancy than the metric system I give you that! lol After all, \"ten of that gives one of this, repeat\" is rather dull in comparison. lol

 

[cassar]

no offence was intended chrome, although i do feel some simpathy for the vertically challenged, always the first to know its flooding and the last to know its raininglol and yes the air is thin up herelol

 

[Chrome]

None taken whatsoever! But remember, it is good to be on good terms with those who can head butt your groin! lol

(And the metric system wins on the road, when your\'e going 100, we up here are already at 160. lol )

 

[cassar]

true, very truelollollol

 

[cassar]

mock up the end is nigh

still some stuff to finish but as they say the backs broke here\'s a few photos, tatts are gone im not entirely happy with the skin tone so any help with that would be appreciated

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[cassar]

almost there

the chapter has been chosen THE IRON SNAKES hence the tablet on the front mud guard the snake emblem on the rifle and the snake tatt on his left shoulder still a little left to do with the base, a rifle sling, and the power cable for the rifle

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[majestic0110]

ace

That is looking amazing cassar, Great work! His hair-do is especially good !

 

[cassar]

cheers mate, high n tight its the only way to fly

 

[Meph]

Weird, I posted a post commenting on the skin tones but it seems to have disappeared. Anyways, it seems it\'s looking good now and I love the 5 o\'clock shadow on his head, that looks awesome!

Y\'know you could always add in some more subtle colour differences to the skin to show a burnt neck, darker forearms (two \'trucker arms\' from when wearing his armour) And perhaps make the tattoos a bit more faded and slightly greenish to show that they\'re not brand new bleached a bit by age and sunshine.

 

[cassar]

thats strange because ive been keeping a close eye out and nothing was posted meph, re the skin tones yes i agree unfortunately ive been unable to do anything to the skin until the printers ink sets rather than using paint i used the ink as its easier to get the finer details than with a brush(its my age my eyesights starting to go) and you dont get the raised edge you u get with the paint the down side is it takes a while to dry water proof, i\'ve just about finished off the marine and the bike and 1 or 2 things to complete on the base thanks for the advice. i think chrome\'s huffed because i didnt make him a space wolf:lol its just he didnt seem hairy enough to be a wolf, maybe next time

 

[Meph]

Hmmm it could also be that I typed a very long post but somehow forgot to post it.... Stranger things have happened...

Hehehe, Chrome is probably sulking somewhere while fondling a wolf tail fetish...

 

[cassar]

nothing would surprise me, if you can remember what the meat n bones of your post was i would still appreciate reading it, tips are tips these days cheers

 

[Meph]

Well, the gist of it was that you can always create more depth to flesh by using a helluvalot of thinned washes of the desired tint. I\'m talking 5-10 layers of ink thinned to a 1/8 or 1/10 of ink/thinner (No water! Use acryllic thinner or another medium like Klear)

The thing is to let each previous layer of ink dry completely before adding the next; this is time consuming but the depth of shade can not be parallelled by another method. With each layer you can add some subtle different shades here and there, a bit redder or darker for the neck and fore arms etc etc,

 

[cassar]

will try that out cheers

 

[Chrome]

I heard that! Nobody dare touch my tail!:evil:

But you\'re right, he isn\'t anywhere near hairy enough to have the honor to be called a wolf.
But I must say I have some mixed feelings about seeing this guy coming to a finish. He looks awesome but there\'ll soon be no more scout to follow!

 

[Meph]

Originally posted by Chrome
I heard that! Nobody dare touch my tail!:evil:

But you\'re right, he isn\'t anywhere near hairy enough to have the honor to be called a wolf.

Perhaps marines have a saying: \"A waxing a day keeps the chafing away.\"

Y\'know, from being nekkid in a power armour all day...

 

[cassar]

i heard they have the body hair made into fetishes and sell em to the space wolves as relicslollol