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The first dreadnought I ever owned was the one you got with Space Crusade. Over 30 years ago now!

wonder if we'll get new cadians, the old ones are shite, faces mainly - but cadia doesnt exist anymore so who knows

Imrahil wrote:The first dreadnought I ever owned was the one you got with Space Crusade. Over 30 years ago now!

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I like that they reused that design for the Warhound Titan.

test model for a potential new necron scheme

c+c appreciated

instagram.com/p/CejJLrht0gm/

I wish I could paint half as well that

Looks great mate, good contrast of colours that really work well together.

Lagamorph wrote:I wish I could paint half as well that

practice makes perfect, and if it makes you feel better im on of the slowest painters going

JChalmers wrote:Looks great mate, good contrast of colours that really work well together.

thanks, im after something that pops a bit more than the regular metallics - im really considering even going with the bone colour i used on the adornments on the skeleton, steering at a techno tomb kings vibe

That looks great. Maybe something on the base to offer a bit more contrast between the gravel and the figure would help it pop.

I did struggle with the base a bit, I didn’t want to go the standard desert route and thought the purple might be subtle but not plain black - I have some little tuft bits coming which I’ll try and might add a bit of personality but failing that maybe just a grey and black moonscape might be the right way

Nice job False, also hey Instagram works. I should post some more stuff, I've gone down the zenithal highlights and contrast paints route and I'm painting better and much quicker than I ever did the "normal" way.

Hell yeah brother post more

Back when I painted WH miniatures, the thing I hated most was the acrylic drying darker than the paint you had on the palette. Was a nightmare when carrying on from the day before, or touching up a model.

I know some people get around that by making up bottles of mixed paint and sealing them, but I was always more into mixing on the fly. It's the same with miniature ship models I touch up - they come in lots of different shades of grey and you can guarantee it's pure guess work what the grey you've mixed will end up looking in an hour's time.

I put a drop of paint on the top of the paint bottles/pots when I get them

Then you have a quick ref as to both the colour gamut available and also the drying properties like tone and glossiness

Like so

Oh yeah, I mean it's more about when I mix them to make a different shade of that colour.

Like I've got dozens of different greys, all painted on to a reference card. But I still often find the grey used by the original painter isn't exactly matched by one of mine & just needs a touch more blue/green, or be a lighter tone.

But making an exact match on the palette ends up not being an exact match when it dries darker - and it sticks out like a sore thumb, especially if it's just a small patch on a ship's hull amongst a really smooth coat of the original grey.

Always been a bugbear of mine with acrylic paints.

There's literally nothing wrong with that mini, awesome.

I agree some green or orange tufts would help add a similar contrast to the base.

It's hard to execute as a glaze, but what was sunburst yellow or even a mid orange can work as additional highlights on bright greens.

You see this with old Striking Scorpions.

If you water it down about 50:50 it works as a glaze well. Just exploit surface tension to let it pool or mottle a bit on 30-45 degree edges, adds texture and contrast until something appears almost glass or marble like, similar to a gemstone or something. Might not suit the nectron colour palette though, wouldn't overdo it.

This cool piece of art also shows how far a 2D painter would push the gamut:

False wrote:test model for a potential new necron scheme

c+c appreciated

instagram.com/p/CejJLrht0gm/

That is absolutely brilliant! I love the light sourcing between the scarab and the Cryptek.

I didn't however know that Crypteks did Christenings.

Green Gecko wrote:.

I was being very careful with the base to not pull attention away from the character themselves or clash the colours too hard. Colour theory is not my strength at all (I have a colour wheel on my desk I consult) and with the blue to green contrast I didn’t want to hit too hard going to an orange or yellow tone and pull the eye down. In the end I settled on purple alien desert in twilight, but I think there are ways I can sell that better. I’m waiting on a delivery of some alien sort of terrain tufts so I’ll demo those and see what I think.

Carlos wrote:I didn't however know that Crypteks did Christenings.

The silent king always has time for inductions and indoctrinations

False wrote:
Green Gecko wrote:.

I was being very careful with the base to not pull attention away from the character themselves or clash the colours too hard. Colour theory is not my strength at all (I have a colour wheel on my desk I consult) and with the blue to green contrast I didn’t want to hit too hard going to an orange or yellow tone and pull the eye down. In the end I settled on purple alien desert in twilight, but I think there are ways I can sell that better. I’m waiting on a delivery of some alien sort of terrain tufts so I’ll demo those and see what I think.

Carlos wrote:I didn't however know that Crypteks did Christenings.

The silent king always has time for inductions and indoctrinations

I very much like the palette, so I totally understand not wanting to push it into too many colours territory.

Delaque Spyker for Necromunda: https://www.warhammer-community.com/202 ... ue-spyker/

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