Wednesday, April 12, 2017

Base Test For Guilliman







*EDITED Added photo of base with weathering powders

The new base has enamel curing on it right now in prep for oils, followed by dust and dirt weathering powders. To get a feel for what it will eventually look like, just imagine the grey areas a dirty steel legion drab color. The important bit for me was to see if the slightly yellow bird head, and the pale green SoH marine would complement Roboute Guilliman or not. When the grey is tan colored, I think the base will sink into the background and give a nice subdued footing to the model.

You might also notice the sword has been trimmed of fire. I do not like sculpted fire, or lighting effects on models, so after a few practice paint jobs, I decided to make this into a more proper looking sword. I plan to use shaded metallics for it, so it won't be glowing.

8 comments:

  1. I'm all for it. Hate the fire sword thing. That base is a nice neutral but be careful with the tan that it's not to close to the gold tones. Don't wanna lose all that filigree...

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    1. I think SWM Green Earth pigment will work. The yellow in the dirt color contrasts nicely with the blue. Wait, I don't want to loose the filigree? I thought that was the point. :)

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  2. Good stuff, man - I'm with ya on the flaming sword looking a little goofy. Keeps getting better and better!

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    1. So here's an idea, what if I made the sword a transition between platinum and bright yellow gold? That would still scream emperor, without having flames. Maybe I need the sword to be a bright gold/yellow.

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    2. Niiiiice! Platinum near the crossguard and gold at the tip, or perhaps using the two tones to do a mirrored effect in waves along the blade?

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  3. After your comments with Joel I am really looking forward to seeing how that sword comes out. I think I actually preffered the grey base, but the weathering does look well.

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    1. There is a little too much warmth in the base now, but that is due to too much weathering powders. I have to wash off the base and restart. The matte varnish I used came up when I added the alcohol and weathering power mixture, and then then left glossy spots. So a do-over is in the works.

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  4. hey man thats a really awesome paintjob right there...mind me asking what gold did u use to make that awesome effect?

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