[Tale of Painters] Angels of Fire SM Bikes

[ShadowZora13]

Ok. Heres my entry for the January Deadline.



and a shot of the army as a whole:



Kinda depressing looking considering its only 2 months worth.... But I'm happy with how they look for the most part. I'm thinking they look a little messy so for next month I am going to try to replicate the same look without all the dirty-looking ink washing and sloppy highlights.

And here is a little retrospective on how my painting has changed. One of the bikers from this month was the same model I used as a test model for the paint scheme. Here is a side by side to see how I have improved upon my scheme.




I'll try to get that tutorial up soon, but I have other things to do too, so we'll see. Not top priority. I got the pics, and I know what I'll write, so when I get time, I'll get it done.

[Tsele]

I love how that projects moves on... Keep up the good work! ;Y

[Izzinatah]

Looking awesome, love the red and the flames... although something seems wrong. How are you supposed to steer a bike with a Powerfist?

[Tsele]

You have one hand available and your two legs if necessary!

[ShadowZora13]

Originally Posted by Izzinatah

Looking awesome, love the red and the flames... although something seems wrong. How are you supposed to steer a bike with a Powerfist?

Thanks

And steering is for 3rd edition. In 4th edition marines can steer with their teeth if they must. Heck chaos bikers can probably have 3 weapons and still ride.

[ShadowZora13]

Holy crap! I've got an update!

Ok seriously, sorry for forgetting about this project log... Just kept forgetting to take pics, and besides, no one really wants to see the same thing every month...which is what this all comes down to. That and my models don't look good at all until they are in the final steps, mainly the flames.

So for the bikes at least I'm just going to post updates on progress if I remember, and for the more unique stuff I'll have WIP shots (devastators, chaplain, Whirlwinds).

Speaking of which now that I got caught up on my deadlines, I'm gonna start March's deadline of 2 bikers and the Chaplain, and I have a very early WIP shot, but more on that in a sec.

Oh and towards that tutorial on how I do my flames...we'll see.

What would have been the Feb 1st Deadline, but will be used as my March entry:


Pic of army in will be in the ToP entry topic.

OK onto Chaplain goodness:


Where else should I have red? I was thinking knee pad, but the better one, the right one, has a skull on it, and would drown out the red, and the left knee would look odd, with the left shoulder also red.

Also, the fuel tank, what are peoples thoughts of that being red?

Keep in mind that the whole model will have ample amounts of flames on it.

Thanks for looking. Expect lots of WIP on him, as I am going to enjoy this model.

[Tsele]

I like the update... I had started to get sad because of no updates for some time! But you have made a progress... and I like it!

For the Chaplain though I think only the shoulder pad is good for red... the basic color for their armor is black, from every Chapter's fluff, so I wouldn't change that!

[ShadowZora13]

Quick update.

Right knee pad is red. I like it. Check this out for the idea. Still thinking about the fuel tank...if it should be red w/ flames, or just have flames. Either way it will look sufficiently fire-y I think.

Also, blacks are highlighted now. Looks good, but I wonder if my camera would even be able to pick it up, so I'll wait for pics till I have some more details done.

Also, what are peoples thoughts on purity seals? Because of the red models, the purity seals on my sergeants and other models are green wax, but should I do that for my chaplain and his ridiculous amounts of seals, or do the traditional red wax seal?

[xbanditsx]

If you're looking to add some more red, you could paint his gloves or elbow pads red. However, I think it is going to look striking with just the red shoulder pad and if I were you I would make that the only red highlight.

I think painting a bit of red on the bike, like on the chaplain, is going to make the model really pop and tie it into your army. In a similar vein, I think you should paint the purity seals the same color as the rest of your army for the sake of continuity.

[ShadowZora13]

OK finished the metal work on most of the bike and chaplain, along with some details-gloves, skull and book on back of bike.



As you can see, the picture quality is no good, and that was with no flash. So before you see any more updates I am going to find a better way to get a good flashless picture. Because the flash makes all my black highlighting stand out waaaaaaaayyy too much... As you can see here...



The highlighting is not that prominent in normal lighting, so I don't plan on taking any pics of it like that, so I can't use flash, but flashless gave me the first pics, which are very dark and blurry, so i need a better lighting solution. Check back in a few days for another pic cause I don't think I'll be able to get better lights very soon.