Arctica's WiPs

arctica · Post by **arctica** » 12 Jul 2008, o 13:44

Well im not big into posting much due to sheer laziness and a busy schedule (or maybe im just a bit of an airhead

) I wanted to post some stuff i have been working on to get some helpful comments and critiques. I do sometimes post on other sites but i find they don't always give me constructive comments compared to here... so yay go you lot !! lol.

Well i thought i'd start my own little post for anyone to give me some helpful hints and comments or criticisms

.

So i got myself the Cryx battle box and i've been so excited about painting these models i got stuck right in. First thing was to give the models a more interesting base than sand and static grass so i went with a lab floor/industrial floor feel for the models, which would be a good start. Getting some plastic tiling from my LGS i used that and cut out the appropriate shapes (too bad the bases aren't square). Added some green stuff and et voila a nice basis for me to go nuts on.

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So next step was to assemble the models, and this is always the part i hate the most because it can be extremely fiddly to get right, so i spent the best part of an evening prepping and cleaning the models of any mold lines or uneven areas and then glueing them onto the base and giving the models a black primer. <_<

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Ok so i didnt spray the slayer yet, but the reason being was i used so much green stuff on him i allowed time for it to cure.

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The base itself i've painted in a base colour of dark grey followed by a wash of black and then base colour again. Then progressive highlights up to a light grey except on the rivets, i figured they would probably pick up more light so i tried to give a very slight contrasting highlight of white on them. Then i did some detail on the base using a highlighted colour of the base and worked up to almost pure white. There is some hints of rust on the base but it doesn't show up well on my photos so im going to add a bit more colour to them when i get back to doing some more rust effects. I also used some watered down black ink to blob onto the base and let it dry naturally so it left like an oil stain sort of effect on the base. Now to the nitty gritty part of the model. I did the green first, just simple highlights of adding yellow then white to a dark green. The next step was the main plates of armour i wanted a dark feel to them so started off with a base colour of dark blue and black and added progressive amounts of grey to give a slight highlight.

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The yellow nmm i did was with a brown base coat and progressive additions of yellow to the mix, and i actually went back and black lined the vent holes on the larger plate of the foot. The grey nmm was done in a similar fashion to the base except i left more of the black washed areas for a darker transition but im not too happy with the knee joint part, i think i will redo that section.

So thats all i've done for about 14 hours from start so far. Oh and i did manage to spray my slayer today.

One thing which im kinda torn about is whether to prime my models black or white. I've always done black but im thinking if i prime white it will give me richer brighter colours.

arctica · Post by **arctica** » 12 Jul 2008, o 22:59

well today i had a bit of time this morning and decided to continue with the painting, its looking much more complete and i corrected the knee colour a bit more i think in a few more days i might actually finish the model. I seem to be working quite quickly as painting goes. Still trying to get the nmm effect smooth so that when i do the glow effect of the green it will be easier.

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Total Time (17 hours)

arctica · Post by **arctica** » 13 Jul 2008, o 21:55

I hate leaving models incomplete, so i finished off the plates of amour at the side keeping it a dark colour and scheme. Once i was happy with the blending i started work on the gold nmm. Started with a dark brown and then a lighter brown, then i added small amounts of yellow and then some white. Working this up i managed to get a nice smooth blend then black spotted the bits i covered on the vent around the gun. Im happy with the end effect, might need a bit of cleaning up at the edges. Almost done, will finish the rest tomorrow.

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Total Time: (21hours)

Post by **Nameless** » 14 Jul 2008, o 07:59

cryx in NMM? Demi will kill you

espoo · Post by **espoo** » 14 Jul 2008, o 08:33

Nice. It's gonig to be goodlooking cryx army. If I bought this cryx instead of Legion, I would panit it in very similar way(I'm not scared of this zomby-boy Demi

).
But in my opinion NMM is not finshed, both steel and gold). Steel elements lacks contrast, so they looks rather stone-like. Add some highlights(to pure white).
In your gold I don't like only feets,exspecialy their back side, and blending on those pipes on back.You could do it smother (3rd picture)

Good luck, and I'm waiting for more wip/finished minis(at last some nice cartoon cryx

)

arctica · Post by **arctica** » 14 Jul 2008, o 08:33

Nameless wrote:cryx in NMM? Demi will kill you

LOL, well it makes a subtle change from the normal Cryx which everyone seems to do

although i still need to work on my NMM

Thanks for the comments there espoo, i will work on it, like the thread goes, its a work in progress. i wanted to lay down some paint and see what i thought of NMM first to see if i liked it. But i will take your advice into account and correct them.

arctica · Post by **arctica** » 15 Jul 2008, o 01:34

Ok i've had a long day and im so knackered but really happy, i passed my "interview" (or the technical term is viva) today for my PhD so yay im happy. So getting back i wanted to finish my model but i didn't want to rush it either.

I redid the grating around the feet, i wanted a smoother blending on them and im much happier with the end result. Then i painted the gold on the gun and the skull. Then finished off the gun and as an added effect i tried out some rust effect around the rivets. Im not sure whats missing with the rust effect but there is something missing with it. Maybe i'll do the OSL on the floor and the bulk of the body later tomorrow. Anyway bed time for me comments are very welcome. I think it is still missing something, but its close to being finished

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Total time (24 hours)

Post by **Demi_morgana** » 15 Jul 2008, o 06:42

list of colors used please for nmm

espoo · Post by **espoo** » 15 Jul 2008, o 09:41

Good work. Gold looks really nice now. With rust I won't help you, I still don't figure it out myself. But yours looks good.

Demi_morgana wrote:list of colors used please for nmm :read:

I forgot that Demi started painting with NMM

Post by **Demi_morgana** » 15 Jul 2008, o 09:59

nope, just different shades of grey...