i slapped some paint on one of the acolytes, thus
i'm not entirely happy with it, the armour isnt as red as i would have liked, and the cloak plain sucks, hence no rear shots. part of the fault for that lies in the sculpt, which i'll do better on the other guys.overall i think it's the scheme i want, cream/red/gold. and i do want them to look gritty and well, blanche-ish. meh, i dunno.
i'll maybe give dreadlocks a go next, i'm painting these three initial acolytes as testers because since discovering i can use Bolters (thanks DH FAQ) i'm going to build 3 new ones i think.
feedbacks welcome as always. i'll probarbly post this on B&C too, quietly and in the inquisition forums :)
Hey Karitas, as an observer, I fail to see any problems with the paintjob & colours scheme. I do think that the model does look gritty; but Blanche-ish, that's a toughie. The colour combination is very fitting for an Inquisition force. You mentioned that the red isn't red enough; I do feel that at this shade, it's more of a dark russet. Overall, I do like what you've done.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments Horatio, IO think "blanche-ish" is a bit of a stretch myself, i suppose what i mean is dark, gritty, muted colours and a gothic feel to the models, taking a lot of inspiration from the =][= artbook that came out *coughcough* years ago.
ReplyDeletethe red, well i wasd aiming for a metallic terracotta, but the metallic medium i used had more of a lightening effect than i wanted so it ended up a tad pinker than i wanted. i think i wahsed it down again fairly well but i can still see it :)
hopefully this weekend i'll get some IST prototype's built and some paint on another acolyte of two
Dark, check. Gritty, check. Gothic, check. :) Hmmm...first time I ever heard of "metallic terracotta"...but you've got the terracotta down-pat methinks. Looking forward to see more prototypes.
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