I've got pics... and you have criticism...

[Abraxas]

Be kind... I don't paint enough. I also don't know how to use image hosting, so please excuse the links. How can I get the actual image on here?

I am probably going to play as Centauri... but I am going to atleast get 5 White Stars for a standard 5 pt ISA raid fleet.

The White Stars will most likely look like this:

Front
http://img125.imageshack.us/my.php?image=wsfrontow0.jpg

Side
http://img299.imageshack.us/my.php?image=wssideps5.jpg

Side 2
http://img324.imageshack.us/my.php?image=wsside2gu5.jpg

This is my Vorlon transport:

Front
http://img172.imageshack.us/my.php?image=vorlontransportfrontnz4.jpg

Side
http://img287.imageshack.us/my.php?image=vorlontransportsidegz0.jpg

And my pride and joy… Basically, it’s the only painted Centauri ship I have. The rest will be painted in short order. I feel like LBH .

Front
http://img172.imageshack.us/my.php?image=vorchanfrontsy0.jpg

Side
http://img458.imageshack.us/my.php?image=vorchansidehs1.jpg

Well, that’s it. The floodgates are open. Let loose…

 

[Triggy]

Be kind... I don't paint enough. I also don't know how to use image hosting, so please excuse the links. How can I get the actual image on here?

I am probably going to play as Centauri... but I am going to atleast get 5 White Stars for a standard 5 pt ISA raid fleet.

The White Stars will most likely look like this:

Front
http://img125.imageshack.us/my.php?image=wsfrontow0.jpg

Side
http://img299.imageshack.us/my.php?image=wssideps5.jpg

Side 2
http://img324.imageshack.us/my.php?image=wsside2gu5.jpg

This is my Vorlon transport:

Front
http://img172.imageshack.us/my.php?image=vorlontransportfrontnz4.jpg

Side
http://img287.imageshack.us/my.php?image=vorlontransportsidegz0.jpg

And my pride and joy… Basically, it’s the only painted Centauri ship I have. The rest will be painted in short order. I feel like LBH .

Front
http://img172.imageshack.us/my.php?image=vorchanfrontsy0.jpg

Side
http://img458.imageshack.us/my.php?image=vorchansidehs1.jpg

Well, that’s it. The floodgates are open. Let loose…

Not too bad - it's neat and it's a decent tabletop standard, which I guess is what you're going for. The colour schemes are good and they'll look good as fleets on the table.

The rest will be painted in short order. I feel like LBH

I didn't know LBH had any ambitions of having a painted fleet in the near future

 

[Captain Kremmen]

Wasn't sure about the whitestars when I first looked, but they are growing on me.

Vorlon Transport - this is a difficult model to paint and I REALLY like your paint scheme, how did you do it BTW? Only suggestion is paint the inside of the petals blue or something swirly.

Sorry I don't like the Vorchan! The yellow seems too contrasty to the purple, how about bronze, copper or gold instead?? Do a quicky bit of ink or dry brushing or both on the purple to give it more depth. Both of these techniques can be effective and are easy and quick. A slightly clever combination of the two can give very good results but this takes experience.

Sticking the images in the page always confuses me! Look at some one elses post that has them, do a reply quote, cut and paste the code for the persons picture and insert your url into it instead...

You should play as a Vorlon, really like your vorlon....

Kremmen

 

[Abraxas]

Not too bad - it's neat and it's a decent tabletop standard, which I guess is what you're going for. The colour schemes are good and they'll look good as fleets on the table.

Thanks. I just got a digital camera for Xmas and have been wanting to get some feedback for quite some time on my stuff. I have 40K and BFG stuff that I might put on there respective forums.

Truth be told, my BFG stuff looks a little bit better... in my opinion.

Wasn't sure about the whitestars when I first looked, but they are growing on me.

After I painted them I felt the same way. A cursory glance is the best glance .

Vorlon Transport - this is a difficult model to paint and I REALLY like your paint scheme, how did you do it BTW? Only suggestion is paint the inside of the petals blue or something swirly.

I undercoated black and then took a sponge from a GW blister and tore it. I quickly dipped it in Scorpion Green and dapped it across the ship.

I have been meaning to get the petals, but the only way to get them well is to rip them off the ship, paint them and then reattach them. I'll have to do it later.

Sorry I don't like the Vorchan! The yellow seems too contrasty to the purple, how about bronze, copper or gold instead?? Do a quicky bit of ink or dry brushing or both on the purple to give it more depth. Both of these techniques can be effective and are easy and quick. A slightly clever combination of the two can give very good results but this takes experience.

Which is something I don't have a whole lot of :wink: . I guess I could lower the brightness of the yellow... maybe something more pastell?

You should play as a Vorlon, really like your vorlon....

I would... but the fleet itse;f is slower than molasses... totally against my playing style in other war games (BFG and WH40K).

 

[chaos0xomega]

Vorlon- nice, I like(love) it. Only thing I have to say I don't like is the lack of green/overabundance of black on the interiors of those fins/flaps.

Whitestar- erm..... does it have the chicken pox or did it graduate from clown school?

Centauri- traditional, lacks highlighting/belnding (I.E. it goes from yellow to purple with no transition and this makes it look very odd)

 

[Abraxas]

Centauri- traditional, lacks highlighting/belnding (I.E. it goes from yellow to purple with no transition and this makes it look very odd)

Can someone give me a quick lesson (and the colors I would need) to do this well? I am going to work on my other ships soon and I want to know before I start.

Thanks so much.

 

[chaos0xomega]

I haven't painted centauri, so I'm not sure, but judging by the pcitures, there are two shads of yellow and purple. The brighter shades are used as highlights, and the darker shades are used in the interior.

Sorry cant really help

 

[Locutus9956]

Not sure about the Whitestars, they look a bit too 'spotty' for my tastes but its your fleet after all!

Centauri, again I like the purple but have to agree with Kremmen, the yellow is a tad to glaring, (though the camera might not help here of course)

Vorlons.... Interesting. Its quite a nice scheme and very striking appearance, the pettels inside need something to liven them up a bit, but keep it nice and dark, like dark blue or deep purple, that would look super. Oooooh or dark green, that might go with the yellow and black better

 

[Court Jester]

From what I can see in the pictures I am impressed.

Although I do have some tips.

One very simple thing to start with is to remove the mold lines from the flying stands... :wink:

I personally think the Vorchan looks ok. If you wanted to give the paint job a little more depth I would use washes, specifically "magic" wash.

If you are not sure what that is the best online explanation is here:

link

In my opinion the "magic" part of the wash is that it actually does what everyone always says washes/inks should do.

The wash will give some depth to the purple and metalic areas.

I don't think you need to blend the yellow and purple together because they are seperate parts of the ship and are meant to be distinctly different colours.

If you want your pictures to look better I suggest you grab a graphiocs program that will let you crop your images and reduce their sizes. Many people will see the grossly oversized image and decide it looks rubbish when in fact the 9 inch wide ship on their screen is in fact only 1 inch wide in real life.

 

[WickedE]

Dude. Swap out that Yellow for some Gold. Would look par excellence with that Deep Purple.

 

[chaos0xomega]

Yeah, I think the gold is the way to go.


BTW, on the Magic Wash, will the mixture dullen or change the color of the 'pigment'? I already have part of my Tyranid painted up with blue ink base coats followed by a drybrush of fortress grey, just wanted to know whether or not magic washed minis and my current inking method minis would look too different color wise.

 

[Court Jester]

From my use of the wash it keeps its colour like any other ink, it just behaves itself properly... :wink:

Although the most common use of "magic" wash is to add black and use a black wash as a sort of universal shading. I have used it for wwashing gold with a chestnut ink and it worked fine.

 

[High Sierra]

ok first things first,

Rule of P's - Planning and preparation prevents piss poor performance

The more work you do on your models removing flash lines and mould flaws before any paint is applied will make the final model look so much better. Its not that hard to do, it just takes a bit more time.

Less is more - you can always add more paint. If you put on too much, taking away the excess usually requires stripping the model down to the metal again. when you paint the models, make sure you are in control of how much paint you apply - DONT let the brush take over (cos they do that those pesky brushes!) Also, a second layer of the same colour (possibly a little lighter) will add alot more depth.

The white stars - Next time, use the same idea but add more 'layers' to the spots. See if you can blend the purple and white to produce progressive layers so it looks like the spots are 'fading' into the white of the ships body. Undercoat the ships white and use several layers of thinned down white paint to achieve a nice 'deep' white look

The Vorlon - like everyone said, underside of the 'petals' needs something (have a look at some pictures of flowers for some ideas, specifically the difference in colour between the outside of the flower and the inside)
Other than that it does look good. Practice and you will achieve a paint scheme that makes casual onlookers say 'wow'

The Vorchan - Purple and Yellow clash horribly. It does make the parts painted yellow stand out well, but it doesnt complement the model as a whole. Try toning down the yellow a touch or use (as everyone else said) gold. word of warning on painting with gold - it can be a pig to work with so practise with it first.


Practice, practice, practice. work out your paint schemes and refine them You will find that you develop techniques of your own to produce some really nice paint jobs.

I dont mean any of the above in a nasty way - When I concentrate on my models I can produce some fantastic paint jobs. When I dont concentrate (more often than not!) i can produce some real horrors.