Shadow Nemesis (pictures) Painting tips required!

[Whatdoyouwant?]

The EAS Assassin, created by EA black projects division.......

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Couldn't be bothered with painting the organic armour. Gave up after several attempts and went with black basecoat with black ink over the top.

Work begins on the five shadow omegas........

 

[Triggy]

That's still pretty cool with a simple conversion giving the look you want. Looks good.

 

[Whatdoyouwant?]

Thanks,

someone posted a "whats this ship" thread earlier showing an Warlock with shadow spines destroying some omegas. Got the idea from that picture!!

 

[Whatdoyouwant?]

Any painting tips on how to highlight black or suggestions for improvement would be most welcome.

 

[Shadow Queen]

dark grey to light grey drybrushing and watered down black ink wash.

says the queen of drybrushing

 

[Sammich!]

It's got speckles of white/gray all over it. Is that dust, or was it deliberate?

Looks good. I'd hate to be in that things' boresight.

 

[Whatdoyouwant?]

Looking closely at the minature I believe that it is not dust but rather the flash from the camera highlighting imperfections in the surface of the model!

 

[Sammich!]

Ah. That makes sense.

I wonder what it would look like with deep black paint, and then a lot of gloss coating.

Other than really shiny, of course.

 

[stringvest]

A tip I picked up from this forum, is to dry dab a piece of sponge with mid grey paint, ie dip a piece of blister pack sponge in some paint, wipe off most of it as if you were dry brushing, and dab it over the model.

The sponge will give you a mottled effect.

I've done this with my Shadow Cruisers, and quite like the effect. If you put down too much paint, you can go over it again with black.

I'd also give it a blast of dull coat, so the gloss doesn't mask the effect.

 

[Whatdoyouwant?]

Do you have a picture? I would like to see the effect to see if I like it.

 

[M1ndr1d3rs]

I might want to try the sponging technique for repainting my Nemesis.

I first did it (alongside a shadow Omega) with pencil on flat black coat. The lattice effect drawn by the pencil was nice after a black ink wash, but took forever. And it misses some spots, especially on the Nemesis.

 

[Da Boss]

like the conversion - very nice

 

[stringvest]

Here you go.

The flash makes it look more pronounced than it is under normal lighting.

They've not been dull coated yet either. I want to knock up some labels and retouch up the bases first. But these took a few minutes to do.

 

[Sammich!]

Those look cool. Did you bend the... tentacle... things?

 

[stringvest]

Yeah I did. I didn't think they looked creepy enough with them all flat.

My wife won't go in the same room with them. :twisted:

 

[Whatdoyouwant?]

very nice. I started the sponging technique on a shadow omega and I am pleased with it so far. Will post a picture when its complete.

 

[stringvest]

Cool. I'll be interested in seeing how it works.

Just a thought though, I'd keep it to a few parts, like the spines, plate armour at the front and the engines, to start off with.

 

[Whatdoyouwant?]

First sponge technique attempt:

What do you think?

 

[stringvest]

I think it does the trick mate. I'd still be tempted to matt varnish it.