Project UK: Warpsmith Coven

It has been quite a productive week back on the painting front here.. with this addition of 5 warpsmith models.. Well converted Tech Marine models from various ages painted in Cleaved colors and used for a certain collectors Chaos forces.

A quick 4 hrs to paint them up.. but dedicated to the slime gods indeed. I had a lot of fun painting them up, and below are some of the step by step photos of the work on them. Really easy to paint up in the end.

Also I have to give credit where credit is due here.. Ron from fromthewarp Blog fame ( who is taking an undetemined hiatus from the blog-o-sphere ) was the one that helped me come up with the color scheme for the guys here. Starting with Rakesh Flesh, and washed with Delvan mud a few times to give it the appropriate shade. Then just streaking it with green, brown and black accordingly.

Hope you enjoy, and have a great weekend! I'm off to Mersin to attend a wedding/engagement/2-people-joining-together-for-the-rest-of-their-life-ceremony with the family. Should be fun!

WIP shots below..

Initial layer of Rakesh flesh primed over black with the airbrush.

Initial wash of Delvan mud ( Army painter Strong Tone now )..  

Boltgun metal for all metal parts.. 

Tallern Flesh for the organic pieces.. 

More Army Painter Strong, and Dark Tone washes applied here.. 

Some details picked out like the vials backpack, and the streaking of goo begins.. 

And again, finished produce with rush effects added. Lenses all done with Forged Monkey Laser Red pigments!

Photo tests..

Yeah, it is a filler post here.. but one that has some more test shots of some of my later models here.. let me know what you think.

My shots previously of this Warpsmith..

Afterwards..  back in the light box, and taken with my macro lens, and in full manual mode. Though not sure which option or photo I like the most out of the group here.

Then we have the more controversial photo shot of my Mephiston painting.. the original..

And then taken again once I move the camera from a semi-automated mode, to full manual. I am a bit surprised actually with regards to how well it came out by just tweaking the settings a bit. Same light source, same light box, and no editing on the second photo!

So what do you think? Can I improve them more? I hope to do so in time, but are the newer updated photos showing them off better enough or what?

Comments or suggestions on how I can improve them better?

Project UK: Female Commissar

So this was a side piece that was tossed into the batch for Zzzzzz.. and I have to say it was a lot of fun to paint up. In fact, it was so much fun that I did it twice.. well some parts of it anyways!

Why painted twice? Well I did all the trim in red in the beginning. Why? Cause I thought it was cool, but apparently it is not part of his army colors. So as such, I redid them in greens as requested. Liked it both ways, but would like to hear comments on which everyone liked.

Oh and the photos.. how do you like them now? I have tried some new ways of taking photos.. what do you think of them? Comment below!

And now the green version..

Oh and all the photos are not edited with Microsoft photo program this time around. Just the settings on the camera themselves and tweaking them a bit for the photos. Curious which ones everyone liked the most, and what I could do still to make them even better still!

And there it is.. what do you think of it? I tried a lot of new things with regards to the leather jacket though. Making it quite worn and torn as much as possible. Chipped up the box at the bottom there, and some latex leather boots/corset. Again, looking for comments on what everyone thinks about it? Hopefully everyone likes it :)