[20/10-09 750pts Army WIP] Haraio's Sons of Malice

[Haraio [MALAL]]

Here is the first of what will hopefully be a full company of Renegade Marines, namely the famous Sons of Malice. So, please let me know what you think^^

If you wonder what the numbers mean, I will explain. The arrow and the number four on the right shoulder pad means Tactical Squad #4, the number on the left hand shoulder pad is the Marine's assigned number in the squad, and the 2 on the knee is the Company (Sons of Malice 2nd Company).

On a sidenote, I'm very pleased with the freehand Chapter symbol, and of the fact that the whole Marine only took me five hours (actually faster than I paint a gaunt )









EDIT: Yes, I still need to paint and glue the bolter on

[Swarm God]

The white is a bit chalky in places and the gold looks a bit thick but overall I love it.

[Haraio [MALAL]]

Yes, I agree with you. I think Skull White has to be the thickest paint in the whole damn range of paints! No matter how much I water it down, it just seems to get this way. As for the gold, I used too much, so you can't really see the mithril silver underneath Thank you for commenting by the way. I love getting feedback ;D

[MoZeloR]

Just curious, what primer color did you use? Cheers.

[thehof]

Nice looking Marine!

I am very impressed with your free hand work on the shoulder plates and especially the chapter symbol. It's far better than my free hand attempts.

My only suggestions would be to use a white primer to make the white easier, and to clean up the gold trim a bit.

Keep up the great work, I really cannot wait to see more!

[Swarm God]

Agreed, the freehand is kickass!

[drbro1228]

nice looking marine you go there. my only suggestion is it might be easier to prime the models white, then paint over it with black.

[Haraio [MALAL]]

Well, I didn't actually use a primer. My spray-can is at my parents' place, so I simply painted the parts I needed black before I clipped them off of the sprue. But yeah, maybe I should have used white instead. I tried using two layers of fortress grey and then two layers of white, but it seems that's not enough

Funny thing is, the freehand was actually easier than I had expected, and it only took me about 20 minutes. And to think I used to struggle alot with painting the simple Black Templars icon only a year back

[Mehcandrite]

I paint my logo for my chaos chapter "The Fallen of Ultramar" which is a Mechrite red Omega symbol also their squad number in Roman numerals in skull white over the top of it so you can still see the chapter insignia

I wacked it up on paint for you guys
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[Haraio [MALAL]]

Okay, that probably looks very nice on the miniatures, but what exactly does it have to do with the original topic? >_>

[Haraio [MALAL]]

There, I've completed the first Sons of Malice Marine, and added his bolter. I also did a few small changed and some tidy-ing up, after suggestions from a friend of mine. I put a small white dot on the lenses, to make them look nicer. I also filed away the purity seal from all five Marines (as my friend said, "Renegade Marines won't wear Imperium-certified Purity Seals" ) and highlighted the black parts of the armour with Codex grey. I think he looks much better now (the addition of a real weapon perhaps having something to do with it )




I've also started on the other four Marines, so expect this thread to be updated sometime in the near future^^

As always, comments, criticism and anything in between is hugely appreciated^^

[Haraio [MALAL]]

Update again, and this time I have a whole three Marines ;D Again, my uncharacteristic quickness in painting astounds me to no end










As the most astute of you might have noticed, I changed the colour of the bolter. The bright red colour simply contrasted too much with the rather colourless scheme and drew too much attention, so I decided to go with the old Sons of Malice classic: Silver bolters. It turned out much better, in my opinion.

I'm also very pleased with how the white parts of the power armour turned out. I think the white got smoother, and I also managed to show the segments in the armour, which sadly got a bit covered up on the first Marine.

As always, let me know what you think^^

[Aux]

I like it, except the white is still way to chunky. I had the same problem when trying to paint my tempalors white.... which I gave up...

[Mark]

The white is better this time, and overall it's a really good scheme! Well done!

The main thing that detracts from the models for me is the mouldlines/sprue-marks that you can still see... especially on the helmet.

Again, brilliant scheme!

[dumbdrum]

nice my friend all i can say is beautiful free hand work ( and the white is still a little choppy)