Sentenza Marines (Converting a Chaplain)

[orkblasta]

thanks for the link, but no thanks. I know how to do lava this one just went weird, I'm redoing it.

cheers.

[nidkilla]

love the symbol!!!

[orkblasta]

So I was going over my marines and realized that I had an extra marine hanging around with the tactical squads, so wanting this marine to be put to good use I decided to convert him into a chaplain seeing as I don't actually own a chaplain.

he is currently being held together by tac.. Also for the helmet I wanted a different look rather than the usual skull so I stole, uh borrowed the EVA helmet design from halo reach.

I call him brother bob.





and a random sword that I'm going to give to one of my captains.


I will get him painted up sometime over the next few days.

C&C welcome.

cheers.

[Covalent]

Not bad! Can't wait to see him painted!

[swarmy]

There seems to be way too much empty space on the black portions. It kind of loses my interest for that reason. If you don't want to vary the color maybe varying the gloss and texture in some areas? Lava can vary from flat to dull matte all the way to plastic like gloss. Gloss acrylic medium would work for this and you could apply it as selectively as paint if you wanted to.



I know for a canvas painting I would never ever use pure black because it instantly flattens the color and loses interest. You usually use a custom mixed black with a bias towards warmer or cooler color. Maybe you could work in some washes of purple to vary it and to give it a slightly iridescent look like lava can tend to have to get away from the pure black. Also, steering away from pure white and using it only on the absolute tiniest and brightest points will have more impact. In fact I wouldn't personally even use white on lava; just a very light mix of yellow and white.

[orkblasta]

thanks for the input,

Covalent: glad you like him, he should be painted and posted by next weekend. If not send me an angry PM.

swarmy: I see what your getting and truth be told I actually didn't paint the models with a straight chaos black, I just used it to darken colors, the pics don't do them justice, the model is actually a dark brownish-red. But I do see where you're coming from and I agree with the using whit on the lava I'll definitely be changing that. Thanks for the advice and the pic.

cheers.