Space Hulk Broodlord

[drdan]

Hi all,

After playing Space Hulk with my brother over Xmas I decided to splash out on a broodlord. I tried to work on my highlighting with this one, and I'm really pleased with the result. It is pretty annoying though that now my painting is improving I am going to have to repaint a lot of my earlier stuff, hopefully will only have to do minor touch-ups! Please criticize.

[Davor]

Very nicely painted. Is that gold veins on his head? Not a fan of that. I love your base.

The only thing I do not like is the black on the back. It looks so unfinished or it's just primed. It makes the model look undone. Other than that, it is an awsome job. congrats.

[drdan]

Thanks.

No, the veins are red, that's just a reflection of my lamp that makes it look gold in the photo. I don't like the idea of gold veins either!

Yeah, you might be right about the back. Again, this may also be a (please do not swear) camera issue to some extent - it's not pure black, but a dark grey with some silver mixed in to give a subtle iridescent feel - it doesn't come through in the photo (it was undercoated white). I might change it when I repaint my stealers. Not sure what colour though... any suggestions?

[Talonis]

Very well done, I think that is awesome. I really should get around to painting my space hulk.. but it is such a massive task!

[guidebot]

Nice work squire. I especailly like the old-school feel of the lobster colour for the lower areas (inbetween the joints).

[Covalent]

Soooo smooth. I like it!

[drdan]

Thanks guys.

[Deathnid]

very nice. tonnes better than mine

[Talonis]

Do you mind telling us what paints you used? Mainly for the blue carapace, is there a purple undercoat? or is that only on the hands/ claws ect.

[bigpig]

Nice brush work. The colors are a bit cartooney for my taste, but that is style preference is all. Very well done

[Davor]

I would leave it as is then. Who cares how it comes out in a pic, but it looks awsome in real life I would leave it then. Sadly we will not be able to see it. Since we are not proffisonal photographers and it's hard to get it look good in pics, I wouldn't bother.

If you have the silver highlights it must look awsome then. It's already looking awsome so I woudn't touch it to make it look good in a pic, but then bad on the table.

Once I am not tired and get the energy to paint again, I will pick up my Space Hulk and start painting them.

[drdan]

Jan 21, 2012 0:31:01 GMT Talonis said:

Do you mind telling us what paints you used? Mainly for the blue carapace, is there a purple undercoat? or is that only on the hands/ claws ect.

No prob. Most of my paints are from the citadel starter kit which I mix on the palette, so I'm sorry if I can't be very precise. The colours are also a bit distorted by the yellowness of my lamp. I haven't got round to getting a daylight bulb.

Undercoat white, then the the fleshbits were painted blood red, washed with Badab black and highlighted with a red/orange (blood red/sunburst yellow mix) - for larger areas there was another round or two of highlighting with increasing yellow in the red/yellow mix. I find painting blood red on anything other than white looks terrible.

The blue is enchanted blue, washed black, then highlighted with enchanted blue followed by a further two rounds of highlighting with enchanted blue/skull white mix (getting lighter).

The head is a wet blend of enchanted blue, liche purple to pink (liche purple/skull white mix) washed with badab black. Highlights on the blue face as with the carapace. The hands were also a (less successful) wet blend of enchanted blue and liche purple, washed black and highlighted with a purple/pink (liche purple/skull white mix). After the wash and highlights you can't really see the blend.

The talons/armour are a mixture of chaos black/skull white/mithril silver, to give a slightly silvery grey, washed with badab black and drybrushed with with a combination of the same paints with a bit more skull white.