WIP Cult 4 Armed, Bahamut

[Hive Bahamut]

So I've been toying around with merging a colour from each army into the other, and I have chose to use the Moot Green of my Hive Fleets Poison to contrast to many of the colours of the Cult of the 4 Armed Emperor. As I have finally found a motivation to paint (wonders what a non-POS codex does..) I would like to ask the Hive their input.

My initial thought was using the Druchii Violet to wash the Carapace, as I only have it black, and haven't figured out a colour to wash with that would help compliment the dark cold void/urban colours I use.

Forgot.. Can't attach any pictures. Too many posted. Is there any way to go about fixing this? I would like to show my colours after years of haphazard greyish tide.

[LordPathos]

You can upload them to imgur or photobucket, then either paste the links for us to click or insert the image. (Unless inserting the image is what you mean by attaching, idk)

[Hive Bahamut]

Ahh ok, that makes sense. I was pretty sure that I had seen recent pics and was confused as to now this is the 2nd time it said full. Never cared before because my army is a horrid blue and black mess, about 1 phase past grey tide.

imgur.com/a/hmgOY

Never used Imgur before, let me know if that link works.

[barbedsparky]

Yep it works alright.

Your cult is certainly more appealing from an aesthetic POV.

[Hive Bahamut]

Thanks. I felt it was time to suck it up, watch a tutorial and do it right. I am more than thrilled with how the green pops too, as it really is one of the few changes I made.

That being said, my Nids are a little less detailed because I am still contemplating what wash to use, and highlights. I was thinking of the purple in the Carapace originally, but am wanting to figure out some sort of platinum accent there or on the bone. Maybe I will use the Druchii on the flesh to replicate the Cult a little more, while darkening it a bit, and lining the edges of the blades with a platinum style grey. Afterall, Bahamut is the Platinum Dragon in much of the lore.

Might I ask in your opinion what looks off? I have been trying to find an urban based, cold of the void colour scheme, with the green as a nice bright contrast.

[barbedsparky]

First off I am really not the right person to be asking as my painting is about as attractive as dog doo with a shoe print in it. There are much better and more qualified peeps here that could answer better.

IMHO they just look flat. Not sure if it's the pics or not. I think metallics are hard (though not not impossible) to make look good on nids. Maybe some thin black outlines through the larger areas of colour might help to break the flatness up a little. I'm kind of a fan of the cell shaded look on larger models in particular.

Other than that I like a really shiny looking green for the highlights (bright, slimy and noxious), but no idea how to achieve that.

"I don't know art but, I know what I like."

I'm sure you will get it the way you want it with some better advice than mine.