I didn’t go for the Marines after all, I’m a bit scared of all their details and whatnot. Instead, I tackled the Hellknights – and made good progress so far. So good in fact that the first one is already painted:
Hellknight
Hellknights Progress
The others aren’t exactly as far, as you can see in the picture to the left. Right behind them, the line of paints, are the colors they’ll get from this stage onward – the bodies got a deep red base (after the black coat) and some washes already, next will be two layers of skin drybrushing, a layer of skin wash, and then the dark red drybrush for the head. The colors to the left of those mentioned I’ll use for detail work (eyes, mouth and teeth, base).
Hellknight Back
On the Hellknight’s back, you see why so many layers make sense, too. In some spots, the leather-y color from the first skin drybrush still shows through, while in others the more pink second skin drybrush is more prevalent. The crotch area is darker than the surroundings (it’s where the mud wash was applied), and the red base still shines through in less deep skin trenches.
I hope to finish the others later today.
February 28th, 2011 @ 8:05
Hi
really beautiful painting.
I’m tring to paint my own Doom minis and yours are a very inspiring models.
How do you do the blood split on the floor, looks really cool.
Thanks
February 28th, 2011 @ 9:48
Thanks a lot
I still have to paint the Cyberdemons and the Vagaries, I’ll really need to start with those soon – it’s a bit silly, not wanting to play because I’m missing what should be the outstanding pieces :p
That blood, I just painted the base in Boltgun Metal, then took a lot of color on the second smallest brush I had and painted little actual drops in a splatter pattern. Took a bit of work, but this seemed to work best for me.
Others have suggested taking a brush, filling it with color, and then stroking over it in a way that makes paint spray onto the base. I guess that would be faster, and it would also produce more realistic spray patterns, but I’m not sure it’d look as vibrant.
Good luck with painting your minis
And thanks for your comment!
February 28th, 2011 @ 20:32
thanks
i tried a kind of splash with very liquid red but didn’t get good result. I was thinking to it it manually, and you just confirm it is the best way for beautiful results. Guess it will took hours :p