73. The not-so-mightly Imperial Navy. 40k Urban Terrain. Crashed Aquila part 5.

After painting all the same colours for an age I decided I wanted to do something different

So I thought I'd start adding some detail to the crashed Aquila Lander.








Hopefully the 'step by step' photo approach gives you a little insight into how I do my freehand stuff.
Not that I've really shown much of it off.

But essentially it's like drawing and then painting a picture.
I paint the outline, and then colour it in.

It isn't finished yet. This is just the template.

I'm not sure what to go for;

A cracked paint effect
or
A marble effect (stone/white)
or
A marble effect (green)

Thoughts welcome here.
Whichever is chosen it will be suitably 'roughed up' to fit with the rest of the piece.

These photos have thrown up a few bits here and there on the ed and black that need touching up, so I'll have to go back and do that as well.

Ta' for looking guys!

-DH-

61. A Marble Finished Road to Glory. Sisters of Battle Part 16.

Woooo. Painting marble is so much fun!

Sarcasm does not work on the internet you say?
Well then...

Yeah. It sucks.


I decided to try my hand at painting marble for the basses my Sisters of Battle.

We start with two types of undercoat.
Black and white.


Quick comment. Black doesn't work very well... moving on.
I honestly didn't know what I was doing here, except for using a lot of layers... so I googled.
Oh how I googled.

I viewed many a tutorial, and then I found this -http://www.wampforum.com/VB4/content.php?r=2565-Orki-s-marble-tutorialIt seemed reasonable so I thought I'd give it a go

Using the colours in the guide (or close enough at any rate) I came up with this for the first step.



I know. The picture isn't that helpful.
But seriously. There is no easy way to photograph that thing!!


I thought it looked like a good start. Nothing like the guide really, but still and reasonable beginning.

So then I moved on to the veins and glaze/washes...



Looking back it isn't really that bad. I think using such a dark brown glaze was a mistake, and I should have used such a less vivd purple.
I think in future attempts I'll use something darker/ mix it with brown.
however, at the time I made the stupid attempt of carrying on instead of calling it a day....



Totally ruined it.

So there you have it!
Hobbing isn't always bells whistles and happy days.
Sometimes painting ends in abject failure.
Though I have learned a thing or two.

Back to the drawing board with the marble then!

If you have experience in the art of painting marble effects then please, drop me a line.
Also, any other comments, suggestions, criticisms and all that jazz more than welcome.

You know the drill by now; Follow the blog, leave me a comment or hit me up @DarkHaZZl3 on Twitter.

Taanks for reading.
-DH-