fuzz's improvements for the new fliers pt.2 croissant of death

RUN IN FEAR

YOUR BREAKFAST IS COMING

WITH DEATH RAYS

all jokes aside im quite fond of this kit.  the wings, the spine and the front eyes are very nice :D  and i really like how it fits with the BFG necrons

all credit to the original painter, i didnt achive this marvelous paintjob

i do have some dislikes though.....

the turret mount of the weapons, the thickness of the back and of course the cockpit. WHY GW, WHY DO YOU KEEP MAKING MARVELOUS NECRON MODELS AND HAVE THEM STICKING THEIR HEADS OUT!!!!!! (seriously it makes the triach stalker look terrible imho)

so time to fix it with my pro ms paint skills :P

not much, the turret mount has been removes, the guns have been shifted to where the vents are and i went crazy with the airbrush tool in gimp :P

so thats it for tonight :D

tomorrow is the ork one (Which dosnt need fixed at all :D)

-fuzz

40k's new fliers and fuzz's thoughts and improvements the storm talon

yeah as of the lack of camera cable the content is going to be  a tad diffrent:
so im going to give my thoughts on the New fliers, and how i think they could be improved :D

so lets start with the ugly ducking: or the storm*insert_bird_here*

the storm talon

it seems to me that GW has a great way of making marine fliers: taking the pic in MS paint and stretching or shrikinking it :P and whilst it does make them all seem unified it dosnt produce the best results.

and whilst there are a few things about this kit that i think are great (canopy, bolter mounts, engines) some of the things are just horrific,,,,,, why it cant be that bad....

oh but it is

just look at that landing gear! at least the stormravens landing gear looks feasible.... HOW THE FETH IS THAT MEANT TO WORK!!!! the little bits that come out the back of the vents look horrible as well and completley out of place. and the lower turret is just horrific! it looks like theres a nice kit and some amature conversionist (or clever ork)  has just slapped a razorback turret on there!


the soloution?


personally i think that the kit would look  much better if the lower turret was removed as well as the little sticks that come out the top vent. then if you raised the heavy bolters and added the assault cannon in there, and worked with some spare storm-raven landing gear to make it so that it tilts 45 degrees to land.

so here is the new updated one (that shouldnt be too hard to convert)

now hoq much nicer does that look :D (please forger the messed up heavy bolter :P)

-fuzz

p.s. the warpspiuder exarch and the battlsuit are both in the final cut in the local GW's painting contest :D I  couldnt make the judgeing but ill know on monday :D 

p.p.s am i the only one that thinks the stormtalon would make a great warhound cockpit??(or alt sentinel cockpit)

tutorial, rages and other stuffs

hi

my family still hasnt realised that you simply cant walk through cables and stuffs: my phone camera cable AND the camera cable are both broken, but i still can use gice tutorials without images  and then they blame it on me for not

the tihing for gold and metals in genral is that the rule simply is: paint it on: add some silver highlights and a black wash done.

however i think metals look much nicer and more realistic with this recipie. (gold for a example)

gold:  i really love burnished gold (or the new equvilent new gold paint
start with a 50:50 mix with the metal/black
blend up

simples :D but it looks really nice.

-fuzz

warp spider week: dark blue armour

with warpspiders and minis in general a bit of contrast is always good and if you dont want a super rainbow colour scheme the best idea is a bit of dark/light so this is a tutorial (sorta) on doing armour like that!

what you do want: subtle, coulourful but not stark

we dont want him. no stark, otherwise my warp spider would ruin everything by running off with  a sister of battle...... (tehe)

the blue on this is NOT how to do it, too stark and not athetically pleasing

so the idea is to start with a REALLY dark blue and then blend up with thin blue layers, try to use a really BLUE blue, and dont be afraid to mix a little black into the mix if the layer is too strong or noticibly lighter

to enforce shadows i would add a black glaze, so here that would be in the fold in the cloth

and here is the finished carapace from yesterdays tutorial

so thats it for tonigt! tomorrows tutorial will be on the ornaments (spiderman chest plate: gloves: hat)

-fuzz

p.s. you may notice that the 'pincers' are unpainted, they are going to be blue but a seperate blend so i can make it smoother!

WARP SPIDER WEEK (tutorial a day)1: black carapace+web freehand

hi :D for the first tutorial of warp spider week im covering how to paint the black carapace and the spider web freehand!

also with tutorials i dislike the 'do this , then this' style and could never get the exact proportions of paint right, so i focus here on thechnique
 so what are you wating for? lets start!

youll need a white, a black , a blue and a grey. 

the photos fairly rubbish so ill explain, p

1) paint the whole carapace very dark blue, but keeping the brush strokes going up and down instead of left to right, and try to slightly wetblend the paint, so have it not quite dry when you start the next layer and once the paint is applied smooth it out a bit with a clean brush (just a little, not huge wet blends) i used about 10 layers, but anywhere between 5- 5000 should be fine

2)keep at it, but dont make it a really .. shouty and in your face blend. keep it subtle and have it at its brighetest at the arch NOT THE  TOP

3) add some highlights with a blue/white mike on the arch of the carapace. and have a highlight (the one in the photo is a bit bright, if thats the case dull it with a few dark blue glazes.

** the reason i focus on the arch is that it is where the light is brightest. this may seem odd or glaringly obvious but it really helps!

4) blue edge highlight

5) slightly lighter blue edge higlight

6) keep going but only highlighting the lower curve of each curve with progressivly lighter blues till its a light (sky) blue!

Now for the good bit, the freehand!

(from left to right, up to down)

1) dark grey dot in the middle of the carapace (or slightly off center, wich i think looks nicer!)

2) have several lines justting out from the dot in dark grey, and keep it fairly thin DO NOT make it symetrical, or have too many or too few lines, anywhere between 5-10 should be enough, and if its symetrical it looks fake

3) have a few inward curves between each line

4) have a a few layers on the line, blending it from dark grey to white, leaving a bit of each pevious layer  arounfd the edges, and have it brighter towards the center!

so are you all painting  those spiders? id love to see photos of anything that youve used this (and other) tutorials by me on or using simalar techniques! (say if you use the spiderwebs on a marine shoulder, ect)) and the photos would be featured here! :D*

-fuzz

*yes really i love filler content :P

an annoucement: warp spider week!

ive decided to take a short break from the anniversery mini and so next week (or two) is WARP SPIDER WEEK, in which every post get replaced with a tutorial on a bit of a warp spider (the techniques can be applied to ANY model though!)

there WILL be a tutorial on how to do that!

 id also like your opinion! i was going to do the tutorial on the spiders in a very dark blue/neon highlights however if there is any other way in which youd like to see warp spiders painter ask, you never know, i might do that instead :D

-fuzz

25th aniversery marine (almost done :D)

yep i need to do the banner and the base and then thats it finished :D wooooooo i must say apart from a minor error on the banner this has been a fantastic model to paint! and if you can snatch one up from ebay do so!

onto the pics!

im REALLY pleased with the parchment! i learned a lot bout highlights and  'fake' surfaces whilst doing them

im also fairly chuffed with the red!

close up of the parchment

some minor tidying up needed

i love painting orks :D

luvly jubly

 and thats ir for tonight! soon i shall be back to work on the warp spiders! ill  hopefully do a step by step too :D

-fuzz

p.s. i made some portal 2 art after messing about with some screenshots!

original

with lighing effects

desktop size

HELLO IMBUCILE  (watch this btw, im almost in tears :D http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=eGSEdJJtuLo )

red panda wednesday

yes yes i know its a thursday morning but i couldnt post last night, but i know you all need your weekly dose of adorableness :D ^__^

what is this i seez over there

SNOOOOOOOWWWWWW!!!!!!one11!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

snow is cold, not going back! i like this tree now

and that is it! as for 40k updated the decapitated orks hat is now yellow, and the scrolls are done!

crismson first anniverary model: WIP: OSL PLASMA pistol

these titles say it all so i leve you with some photos of the  plasma pistol! im really pleased with the metals, not so sure about the OSL, any tips,comments or critisism is really appreciated :D

i used a bright turquoise so it REALLY stands out with the rest of the mini!

crimson fists :P

so thats it, just a quick post for tongight as i have a exam tomorrow (and i have harldy revised :( )

-fuzz

anniversary marine WIP: decapitated ork head!

hi

tonight i have yet another question for my legion of  3 willing forced followers  slaves i have finished the orks head, BUT the helmet needs colouring in! i was going to paint it yellow but i may paint it black, or yellow so can you help me decide  sorry it IS going to be yellow, i have a personal reason for this! 

i really do enjoy painting ork heads! 

blue eyelids and i think i got the red eyes/lips done nicley too!

see you all soon!

-fuzzz

p.s. on a ad related not it seems i should wait 6 monts..... what le flub >:(