My Black Legion

[Draconis]

My predator to date. Hope you like, doing some "rusty gold"

[Inquisitor Engel]

The black you're using is pretty thick it seems, at least on the first terminator, but I like the colour it ends up giving. Very nice, though it's a bit more BLUE than I'd expect Black Legion to be. I'm considering stealing it for my Night Lords...

[Draconis]

Hehe, I'm not sure if thats caused by the lighting I'm using. It's pretty harsh and I need to figure out how to do some decent photography. But the black paint shouldn't be thick. Though one of them is a repaint (I got a handful of termies off of someone here on warseer)

[BasetheRuin]

Your wheatered Predator Turret already looks pretty spiffy to me, especially the rust effects. Just keep on painting and you'll get there! What I found helpful break the monotomy of the black, is paying extra attention on the details (like exhausts, power cables, skulls, rivets etc). These will draw the eye and help define the model better. That way, you prevent your black model looking 'just' basecoated.

[Draconis]

K, once again, trying something new before I settle on a scheme. Tell me what you think of this. I'm shooting for a Dante77 look on his Black Templar. However I think the golds are too bright, even after dulling them with agrax earthshade. Any suggestions? This model is only half done because I'll finish it later but its not a current model and I wanted to see how the technique looked.



By the way, most of that gray is the paint, not the light.

[Dragoon King]

check out my BL plog, second link in my sig. They still look black, but I've painted everything. DragoonKing and Basetheruin also have great plogs. You can paint all the details, without sacrificing the black.

You flatter me sir, though my stuff isn't in the same league as BasetheRuins and Meganutz's stuff. Keeping an eye on this thread, always good to see another Black Legion fan!

[Hushrong]

K, once again, trying something new before I settle on a scheme. Tell me what you think of this. I'm shooting for a Dante77 look on his Black Templar. However I think the golds are too bright, even after dulling them with agrax earthshade. Any suggestions? This model is only half done because I'll finish it later but its not a current model and I wanted to see how the technique looked.

I really like the way this look! I may have to look up this style myself.

[Beppo1234]

By the way, most of that gray is the paint, not the light.

I would definitely try and take the armour a little darker. Just a simple black wash would return the black, which is a little lost in your grey. But it looks good. Just needs to be a shade blacker.

[Draconis]

I think that was achieved after I took this photo by lining it with a badab black wash instead of washing the whole model. I'll paint up another termie and post pics later today Thanks for the comments guys. Keep em coming.

This is the black I'm shooting for. It was done by the best black armor painter I"ve seen yet, his name is Dante77 on coolminiornot.




*UPDATE
This, this I am happy with. I placed the model at the corner of that box facing me to find out where the light hit, then I put him on the left corner, facing away to get the light on that side. I find that I needed to dull the metal as it was to lustrious. Thoughts?



This is a better pic, once the wash dried to make the tin/gold duller. And I pulled it away from the light so you can see the highlights better.

[Dragoon King]

The gold shoulder trim is spot on. Very nice.

[Draconis]

[Draconis]

Gold, silver, and highlights completed.

[Dragoon King]

I'm particular to dirty/grimy looking gold, and your method is better than my own. Also, the base on that termie is utter fantastic, keep up the good work!

[Draconis]

Real simple mate. Very few steps. Mix 50/50 tin/old gold from vallejo (or equiv colors) as a base. then 25/75 same colors and color a little bit less. then you find out where the light is hitting, and paint pure old gold. Then give 1 or 2 washes of arjax earthshade/devlon mud wash. That easy.

[Draconis]

Heres the squad. What would you vote as your favorite style?



Still need to do all the details, but this just shows the highlights, gold, and silver.

[Dragoon King]

Personally, I dig the strong blue highlights, it's different and looks really good.

[BasetheRuin]

Personally, I dig the strong blue highlights, it's different and looks really good.

Ditto! Nice job, and very quickly you did it too. Bodes well for the rest of the army.

[Draconis]

Put together a Sorc for the army. From here on out I want to have at least a small part on every model representing taint, either possession or mutation. Soon as I get my terminator lord, I'll have him put together and hopefully it'll look as good as I think it will.



Oh and of course thats only a temp base. He'll be like all the others.

[Dragoon King]

Nice kitbash on the Sorcerer, but the backpack detracts from it. Needs something with more pop.

[Draconis]

Any suggestions? I went with a basic backpack so that a fancy one doesn't distract lol. Not sure what else to put on it. I have Ahriman's double backpack as well. Also, when I get my plastic Termi lord, these will be going on it. As if he is on the verge of daemonhood.