Author Topic: Imperial guard army. C&C please. (Read 5056 times)

jp762 · « **on:** August 20, 2011, 12:37:34 PM »

This is my old (painted years ago) speedpainted IG army. Well, a bit of it as there are over 900 infantry figures and 70 vehicles including 16 aircraft all in the same colour scheme.
I would value c&c as I intend to strip and repaint a 1500pt army. I dont game anymore but still love some of the models.
Currently I am attempting to teach myself to paint to an acceptable standard. My old stuff is gaming standard but was done with gaming at the front of my mind.
Now, I want small forces for occasional gaming. Platoon or squad level, lots of zombies, lotow, roe, rof, sotr and friendly 40k. No tournament 40k, never again.
So, what about the colour scheme?
Is it worth stripping and repainting to replicate and hopefully better this scheme or should I opt for another uniform colour?
They are all a bit shiny as I used to use satin varnish.
Please comment and criticise!
btw the sm scouts were used as veteran squads with carapace armour.
Havent includede any bog standard infantry as they are too crap for words and need the urgent attention of dettol!

Calimero · « **Reply #1 on:** August 20, 2011, 12:43:03 PM »

I like them a lot

TheMightyFlip · « **Reply #2 on:** August 20, 2011, 01:09:10 PM »

V|ery nice, put mine to shame, though bit heavy on the gloss.

jp762 · « **Reply #3 on:** August 20, 2011, 01:16:25 PM »

Cheers. Could do better though.
This was, and is, the Aryanan 8th army. A band of intollerant, xenophobic guardsmen.
I thought the name was in keeping with the mythos!
Gimme improvement tips. No longer speed painting. These took 45min each. I intend to do 1 a day from now on.
Sadly, 1 a day so far look like my speed painted efforts.

jp762 · « **Reply #4 on:** August 20, 2011, 01:19:55 PM »

Included, thats how its spelt........

Yeah! Thanks. It was satin from Gw and I think its a bit too shiny too.
Was considering spraying dullcote or army painter matte over them.
Any thoughts?

stone-cold-lead · « **Reply #5 on:** August 20, 2011, 01:43:06 PM »

I think they look pretty good. I'd perhaps suggest a little extra highlighting of the flesh. Nothing too drastic just one or two extra layers to emphasise the nose, chin, lip, brow, upper cheeks (would it be childish to say I sniggered at that?

) and ears. Eyes look a bit boggly but if you paint a little flesh on the top of the eye to create an upper lid and bring the flesh a little higher up from the top of the cheek as well it'll narrow the eyes nicely.

jp762 · « **Reply #6 on:** August 20, 2011, 01:47:46 PM »

Quote from: stone-cold-lead on August 20, 2011, 01:43:06 PM

I think they look pretty good. I'd perhaps suggest a little extra highlighting of the flesh. Nothing too drastic just one or two extra layers to emphasise the nose, chin, lip, brow, upper cheeks (would it be childish to say I sniggered at that? ) and ears. Eyes look a bit boggly but if you paint a little flesh on the top of the eye to create an upper lid and bring the flesh a little higher up from the top of the cheek as well it'll narrow the eyes nicely.

Yeah. ummmmm..... trying that now on an unvarnished one.
Thanks!
My style was always speedy tabletop. But. Thats exactly the kind of advice I was after. How to make em look good!
Cheers mate.

jp762 · « **Reply #7 on:** August 20, 2011, 01:48:27 PM »

Upper cheeks.............
fnarfnar.....

jp762 · « **Reply #8 on:** August 20, 2011, 02:34:40 PM »

Quote from: Calimero on August 20, 2011, 12:43:03 PM

I like them a lot

Thank you! I tried!

Dentatus · « **Reply #9 on:** August 20, 2011, 02:56:05 PM »

Nice job, very cool color scheme.

Dr Mathias · « **Reply #10 on:** August 20, 2011, 03:00:46 PM »

I think they look really good, nice contrast and a cool, atypical color scheme. If it were me, I would be happy with those and move on to working on unpainted figures

OSHIROmodels · « **Reply #11 on:** August 20, 2011, 03:28:45 PM »

Personally I'm not keen on the harsh edge highlight the GW seem to promote (I understand the reasoning behind it, I think).

What I would suggest is to try and reduce the hard edge to something more subtle and worthy of a days painting. Once you've done that (along with a bit of work on the faces as suggested before) a coat of matt varnish should finish them off fine

cheers

James

stone-cold-lead · « **Reply #12 on:** August 20, 2011, 03:36:53 PM »

A nice coat of matt varnish makes everything look good.

Mason · « **Reply #13 on:** August 20, 2011, 04:12:13 PM »

Quote from: Dr Mathias on August 20, 2011, 03:00:46 PM

I think they look really good, nice contrast and a cool, atypical color scheme. If it were me, I would be happy with those and move on to working on unpainted figures

I agree with the good Doctor.
There is nothing wrong with them as they are, perfectly servicable.
The only thing I would change would be adding a bit of variation to the bases, another element in addition to the static grass.

Chaos Wolf · « **Reply #14 on:** August 21, 2011, 02:54:26 PM »

Quote from: Mason on August 20, 2011, 04:12:13 PM

I agree with the good Doctor.
There is nothing wrong with them as they are, perfectly servicable.
The only thing I would change would be adding a bit of variation to the bases, another element in addition to the static grass.

I agree with both of these fellows.

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