Terminator chaplain.

[jp762]

Ok.
Trying to take as much of the advice on board as possible.
Newest attempt (for my legion of the damned mini army(ie small army, not mini as in mini))
 


I swear to God, its not as flat in reality as it looks in my pics.
I WAS listening.......

[TheShadow]

isnt that a Chaplain.......

[jp762]

isnt that a Chaplain.......

And, yes, well, um......

Well spotted. You win todays prize.
Yup, its a chaplain.
I appear to have typed librarian. 
Not my first mistake.
Doh! 

[Sangennaru]

i love the shades, and the darks are really nice as well!!!

As a modelist more than a painter, my suggestions are on the base: the multicolor grass makes everything "fake", and a bit more highlight on the background boulders (maybe less rocks more sand) shoulde make everything more realistic.

from antenociti you can also find wonderful turfs, wich are great!!!


Those are only suggestions: i think that the painting level is (as always happens) much higher than the gamingbase level!

[Cosmotiger]

Very impressive, nice and sharp.  I agree with the comments about the grass, though.

[Cultist #3]

But that's genuine GW fake grass, it makes everything better! 

[jp762]

That, sir, is Javis fake grass!

[Argonor]

Already a better finish 

Especially the skull and scroll catches my eye with smooth transitions. Your armour edgings also have become a bit more muted than on your IG, which is good.

If you want to practice the blending a bit more, I suggest that next time you paint a chest eagle, try working each 'feathers' up from beige/bone to almost clean white outwards - it can give a really vibrant 3D effect (i suggest trying it on a chest eagle, because it's a lot of small elements, so if after a handful of feathers you don't feel that it works, you won't have a large area to redo).

I like the dark gold on the Crozium - is it layered or washed/highlighted?

I agree on the base - static grass is best applied in clumps on something that looks like bare earth/rocks/sand, whatever (you have some showing at the edges, and some scatter, but the opposite proportions would have done much for the overall impression), and 'tufts' are a painter's godsend (if you can get hold of them).

But a really nice model. If you can do 5 models of that standard within a week, you're definitely ready for next year's LPL (by which time you will probably have improved even more) 

[stone-cold-lead]

Nice clean paint job there. Like it a lot.

[jp762]

I like the dark gold on the Crozium - is it layered or washed/highlighted?

Tin bitz up to burnished gold. Wash of v.thin brown ink.

More zombies now......

Thanks stone cold lead!

[Argonor]

I like the dark gold on the Crozium - is it layered or washed/highlighted?

Tin bitz up to burnished gold. Wash of v.thin brown ink.

Thanks. I always struggle with gold/bronze. Lately I have mixed some black into Burnished Gold for shading, which seems to give that 'ancient gold' almost greenish sheen, but 'yellow metal' comes in so many types and shades. 

[poulppy]

really nice mini. I like the way you paint it.

Well done