Rise of the Replicants

[Pil]

You may have seen the article in the Combat Zone Chronicles here:
http://combatzonechronicles.net/cozoxa/replo.htm
(if you didn't, enjoy reading). Anyway, I made a load of piccies of my replicants and I wanted to share them here since a lot of them didn't make it:















Enjoy!

[Bugsda]

Outstanding!

[majorsmith]

uber cool!!

[Argonor]

Do you use a wash to get the blueish tint? I like that; makes them seem more 'steely' somehow than just using standard silvery metals...

[Pil]

Do you use a wash to get the blueish tint? I like that; makes them seem more 'steely' somehow than just using standard silvery metals...

I wanted something different than just metal, but it's not a wash. It's a basecoat of Tamiya Metallic Blue (over a black undercoat), and then drybrushed by adding silver into the mix. Thanks for the kind words BTW 

[Dan]

They look really good , I  got similar results on some GW figures using their blue ink applied in several washes and drybrushed with chainmail and silver.

[majorsmith]

just bought some of these, they are ace! and bloody cheap too!

[dodge]

Those are just fantastic. great cinematic photo's love the read flame type glint, just really really good.

Dodge

[Ramshackle_Curtis]

Nice lighting!

[Lowtardog]

Excellent

[Argonor]

They look really good , I  got similar results on some GW figures using their blue ink applied in several washes and drybrushed with chainmail and silver.

I recently purchased a can of Army Painter Armour metal spray... I guess a spray undercoat heavily washed with blue, then highlighted (or drybrushed) with Chaimail and silver should do the trick... I have to try that, I have a pack of CCTs in a box, somewhere 

But apparently Tamiya makes metallics - nice to know, as I never purchased the GW metallics back then 

BTW:
You can do your own metallics by adding ink to silver. Looks quite nice, and you can have it the shade you like. I haven't tried it with the new matt washes, but it works fine with the old inks.

[Gluteus Maximus]

Nice lighting!

Exactlt what I was going to say, so I'll add " I love the apocalyptic red and yellows. I can just imagine a it all taking place in a blazing city" 

They are great figures. I was tempted to use GW Necrons, but I think these are much better. So, of course is the price 

I was going to get some EM4 stuff at the last Triples, but was thrown a curve ball by the unfeasibly large metal dice they had for sale and completely forgot to buy any figures 

[Argonor]

I was going to get some EM4 stuff at the last Triples, but was thrown a curve ball by the unfeasibly large metal dice they had for sale and completely forgot to buy any figures 

You distract easily, do you? (wait... look... a nice shiny thing.... * 

As for lighting, I think I'm going to buy some of those coloured projectors meant for illuminating the walls of a teenage girl.... or I'll just get some kind of lamp/projector which I can cover with coloured rice paper to provide different effects:

Blue: Night
Blueish green: Under water
Red/orange: Apocalyptic settings, blazing towns, lava areas, alien worlds
Green: Radiation, alien worlds

I really gave the 'night' lighting a lot of thought, and I think blue light will create a sense of darkness. I should probably buy some of those electrical streetlights from Ebay seller everydaygoodz, too...

[Pil]

Thanks for the words about the lighting. I was very pleased with the look of the pictures (especially in the second pic I posted), so I thought it was a shame they didn't make it into the Chronicles. I much prefer a diorama setting for my pictures than a well-lit white box (but that also has to do with my style of painting). For the lighting I used two simple bicycle lights (a red and an orange one). Some better lights would be cool too of course, a blue one for night shots is a great idea!

[Ray Rivers]

 

Truly excellent paint job.  First class.

I've seen these figures, and really like them, but the few poses that are available is a bit too limiting for me.  Hopefully they will expand the range.