Powerslave
09-12-2009, 01:22 PM
Hey there everyone,
For the last two days I have been working on an Imperial Fists Land Raider Redeemer. Before we go any further, I would like to underline certain points that are relevant to the project.
First, this is the first modeling / painting project where I have made extensive use of the Fading technique – that’s right, fading with oil paints, which proved to be quite a difficult task, considering this was my first time. I used Winsor & Newton, Rembrandt and Abteilung paints. To be more exact – I had the following colors in my arsenal: Rembrandt Burnt Sienna, W&N Yellow Ochre and Abteilung Shadow Brown.
Second point – I have extensively used an airbrush on this tank. Normally I do a lot of work by hand – but here I decided that my weathering and fading will need the help of a good oil paint thinner and my good old airbrush to make sure that the textures are correct and that the paint sets in properly. I have also airbrushed the pigment fixer – because that way it does not leave any gloss marks.
Third point, I decided to apply a lot of MIG pigments and the Oil and Stain mixture (and by a lot, I mean way more than usual).
Fourth and final point – I used fresh found inspiration from the Forge World masterclass book to do the flamethrowers and all metallic parts. I used 4 / 5 different tones and shades of metallic colors with layers of inks and oil / pigment grease homemade mixtures. The flamethrowers are something that I am particularly proud of.
A lot of people will probably criticize my choice of colors for the Redeemer – I am guessing that it’s too grim, too weathered, too brown for an Imperial Fists tank. The thing is that I honestly believe that Space Marines should not be all shiny, like the Ultramarines. They need to be grim – they are men of war, eternal warriors who spend their lives battling the enemies of the Imperium. I wanted to show a vehicle that would reflect the horrors of war in the 41st millennium. The Imperial Fists are famous anti siege specialists and also hardened urban fighters. This Redeemer has been part of trench warfare in the Gloria Flax campaign for at least four weeks and has not been repaired – as the loyalists are currently pinned down and need all their machines in constant defense and readiness to burn out enemy trenches, as well as support the Death Korps of Krieg.
I don’t like to see my marines shiny and clean – I want them to be gritty, I want them to be on the brink of death and destruction – and I want them to be weathered, and most of all, I do not want them to be in that construction yellow that GW wants us to paint Imperial Fists in.
Those who saw or are watching / participating in my Terminators thread will certainly notice a difference in approaches and how I altered a lot of elements in my painting style.
http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/8262/img0698xj.th.jpg (http://img12.imageshack.us/i/img0698xj.jpg/)
http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/8829/img0740ft.th.jpg (http://img195.imageshack.us/i/img0740ft.jpg/)
Note the Yellow Ochre on certain areas. With the help of the Yellow Ochre fading, I was able to keep a consistent ochre tone on the whole tank, and I was also able to show the different reaction of the surface to the elements. I used Shadow Brown and Burnt Sienna on all the screws - these colors were faded into the general scheme, once the thinner evaporated.
The rust effects were achieved by randomly dabbing MIG Standard Rust pigment and Burnt Sienna (both dilluted by MIG Thinner) onto the surface. The I loaded my airbrush with MIG Thinner and went to town on this bad boy (took about 30 minutes to get the patterns that I want to have on this tank, you have to get the rust "running on the surface.")
http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/4571/img0701wj.th.jpg (http://img10.imageshack.us/i/img0701wj.jpg/)
http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/7282/img0702lc.th.jpg (http://img195.imageshack.us/i/img0702lc.jpg/)
For the last two days I have been working on an Imperial Fists Land Raider Redeemer. Before we go any further, I would like to underline certain points that are relevant to the project.
First, this is the first modeling / painting project where I have made extensive use of the Fading technique – that’s right, fading with oil paints, which proved to be quite a difficult task, considering this was my first time. I used Winsor & Newton, Rembrandt and Abteilung paints. To be more exact – I had the following colors in my arsenal: Rembrandt Burnt Sienna, W&N Yellow Ochre and Abteilung Shadow Brown.
Second point – I have extensively used an airbrush on this tank. Normally I do a lot of work by hand – but here I decided that my weathering and fading will need the help of a good oil paint thinner and my good old airbrush to make sure that the textures are correct and that the paint sets in properly. I have also airbrushed the pigment fixer – because that way it does not leave any gloss marks.
Third point, I decided to apply a lot of MIG pigments and the Oil and Stain mixture (and by a lot, I mean way more than usual).
Fourth and final point – I used fresh found inspiration from the Forge World masterclass book to do the flamethrowers and all metallic parts. I used 4 / 5 different tones and shades of metallic colors with layers of inks and oil / pigment grease homemade mixtures. The flamethrowers are something that I am particularly proud of.
A lot of people will probably criticize my choice of colors for the Redeemer – I am guessing that it’s too grim, too weathered, too brown for an Imperial Fists tank. The thing is that I honestly believe that Space Marines should not be all shiny, like the Ultramarines. They need to be grim – they are men of war, eternal warriors who spend their lives battling the enemies of the Imperium. I wanted to show a vehicle that would reflect the horrors of war in the 41st millennium. The Imperial Fists are famous anti siege specialists and also hardened urban fighters. This Redeemer has been part of trench warfare in the Gloria Flax campaign for at least four weeks and has not been repaired – as the loyalists are currently pinned down and need all their machines in constant defense and readiness to burn out enemy trenches, as well as support the Death Korps of Krieg.
I don’t like to see my marines shiny and clean – I want them to be gritty, I want them to be on the brink of death and destruction – and I want them to be weathered, and most of all, I do not want them to be in that construction yellow that GW wants us to paint Imperial Fists in.
Those who saw or are watching / participating in my Terminators thread will certainly notice a difference in approaches and how I altered a lot of elements in my painting style.
http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/8262/img0698xj.th.jpg (http://img12.imageshack.us/i/img0698xj.jpg/)
http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/8829/img0740ft.th.jpg (http://img195.imageshack.us/i/img0740ft.jpg/)
Note the Yellow Ochre on certain areas. With the help of the Yellow Ochre fading, I was able to keep a consistent ochre tone on the whole tank, and I was also able to show the different reaction of the surface to the elements. I used Shadow Brown and Burnt Sienna on all the screws - these colors were faded into the general scheme, once the thinner evaporated.
The rust effects were achieved by randomly dabbing MIG Standard Rust pigment and Burnt Sienna (both dilluted by MIG Thinner) onto the surface. The I loaded my airbrush with MIG Thinner and went to town on this bad boy (took about 30 minutes to get the patterns that I want to have on this tank, you have to get the rust "running on the surface.")
http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/4571/img0701wj.th.jpg (http://img10.imageshack.us/i/img0701wj.jpg/)
http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/7282/img0702lc.th.jpg (http://img195.imageshack.us/i/img0702lc.jpg/)