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Friday 10 July 2015

Dark Angels - Scouts TO DONE!

I've split these pictures up into two posts for a couple of reasons, one it can be quite daunting to see a page full of stuff and this means you only have to devote a small amount of time over two days compared with twice the amount of time on one day. Also, given how most of my currect enterprises are difficult to show progress I'm better spreading this out a little bit so at least the blog is ticking over, otherwise there'll be nothing to post. Hopefully you don't mind.
I really enjoyed painting these, I know I felt a little impatient at the end but it resulted in a sense of freedom that the rest of the Dark Angels fail to deliver.


I was also wary of painting the guns, the tarnished bronze didn't seem to fit the stealthy hiding in the shadows purpose of snipers but thankfully the verdigris toned down the half-way done brass and bronze elements to actually make them still fit with my theme and not stand out. Anyways, the anacronisms of the grim dark universe means these things could be day-glo and I'd get away with it!


I also made sure that I managed to cover up as many eyes as I could with sniper scopes. I'm all out of patience with them, I can't paint them for toffee. I must have tried about ten times on my Azrael conversion and I'm just about to give up on my Tac Squad sergeant too


But these guys make a nice unit. I wonder if the Space Crusade ones will fit in...?


The sergeant also had a freehand chapter symbol added.




Camo cloaks turned out alright.


I'm really thinking I should do some warpaint on some of my bare headed models but I fear it won't make too much sense, but we'll see.


Glow effects didn't work too well on the visors but I do think the little whit highlight looks like a targetting reticule which just about lifts them from mediocrity.


The sergeants one worked out OK too. I'm really chuffed with the chapter symbol. Sure it's quite patchy and a decal would be tidier, I don't even think it's my best but there's something about the roughness to it that's just right, almost like he painted it himself [badly].


Cloaks blend together well.


The extra highlights on the black may be a little too much but I think it help break up the orange expanse a bit more.





So I'm really chuffed about these, especially as they're seen as 'competitive' now. I'm kind of wishing I took a longer look at what my nephew was selling now as ther was scouts in there. But it's nice to have something done that's going to definitely get used, considering I had zero intention of using them when I started! Anyway, there'll be moar pictures in a day or so but in the mean time a big red stamp! Incidentally I was thinking of doing a green one for the 2015/16 hobby season, alternate red/green each year, what do you think?


12 comments:

  1. My God, ( faints in amazement)!!!! Nice one dave turned out lovely. When do I get to kill them?

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    1. Amazement as it's Dark Angels, or that your scouts found a new lease of life ;) I might have a 1000pts soon but the shed is due a week on Monday so unfortunately I'm pretty tied up with fitting it out and transferring all my hobby stuff to it and then I'll have to decorate the vacated back room no doubt. I'll probably be kept quite busy but I'll see if I can play out at some point, 'all work and no play...'

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  2. My God, ( faints in amazement)!!!! Nice one dave turned out lovely. When do I get to kill them?

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  3. Great stuff Dave, they look very cool

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  4. I hate painting eyes too dave. Except ork eyes, because they're 4x bigger. Looking great! Some really great scouts here!

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    1. I managed to do quite well with the Techmarine so I'm pretty miffed I can't repeat the feat. I just can't hardly see where I'm painting, I only need glasses for distance so close up it should be a breeze but it's getting to be a struggle.

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  5. Lovely work Dave. Really like the shoulder pad and the cloaks. I'm actually a fan of the way the white breaks up the red on the cloaks. :)

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    1. Not bad for a concept 20 years old and in a different colour! Glad I had some sense back then :)

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  6. Those cloaks look amazing. Great colors. Congratulations on the "To Done"

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    1. Cheers, you'll be delighted to know there'll be a bucketload of extra pictures of these very same scouts today - best get my value out of them.

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