Blood Angels Standard Bearer by Babs
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Blood Angels Standard Bearer

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This miniature began life as a limited edition Ultramarines standard bearer. You could only get it by trading in 'skull' rewards - and apparently it was only available from GW Australia. I don't play 40K, but ended up with it because a Blood Bowl player wanted some and sent me skulls to redeem them here in Australia. Ultramarines are really dorky, so I puttied up his blonde dreds, gave him a bionic eye and custom backpack (crossed with a Chaos one I got free with White Dwarf #182, seeing as Blood Angel's are close to Chaos - aren't they?) then painted him up. I have no idea if you're meant to highlight Blood Angels yellow, as they seem to be highlighted white - and I have no idea about anything else. I deliberately painted the banner icon the way I did because even though I filed off the Ultramarine horseshoe, it was still a little bit visible, so I incorporated it into the design (can you see it?) Interested in people's thoughts.

Posted: 10 Jan 2006

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Babs
Yes, my highlights are very strong. But is there anything wrong with Old School? "No school like the old school" - The Incredibles. I personally like the 2nd Ed. Period. If this looks 'too' 2nd Ed. then I'll take that as a compliment. Thanks. I pine for the 80's GW figures. Harlequins. Chaos. Ahhh. (Now I'm just showing my age and 'good old day' syndome :)
12 Jan 2006 • Vote: 10
Antar000
thin your paint and ease up on the highlights. The purple looks really wonky on the mini, and the edge-highlights are too thick. the banner freehand looks pretty shakey, and I don't like the brown on the bolter. The hair makes him look like a hick (can anyone say mullet?) and the whole thing is too garish, in my opinion, reminding me of something out of the 2nd ed. period.
12 Jan 2006 • Vote: 6

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