Knights of Longinus...still working on them

[Krillduken]

Ok, so I posted a shot of my captain for this marine army a long time ago, but never followed through with the post. The army has been sitting on a shelf waiting to be painted for months. Now that I have fiinished moving and have a dedicated room for it, I have finally started the endevor. Here\'s a few shots of the armor on the tactical marines. Not very happy with the red highlights (or the photo\'s for that matter) but I think the blue turned out good enough

I will never do a quarter scheme again! And I don\'t think I\'ve hated anything as much as I hate the color red right now.

And for the hell of it, here\'s the captain again. He\'s supposed to be the leader of the heavy weapon reserve company, but I don\'t think that message comes across (the thing on his right shoulder is supposed to be a mushroom cloud)

I\'ll have some pics up of other non-primed models tomorrow.

 

[DaN]

I s\'pose the mushroom cloud will be more obvious once it\'s painted

 

[Krillduken]

That\'s what I\'m hoping DaN. Looks more like bracoli right now. I\'m thinking about replacing it with something elses, but I have no idea what.

Anyone got opinions on the red? I\'ve tried adding orange and yellow to lighten it up, but the highlights are still too dark.

and as I promissed, a few more pictures: (sorry for the crappy photos. I\'m hoping for a new camera and/or light box this x-mas.)

the sternguard veteran squad.

and my vanguard veteran squad. I actually made these guys before the newest codex came out. They were for the \'blessed be the warriors\' trait

closeup of the sternguard sgt

 

[Necroghast]

If you are just going for tabletop quality just do an edge highlight of blazing orange. That always works and I know from experience it would look good with the blue (which is very nice) Nice conversions too!

 

[Krillduken]

tried the blazing orange out and I\'m very happy with the results. Thank you Necroghast for the suggestion. When I started planning this paint scheme I thought using it unmixed would be too extreme of a highlight even for tabletop quality models.

Here\'s an updated pic of one of the tac guys. If I get some free time this week I should be able to finish off the 2 squads and start on a character or vehicle. here\'s to hoping :beer: