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serrate

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Re: Starting off right - Canopian Marauder
« Reply #30 on: 26 January 2011, 10:28:19 »
Looks even better in person than it does in this pic.  Nice job Rob!

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Re: Starting off right - Canopian Marauder
« Reply #31 on: 26 January 2011, 10:39:53 »
I remember the contest you entered this in. Still looks good.  :)
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Re: Starting off right - Canopian Marauder
« Reply #32 on: 26 January 2011, 11:59:26 »
Nice.  Very bright, but nice.  8)

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Re: Starting off right - Canopian Marauder
« Reply #33 on: 26 January 2011, 13:04:09 »
Always heartwarming to see some nicely done Marauders like these!  [rockon]

Regarding how to do yellow, there was an excellent tutorial by jjpens, but apparently the link has gone dead. Does anyone know if it's been posted somewhere again? I hate to lose my archived pages...
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Re: Starting off right - Canopian Marauder
« Reply #34 on: 26 January 2011, 18:11:47 »
Beautiful work on the Marauder. O0

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Re: Starting off right - Canopian Marauder
« Reply #35 on: 26 January 2011, 18:37:10 »
Very nice yellow - I think the sheer size of the pic is making it look a bit grainy. As for the beads, that's a good idea; I think I have some seed beads lying around the house from one of my other projects, will try it on my bashed Maddy
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Re: Starting off right - Canopian Marauder
« Reply #36 on: 26 January 2011, 19:44:57 »
 O0

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Re: Starting off right - Canopian Marauder
« Reply #37 on: 26 January 2011, 21:11:33 »
Great job on the Mad [rockon]

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Re: Starting off right - Canopian Marauder
« Reply #38 on: 26 January 2011, 21:30:45 »
Awesome old-school work!
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Re: Starting off right - Canopian Marauder
« Reply #39 on: 26 January 2011, 21:38:53 »
What are those sticking out fo the base?  Not in figures but those long tulip looking things?

PS can we get more awesome Marauders in this thread?

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Re: Starting off right - Canopian Marauder
« Reply #40 on: 26 January 2011, 23:02:51 »
Looks like florist's wire with a dollop of glue on the end.
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Re: Starting off right - Canopian Marauder
« Reply #41 on: 27 January 2011, 01:11:46 »
Looks like florist's wire with a dollop of glue on the end.

Pretty close: toothbrush bristles with a drop of Zap-a-gap.  Makes great waterside foliage (there's a tiny pond next to it, but it's very hard to make out in the pic).
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Re: Starting off right - Canopian Marauder
« Reply #42 on: 27 January 2011, 11:06:58 »
Black wash does not work with yellow. You actually want a chestnut or flesh wash to get the best effect.
Seconded. I have been getting good results using GW's Dark Flesh to shade yellow.

To make up for the lack of panel lines you could try to apply a few controlled washes of Dark Flesh where natural shadows would be, for example towards the underside of the torso or below the turbine/tank/whatever thingies, the sides of the weapon pods on the arms, ... This would break up the yellow and add more depth to the miniature.

Impressive work with a difficult color nonetheless :) I really like how the infantry miniatures give a sense of scale. They really make the Marauder look huge.

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Re: Starting off right - Canopian Marauder
« Reply #43 on: 27 January 2011, 20:35:55 »
Ahhh, the classic Marauder.  Nice to see one of those every now and then.
Nice job on the base.
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Re: Starting off right - Canopian Marauder
« Reply #44 on: 27 January 2011, 21:07:35 »
Good Yellow!!!!!!!!
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Re: Starting off right - Canopian Marauder
« Reply #45 on: 28 January 2011, 19:37:48 »
That's Beautiful!!! Just pretty
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Re: Starting off right - Canopian Marauder
« Reply #46 on: 29 January 2011, 08:22:23 »
I can do desert yellow! But bright yellow - too hard! Maybe it's time to be challenged.

What other units have a primarily yellow scheme? Wolf's Dragoon's Aerospace fighters are "canary" yellow,Lyran Alliance 1st Coventry Jaegers quickly spring to mind. Anyone want to give it a go and post a picture? Rather than just talk about it .....