Author Topic: Starting off right - Canopian Marauder (Read 14024 times)

Darrian Wolffe · « **on:** 25 January 2011, 20:05:15 »

In the interests of getting awesome pics going again, I've got a BD Marauder for the 1st Canopian Cuirassiers that I did for a LotB painting contest a while back that my local group told me I never posted up here. So, I'll rectify the mistake and break in the board at the same time!

BeeRockxs · « **Reply #1 on:** 25 January 2011, 20:21:30 »

That's a very nice Marauder you got there.

Wombat · « **Reply #2 on:** 25 January 2011, 20:24:34 »

I like the scheme, but perhaps a little good blash wash would punch it up a bit? Just a thought...

iamfanboy · « **Reply #3 on:** 25 January 2011, 20:25:52 »

I can't quite put my finger on why, but even though the yellows are impressive (a hard color to paint I know, after 40-odd commissioned Imperial Fists), somehow, I find the infantrymen more impressive.

Maybe because I just painted up like 7 bases of them with 7 infantrymen apiece so I know quite well how hard it is getting even THAT much detail on those buggers.

Wolf Reaper · « **Reply #4 on:** 25 January 2011, 20:27:52 »

I like it Darrian.

How did you do the laser crystal bulbs on the arms?

Darrian Wolffe · « **Reply #5 on:** 25 January 2011, 20:37:16 »

Quote from: Wolf Reaper on 25 January 2011, 20:27:52

I like it Darrian.

How did you do the laser crystal bulbs on the arms?

Craft beads.

I kicked around for a while trying to figure out a way to do good jeweling that didn't look like jeweling. I was rooting through my wife's craft supplies when I noticed these and jammed 'em into the weapon ports to see what they looked like. And Lo! They didn't suck! :D

Quote from: Wombat on 25 January 2011, 20:24:34

I like the scheme, but perhaps a little good blash wash would punch it up a bit? Just a thought...

Amusingly, I did a black wash the first time I did yellow (a commission for Imperial Fist Space Marines). It turned out awful. Evidently, you want to shade yellow with brown not black. What looks weird about this MAD is that it's the old Battledroid version - there's not a lot of panel lines to break up the yellow, and so it kind of glares at the eyes. It' a mostly-unavoidable side effect of the scuplt and color scheme, I think. Somebody who actually knows color theory could probably tell you better than it.

Psyckosama · « **Reply #6 on:** 25 January 2011, 20:38:40 »

Quote from: Wolf Reaper on 25 January 2011, 20:27:52

I like it Darrian.

How did you do the laser crystal bulbs on the arms?

Transparent red plastic beads.

skumm · « **Reply #7 on:** 25 January 2011, 20:40:41 »

I have 6 of these. Something isnt quite right about it.....

got it. top gun... Thats not original to the BD. The original is reallllllly thin with a sight piece on the end.... Like this:

was the gun a replacement? Ir was the tip of the gun broken off? It looks original except for the very thin part at the end... I have both oval and hex bases here and all the guns look like the one in my pic above.

As for the paintjob, I LOVE the yellow. I have 4 mads here that need paint, so I will perhaps try and replicate that one here....

Wombat · « **Reply #8 on:** 25 January 2011, 20:41:48 »

Loving the purple. Yeah black wash is either bang-on or not. There is no inbetween.

Klat · « **Reply #9 on:** 25 January 2011, 20:42:07 »

I like it, nothing like a school-bus yellow Marauder to let peope know you mean business. 8)

Bedwyr · « **Reply #10 on:** 25 January 2011, 20:43:56 »

You mean brown washing? It has to do with shading and tinting vs mixing colors. When you add black, you're shading and the vibrance of the color decreases and decreases. With such a light color like yellow, it gets ugly fast. Mixing in brown does a good job of moving you around on the color wheel to a different (and pleasing) hue. The other problem is that a lot of subtlety doesn't show up in photographs so you need to be almost overly bold with color variations. That's how Pendragon comes up with such marvelous super-saturated minis; a style not far from the 'eavy metal of <game title redacted>. He also does a lot of good light manipulation to accentuate all those saturated blends.

I really like the mini (a lot). It's a good execution and you pulled off a very very hard color. If I were to improve the shadows on the mini I'd try some panel lines in a very deep orange/brown to highlight what panel definition there is.

Darrian Wolffe · « **Reply #11 on:** 25 January 2011, 20:49:41 »

Quote from: skumm on 25 January 2011, 20:40:41

was the gun a replacement? Ir was the tip of the gun broken off? It looks original except for the very thin part at the end... I have both oval and hex bases here and all the guns look like the one in my pic above.

I cast the Mech myself from a leftover (and now gone) master mold at IWM. It's about as original as you can get. ;)

The really funny part about the Mech is that there's actually an honest-to-god "jewel" in the cockpit...it's just so far back in there you can't get anything from it. OK, maybe just funny to me then.

Wombat · « **Reply #12 on:** 25 January 2011, 20:50:34 »

Sadly I'm a bit of a novice when it comes to washes and what-not. I've picked up a few Citadel washes and had passable results with them, but even I realize there's a huge difference between a well-painted mini and one that you've hodge-podged together that somehow still manages to get compliments from fat 13-year old virgins down at the gameshop.

JPArbiter · « **Reply #13 on:** 25 January 2011, 20:53:45 »

It's Yellow, its Battledroids, and it's Canopion!

I call that a Winner!

Nibs · « **Reply #14 on:** 25 January 2011, 20:58:52 »

Whoa! I'm seeing double! Two awesome Marauders! :)

invallid effort · « **Reply #15 on:** 25 January 2011, 20:59:58 »

Looks very nice I am a fan of the yellow [rockon]

Leonard Kerensky · « **Reply #16 on:** 25 January 2011, 21:18:12 »

love how the yellow came out. there is a guy where i play 40k that has a full on imperial fists aremy the same color yellow. realy sharp looking too.

one of these years i want to try and get my hands on a battledroids marauder. for now i'll just make a drool puddle on my desk oggling yours. [drool]

Jal Phoenix · « **Reply #17 on:** 25 January 2011, 21:45:10 »

That's nice. O0 I recently stripped the one mini I had in this scheme because I didn't like it anymore. I've had the idea to do one for some time now. Nice to have this one in a relatively empty forum to refer to!

Doug Glendower · « **Reply #18 on:** 25 January 2011, 21:53:39 »

Yellow is soooooo hard to do. I'm ok with it, but mine comes out more brown mustard...

Amalor Myrnnyx · « **Reply #19 on:** 25 January 2011, 22:01:28 »

Black wash does not work with yellow. You actually want a chestnut or flesh wash to get the best effect.

Sagittaire · « **Reply #20 on:** 25 January 2011, 22:13:54 »

Nice 8)

ShockaTime · « **Reply #21 on:** 25 January 2011, 23:30:32 »

I love the yellow, it's a really hard colour to do right, and you did it perfectly, well done O0

Stormlion1 · « **Reply #22 on:** 25 January 2011, 23:31:45 »

Looks excellent! Wish whenever I use yellow it would come out half as good.

Force of Nature · « **Reply #23 on:** 25 January 2011, 23:48:11 »

Nice Marauders!

Here is my BD Marauder (with friends) with the tiny gunsight at the end of the barrel.

Force

Siberian-troll · « **Reply #24 on:** 25 January 2011, 23:52:54 »

Quote from: skumm on 25 January 2011, 20:40:41

Ouch. This purple so smooth, that it hurts.
Thank you for it. Marik's "gems" so very rare...

Fletch · « **Reply #25 on:** 26 January 2011, 00:10:30 »

Great way to break into the new forums. Sweet ride.

Col.Hengist · « **Reply #26 on:** 26 January 2011, 00:43:11 »

Your use of color is really nice and the wash is the perfect color.That yellow is hard to paint with, most of the time it doesn't really paint but smear.

Lord Cameron · « **Reply #27 on:** 26 January 2011, 03:02:24 »

Quote from: Wombat on 25 January 2011, 20:41:48

Loving the purple. Yeah black wash is either bang-on or not. There is no inbetween.

+1 8)
But then I'm partial to purple.

jc.knight · « **Reply #28 on:** 26 January 2011, 04:17:45 »

The legs on the bus go STOMP STOMP STOMP....... [notworthy]

17th Spartans · « **Reply #29 on:** 26 January 2011, 09:35:00 »

OMG! Must get a Battledroid Marauder! [rockon] [notworthy] :o :o :o :D :D