Horus Heresy 500p Challenge: The Thousand Sons by Bothi
Block 1 and Falcons finished
I know I am nearly 3 weeks late, but I finally finished the first block of our Horus Heresy Challenge. Short reminder: my first block were two squads of 10 Thousand Son Veterans.
I am getting really used to the painting scheme and I just have to say, painting with so much metallic paints is a real pain. Due to the consistency of the paint it is so much harder to be precise and get covering results. Also taking photos is really hard too. But when I see them in RL I think it’s worth it. I got a lot of feedback from friends and they all say the photos don’t do the minis justice. But unfortunately that’s all I can show here. So judge for yourself.
Entire Squad "Falcons"
Sarge and two Heavy Bolter dudes (one with Vexila)
4 Bolter dudes
3 dudes with different weapons
As to some feedback I got, yes I know that the white looks quite terrible on the pictures. This is due to the metallic-ness of the figures. Hence I have to take photos of them with really low lighting (otherwise you get reflections and flares like crazy). Then if the gamma/brightness of those photos is increased in “post-production” the white turns really bright.
Actually the white on those figures is not white at all. It is ivory with white edge-highlighting. Following are two pictures of what I am trying to do with the white.
The white is painted as follows:
- Base paint (covering all): Army Painter Skeleton Bone
- Layer paint (covering 99%): Vallejo Ivory
- Edge-Highlighting (very thin line on upper edges): Vallejo White
Scarab
Bolter
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