At last I've finished up my spare chimera, Bulwark, and she's all ready for whoever needs her; be it the company commander, my veterans or the psykers. In a moment of bloodymindedness I took the uncharacteristic step of painting her differently to all my others and really making her stand out. Essentially, I had an idea for how cool a large aquila could look , so after a LOT of sketching and trial-and-error, I managed what you see before you. And I'm quite chuffed with it, to be honest!
The orange and black design ought to draw enemy fire nicely, eh?
The aquila on the turret is a decal/transfer, but I also took quite a lot of time on the orange band on the port side of the turret and the freehand circle on the rear door.
Also, the photo doesn't do it justice, but for the first time I tried my hand at painting a 'lightning' effect across the sphere above the searchlight:
I'd love any comments on this one, please...
- Drax.
some excellent freehand there Drax
ReplyDeleteI agree, great job!
ReplyDeleteLooks fabulous. Great job, and don't sweat the color--it's striking.
ReplyDeletePretty impressive freehand!!!
ReplyDeleteDaaaaang Drax, that's awesome! I have a hard time with free-handing so I'm quite jealous of your skill there. They look really sharp. Keep up the great work!
ReplyDeleteVery crisp freehand! I bow to your skill.
ReplyDeleteVery nice indeed! One niggling little bit: The Aquilas have only one wing. It looks a bit odd, in my opinion. Not a big thing by any stretch but yeah.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful.
ReplyDeleteThat's some stunningly steady and good-looking work!
ReplyDeleteway to leap out there and go for it! This just means you have to start an orange company ;-)
ReplyDeleteExcellent colour choice, I must say. And that reallyhelps to set out the great free hand work.
ReplyDeleteI think the best thing people can take from this is to actually draw what they want to achieve on in pencil. I've always found this helps you perfect the look and lines of the freehand before you block in the colour.
your results are amazing. Keep it up!
Wow fella that looks awesome... deffo a bullet catcher though!
ReplyDeleteThanks, All!
ReplyDelete>Niels: Yeah, I know it looks a bit odd, but I wanted it to have more of a sense of fluidity than the normal aquila.
>D'nyarak: No. Bloody. Way. ;-)
>oink: Thank you! I didn't actually pencil this one on beforehand, but I did do a lifesize pencil sketch on paper then a practice paintjob on plasticard cut to shape.
Very nice, very impressive. I love the spot of color it adds to your army. Any plans on carrying the orange through the rest of your models?
ReplyDeleteThe aquilas look great Drax! Excellent work!
ReplyDeleteFREEHAND? Drax, this is gret work. Well done!
ReplyDeleteThanks, guys!
ReplyDelete>BoxerSaint: No bloomin' chance! Although I am working on some orange objective markers.
Quite helpful piece of writing, thanks so much for your post.
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