These guys were fun to paint and relatively quick, but I feel like they need something more.
I did some image searching to see what other people were doing with these models, and found this guy’s painting log photo of his Immortals. Jade Immortals, I like it.
I started with a base of GW Caliban Green, then shaded down with SW Heavy Body Black mixed with the Caliban, then just the black in spots. Went up again with the Caliban plus some Skull White, then more Skull White in the mix. Then drybrushed with GW Fortress Grey since it was out when I was doing the bases, then another drybrush of just the Skull White in places.
The problem with them is that they’re very bland. There’s just this dull green, with a dull grey base. And sure it’s good looking, but nothing pops out. I feel like I should have painted their armour in the gold+verdgris I’ve been doing on the Titans to give it a little bit of umph.
I also had to re-figure out the bases, since I haven’t written about them at all during this project. Drybrush up with Codex then Fortress Grey. Watered down Abaddon Black all over. Then Guilliman Blue and Waywatcher Green glazes. I did some Nuln Oil in the recesses to deepen them a bit, then drybrushed up with the two greys again.
Then glue some Army Painter Tufts onto them. 🙂
4 Comments
Kelly
October 27, 2015 at 3:22 pmThey remind me of the ghostly army from Return of the King… etherial rather than solid jade. Don’t know what to suggest… perhaps do up the gems to indicate that they are solid? Perhaps a very subtle glaze or wash of a dark earth tone in the recesses to contrast and warm the model up a bit? Weathering, dust, or moss growths on parts? Perhaps a tiny bit of edge highlighting in white to simulate the way light catches on sharp edges?
But this is a very nice paintjob as-is. Detail really pops nicely, and there’s plenty of contrast to help the viewer’s eye with definition.
Craig Fleming
October 27, 2015 at 4:21 pmA Skorne blog, Seething Ginger, posted this PP photo that I’ve been meaning to copy a bit:
http://seethingginger.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Immortal-ExtollerRGB.jpg
Use gold on some of the armour edges to bring it back to reality, rather than etherial! Thanks for the tips, I’ll keep them in mind. They were in my case but got pulled out after someone said “those are really coming along”. To which I said “>.>”, ie, I said nothing but instead got the hint that they needed more work. 🙂
Craig Fleming
March 25, 2019 at 4:15 pmhttps://www.baidu.com/link?url=e80KkPNsrwYFO7bi9XqEaXeZnldejciBtYUQ-bgqCge
Craig Fleming
March 25, 2019 at 4:15 pmhttps://www.baidu.com/link?url=5Hy5nOwFdy1z6pbAeJCFc-USyxG5JWTArJQJu4kcL1m