Showing posts with label Domaru Butai. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Domaru Butai. Show all posts

Wednesday, 3 May 2017

The Orange Bike of Doom


A while ago, I started painting up this bike for use with my Yu Jing force (technically, it's an Aleph model, but I couldn't resist). Anyway, I finished her over the weekend, and I'm over the moon with how the orange bike came out. She looks great with the force too.



I based the highlights heavily on Angel Giraldez's work. One of the reasons I bought this bike was specifically because she was covered in his first masterclass book and I wanted to give it a go myself; albeit with rather different colours. Out of all of the pictures, this group shot actually displays her in a way that is very true to what the model looks like in person (for some reason, photos often tend to change colours or warp things a bit). 

If you missed it, you can read how I painted the orange here:

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She is actually featured in the tutorial, so it's well worth checking out if you're interested. Speaking of the method, I've now updated it to include an extra step; pure white highlights to create a "shine" at key points. They do tend to disappear a bit in the photos, but do make a big difference in person.


True to form, I've included a dynamic shot too for your viewing pleasure. I've got a lot of Yu Jing cluttering up my painting table at the moment, so stay tuned as hopefully there'll be more of them appering on here over the next few weeks.

Monday, 3 April 2017

Infinity Domaru Butai Painted


Well, the blog has been a bit quiet lately; must be time to break the silence with something fresh and different!

I've had these miniatures sitting about for quite a while now, and I was looking through my drawer the other day and I decided that it was high time I finished them. Those of you with good memories may remember them from my Painting Orange Tutorial from a while back.

If you don't play Infinity, they're from a faction called Yu Jing that are basically a conglomerate of futuristic Chinese and Japanese factions. These guys are specifically from the Japanese Sectorial Army. Like I mentioned, I did a tutorial on this color scheme a while back for anyone interested. Technique wise, I use the airbrush to lay down a blend and use a bit of pre-shading. The thing that I really like about this scheme is how saturated the colours look. It's basically the same as my Necron scheme, although for these miniatures I went a bit further to get a higher quality look.

Another thing that you might find interesting is that they're all metal. A rarity in this day and age, but the detail is great, and given how much of a minefield resin can be, I'm glad they went with metal for the whole Infinity range.



I figure it was a weekend well spent. I'm hoping to continue with the force soon, but with Salute breathing down my neck (well the painting competition anyway) I might have to hold off till I can finish Greyfax up, as I still have a long way to go.




Well, that about does it for now. If you like these, feel free to check out the PanOceania stuff I painted too:




Sunday, 13 March 2016

Infinity Domaru Butai


My latest painting escapades. This time I've been busy painting my first Infinity Yu Jing model - a Domaru Butai. It is actually the first time that I've painted orange as a main colour and not just as an accent. To achieve a strong orange colour I used a basecoat of Vallejo grey primer, followed by a coat of Vallejo Hot Orange. I then highlighted with orange fire and sun yellow before adding a final highlight delicately with a mix of sun yellow and white. I then switched from the airbrush to paintbrush and edged the armour with Yriel Yellow. Now I just have to paint the rest of the army.....



I'm still not sure about the base - I might edge the whole thing in black.