Blood Angels - Tycho - Improved

When I finished my Tycho conversion and posted it up on my blog, Ron at From the Warp saw it and contacted me with two suggestions that would make him even better. See his post on painting faux details on models here http://fromthewarp.blogspot.com/2012/03/hobby-focus-faux-painting-to-trick-eye.html

The first was a tip to improve the gemstones. Ron suggested that I paint a white dot at the top of a gemstone to represent the reflected light and a coloured dot, depending on what the gem colour is, in my case red so the dot is to be orange on the bottom of the gemstone to represent the light travelling through the gemstone and coming out the other side.

The second was to improve the mask on his face by accenting the contrast between the two pieces more with a shadow on the flesh and a black highlight on the metal mask side. I tried to increase the shading on the flesh side but could not really improve the black highlight on the mask side much. My painting skills not quite there yet, its a pretty thin line to paint!

I really am happy with the way this conversion came out in the end and it shows you that small things can make a big difference to the end result.


Vitor

Blood Angels - Tycho - Completed

All done, finally! Here is the completed conversion all painted up and ready to succumb to the 'Black Rage'.
I am really happy with the end result and in particular the experiment with painting his face to look like he is wearing a metal mask, idea taken from Ron at From The Warp post here  http://fromthewarp.blogspot.com/2011/06/adding-detail-to-other-areas-of-your.html

Enjoy the rest of the pictures.

Any comments are welcome.


Vitor

Blood Angels - Tycho - On the Painting Table Part 2

Did a bit more work on my Tycho conversion and he is starting to look good. I managed to paint up the cloth tabard and the white symbols as well as do more work on the gems.

Here you can see the work on the shoulder pad starting to take shape nicely. Hoping to finish him this weekend so stay tuned.

As always your comments are appreciated.


Vitor.

Blood Angels - Tycho - On the Painting Table

I did this conversion/kitbash last year for the Miniature Conversion Contest. This year I finally got around to painting him up. I asked readers, in my previous post on Tycho, which armour set they liked more, the Death Company black armour or the gold Sanguinary Guard armour. One response from Snake88's blog said gold so decision made!

I started off with a nice base coat of Tin Bitz, then a dry brush coat of Shining Gold followed by a wash of devland mud in the recesses. The Shoulder pad and angel started off with a base coat of Scab Red, then a coat of Red Gore followed by a wash of Baal Red. The grey areas are Codex Grey. Tycho's combi weapon is Boltgun Metal and the Melta muzzle is Tin Bitz with a coat of Brazen Brass over the top.


Let me know what you think so far.

Vitor

Blood Angels - Tycho - Miniature Conversion

This was my second option for the recent Miniature Conversion Contest. I entered my Mephiston Conversion but thought I would share this one with you as well.

I saw a conversion of Tycho on Heresy Online which I really liked, especially the pose. So I went about trying to do something similar, pose wise, but different so as not to be a copy. 

The conversion uses legs, left arm and torso from the Sanguinary Guard box set with the right leg cut and repositioned with a bit of greenstuff repair to look like he is standing with a leg resting on some terrain. The right arm / power fist or in his case 'Dead Mans Hand' and the head is from the Death Company box set. The combi-melta is a boltgun with the magazine cut off and barrel repositioned to accommodate the melta barrel, the magazine is from the Sanguinary Guard box set again.

I like the way he came out, all I need now is to decide on which colour scheme to paint him up in, Death Company / Sanguinary Guard  Gold / Normal Blood Angels Red ???? If you guys want to let me know which scheme you like best I will give that a go and post up the result.


Vitor

Blood Angels - Mephiston - MWC's Miniature Conversion Contest

Mephiston, the baddest , meanest dude out there!







Here is my entry to the contest.

The conversion / kit bash is as follows.

Robed Body Dark Angels. Grey Knights Medical Vials added to belt as well as Space Marine Grenades.

Arms and Shoulder pads are Blood Angels Sanguinary Guard. Sword arm hand cut and re positioned. Sword is Blood Angels Sanguinary Guard with the pommel guard cut off.

Cloak is from Warhammer Fantasy Dark Elves Corsairs, cut to fit and greenstuff  to cover gaps (mostly covered by back pack). The Psychic hood is also Dark Elf Corsair cut to fit and greenstuff filling.

The Back Pack is Blood Angels Death Company with the Iron Halo cut from the helmet of a Sanguinary Guard Marine and added on top.

The head is from a Warhammer Fantasy High Elf Mage with greenstuff for neck.




Enjoy and as usual any comments are welcome.

To the artist who did the Mephiston picture I used, its fantastic and I hope you don't mind me using it because I don't know who you are.


Vitor

PS : Next Up - Creating a Space Marine Chapter The End is Near!