Gdaybloke's Retribution

[gdaybloke]

Every army has to start somewhere, my pointy eared xenophobic finger-pointing terrorist elves are starting with a Scyir as the test model for the scheme. In the end, I quite like it. So there. From here on I'll be working to try to get 50pts fully painted before Templecon in February.

http://losthemisphere.com/cdm/trib/scyir.jpg

http://losthemisphere.com/cdm/trib/scyirsides.jpg

[Capsfan34]

If only I could paint like you my brother from down unda...

Looks good, can't wait to see the rest

[PPS_Mod:Bobaferret]

I like it! :)

[gdaybloke]

Yay! Approval from my brother-in-ink and my favourite bounty-hunting weasel! :P
Thanks, guys!

[Keravin]

Really nice. Love the scheme.

[DangerMouse]

Oh very cool!

-DM

[Drillermaniac]

I really like that colour scheme! Great work!

[Hjelmen0]

Cool colour scheme. And some very neat front arc markings.

Looking forward to a full army shot ;)

[loftybloke]

Looking good chap, I like it a lot. Will be interesting to see Myrmidons with this scheme.
On with the progress!

[gdaybloke]

Thanks for the love, lads


Looking forward to a full army shot ;)
You're going to have to wait for me to get more than one model painted then :P

[TheOtherChosenOne]

love this! it's very similar to my autumn themed ret sceme. though my armor is all silver with a couple black washes over. how do you get the color you have for that armor?

[gdaybloke]

How do you get the color you have for that armor?

Black underneath, plenty of Cryx Bane Base, and then mix a little of that with some white - just a little - for highlighting

[rvrchamp]

I really dig the base ring... very good idea using the flames!

[gdaybloke]

http://losthemisphere.com/cdm/trib/Phoenix.jpg
Finished the Phoenix. The highlighting on the shoulders is very subtle, but there's several glazes of Heartfire up there to add a little more vibrancy.

http://losthemisphere.com/cdm/trib/Phoenixsides.jpg
Views of the arc nodes, since they're easilly the most distinguishing feature.

http://losthemisphere.com/cdm/trib/Narn.jpg
Oh, and I finished up this grumpy old dude tonight as well. Two hour paintjobs are neat, they make me feel like I actually accomplished something!

[Joroth]

I really like this scheme. The grumpy old man is great for finishing in 2 hrs, kudos.

The only thing is, since the myrmidon heads look like bird heads, compounded with your particular color choice.... leads me to think that's the biggest oriole to ever set foot on Caen! Oh yeah, and it's got a big %$#@ing sword!

[Deacis]

Good work! Gives me good ideas for starting my own retribution :s

[loftybloke]

Great work on the Phoenix, nice colour break up, and very inspiring for me with four unpainted (based but not undercoated) heavies sitting on my desk :P

Bravo

[gdaybloke]

http://losthemisphere.com/cdm/trib/mage1front.jpg
Testing out the scheme on one of the junior mittens

[PPS_Mod:Bobaferret]

He's a pointer!

[Capsfan34]

I can't wait for the day my Purple Pain Retribution meets your Ornery Orange Retribution and turns them into a Blood Red pulp... LOL

[DangerMouse]

Nice! The colors are looking FANTASTIC

-DM

[gdaybloke]

Thanks, lads. They're coming out almost... muted... but I think that fits my understanding of their concept. I don't see a lot of nobility and purity in the faction - just a lot of bitter, seething anger, nightmares lurking in the dark. Less ostentatious, more subtle and pragmatic.

Now let's see how long it takes me to get the rest of the unit done...

[erelitor]

how did they achieve that orange i have really wanted to do a simular for my ret

[gdaybloke]

how did they achieve that orange i have really wanted to do a simular for my ret
I use a mix of GW and P3 paints.

The oranges:

-> Scorched Brown
-> Vermin Brown
-> Chestnut Ink in the power lines
-> Vermin Brown/Macharius Solar Orange/Heartfire mix
-> Light highlight Fiery Orange
-> Light edge highlight Heartfire

I haven't been as diligent with my heartfire as I could be, but it's there.

I tried the lighter coloured power lines, but couldn't find a way I liked it on the orange. Instead, the Chestnut Ink provides a strongly defined line, while also putting a gloss into the cracks making it stand out from the matte of the vermin/macharius/heartfire mix.

[erelitor]

thanks so you layered them up in that order?

[gdaybloke]

Yup. In a pinch I could probably cut out the Vermin Brown and Fiery Orange layers, but darn it, I've got my routine and I like routines.

[erelitor]

well it looks really good, thank you

[Samhordes]

These are great to look at. Well done chap. Really nice. Look forward to more.

Regards
Sam

[gdaybloke]

Bloody cold outside today, but I ducked out to take some pics of my newly completed battle mages in natural light. Also took some new shorts of Narn and the Phoenix.

http://losthemisphere.com/cdm/trib/mage1.jpg
http://losthemisphere.com/cdm/trib/mage2.jpg
http://losthemisphere.com/cdm/trib/mage3.jpg

[gdaybloke]

http://losthemisphere.com/cdm/trib/narn1.jpg
http://losthemisphere.com/cdm/trib/phoenix1.jpg
http://losthemisphere.com/cdm/trib/phoenix2.jpg

[Keravin]

The Phoenix looks brilliant. Love how you've translated the scheme to it.

[DangerMouse]

Swetness!

-DM

[PPS_Mod:Bobaferret]

Those look good. Almost makes me want to paint.;)

[Deacis]

Nice color scheme, they look very good! Especially fan of your Phoenix and battle mages. I suspect the whole army is really going to pop-out on the battlefield.

[CloudFang]

ohh great stuff!..

[Redphantasm]

Mittens! Really nice scheme man, the Phoenix in particular brings it out really really well.

[gdaybloke]

Input requested!

For Rahn, since he doesn't have a handy dandy purse like the Jr Mittens Crew, I decided to add the bone/white on his loincloth thingie and a few armour points to break up the oranges a little.
http://losthemisphere.com/cdm/trib/rahndone1.jpg

Here's my question: Should I continue the bone/white around the collar proper, or just leave it on the front plate as it is right now? If I continue, do I do the full collar, the top row only, or just the front upper corner sections?

Input appreciated.

[bluecardinal]

Your Rahn paint job is really good. I would leave it like it is because in the current state, your scheme follows your other paint jobs. Just looking at your Sciyr in your sig, I think you would need to go back and add a little bone white to get him to match.

Another thing I noticed, the orange balances nicely with Rahn's skin. If you were to do bone white around the collar, it might drown out the contrast of the orange and elf skin.

Hope this helps.

[gaminguy]

Input requested!

Here's my question: Should I continue the bone/white around the collar proper, or just leave it on the front plate as it is right now? If I continue, do I do the full collar, the top row only, or just the front upper corner sections?

Input appreciated.

Leave it as-is. It's gorgeous. In all honesty I'd probably have done it black like you did the battle mages, and I think that would have been a mistake. If you continue the white into the collar it will start attracting attention away from the head.

Love the rest of them too. The Phoenix is particularly nice, one of the best I've seen.

[Exemplar's_Gaze]

I REEEEEEEEAAAAALLY like this scheme, gday.

Like really.

[Guitar Guy]

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http://losthemisphere.com/cdm/trib/phoenix1.jpg
http://losthemisphere.com/cdm/trib/phoenix2.jpg[/QUOTE]

Wow this is awesome. It totally reminds me of the Manga Spawn action figure. Very nice and clean. This is definitely one of the best schemes for Retribution I have seen. Good Job!!

[Redphantasm]

Rahn looks great. I would not do the collar in white though. Based on the white in the tabard (and as others have said) it would be too close to his skin tone, and would destroy the contrast between flesh and armor.

Love the army, and can't wait to go toe to toe with you at Templecon.

[gdaybloke]

Finished off Rahn. Thanks for all the help, lads!


http://losthemisphere.com/cdm/trib/rahn1.jpg
http://losthemisphere.com/cdm/trib/rahn2.jpg
http://losthemisphere.com/cdm/trib/rahn3.jpg

[alexnjessi]

Great models! That phoenix makes me want caramel...

[Agamemnon]

They do look great nice alternate color scheme.

[gdaybloke]

http://losthemisphere.com/cdm/trib/hydra1.jpg

http://losthemisphere.com/cdm/trib/hydra2.jpg

The Road to Templecon continues. Compared the Pheonix, the top of the model was just too orange - the Phoenix has it broken up a little by the bone arc nodes - so I added a little freehand on one shoulder to provide some asymmetry and to individualise. Freehand's not something I generally even contemplate, since I am teh suckage at it, but I'm content with how this came out.

[Poet]

...but I'm content with how this came out.

Content? It looks awesome!
Great job, it works very very nicely on those large shoulder thingies.

[Stomphoof]

http://losthemisphere.com/cdm/trib/hydra1.jpg

http://losthemisphere.com/cdm/trib/hydra2.jpg

The Road to Templecon continues. Compared the Pheonix, the top of the model was just too orange - the Phoenix has it broken up a little by the bone arc nodes - so I added a little freehand on one shoulder to provide some asymmetry and to individualise. Freehand's not something I generally even contemplate, since I am teh suckage at it, but I'm content with how this came out.

For a filthy criminal your painting skills are amazing sir.

Also your freehand is FAR from suckage.

[gdaybloke]

For a filthy criminal your painting skills are amazing sir.
You do know that as part of the immigration process when I moved to Canuckland I had to obtain documentation expressly stating that I'm not a filthy criminal, right? :P

[Jyggdrasil]

You do know that as part of the immigration process when I moved to Canuckland I had to obtain documentation expressly stating that I'm not a filthy criminal, right? :P

Amusingly, I had to do the same when I immigrated to Australia. Although I just assumed it some kind of tariff barrier to protect the local criminals from overseas competition. :)

[Stomphoof]

You do know that as part of the immigration process when I moved to Canuckland I had to obtain documentation expressly stating that I'm not a filthy criminal, right? :P

You are genetically predisposed to being a filthy criminal sir. Sorry but thats facts *nods*

Just playing :) But seriously you need to do more freehand. That stuff is amazing.

[Agamemnon]

What white did you use and how many layers did it take to cover the orange.

[gdaybloke]

What white did you use and how many layers did it take to cover the orange.
Menoth White Base followed by Menoth White Highlight. Coverage on both is pretty decent, so only a couple of thin layers of each required.

[Arhat00]

I was planning on painting my Ret with a deep candy red but was hesitant. Seeing your scheme convinced me they will look good. Awesome painting by the way and keep it up! Keep it up with the freehand also, since pushing yourself to try new techniques will only make you better in the long run :D

[gdaybloke]

Yay! Finally done the Sentinels! Have I ever mentioned what a chore it is painting a full unit? ;)

http://losthemisphere.com/cdm/trib/sentall500.jpg

http://losthemisphere.com/cdm/trib/sentua500.jpg

[gdaybloke]

http://losthemisphere.com/cdm/trib/sent1500.jpg

http://losthemisphere.com/cdm/trib/sent2500.jpg

http://losthemisphere.com/cdm/trib/sent3500.jpg

[Karyle]

Easily one of the best schemes I've ever seen. On anything.

I'm certainly inspired, both by the creativity of placement for your colors, as well as your unique color choice itself.

Kudos, sir!

[Beastman]

Those look amazing. Your painting skills and color choice are fantastic.

[Drillermaniac]

Great as always!

[Waaargh]

You take the space out of space elf :p

I think you came up with a very good paint scheme.

[Rosicrucian]

Great color choice. Best looking Retribution I've seen so far.

[gdaybloke]

Thanks for the love, lads. It's been a very productive weekend by my standards - all three soulless done!!

http://losthemisphere.com/cdm/trib/soullessfront500.jpg

http://losthemisphere.com/cdm/trib/soulless500.jpg

http://losthemisphere.com/cdm/trib/soullessback500.jpg

[loftybloke]

Dude, those sentinels look AWESOME!
I had to paint them in batches of two or three, they were really doing my nut to paint ^_^
Great work dude

[Mazinger]

Man you suck at painting Gday, it's like you spend all your time chatting to British people on AIM. :P

How come you like orange in your armies so much?

[gdaybloke]

How come you like orange in your armies so much?

You don't see a lot of orange models out there, since it's not the primary colour for any of the factions, so it helps the models stand out as 'mine'. I certainly didn't plan for it with the Menites - they were supposed to be blue and white when I first started - but the oranges crept in.

For these guys, I deliberately wanted something auttumnal from the word go, so an earthier orange was on the books from the beginning.

[Nixon]

Thats some fine looking minis, keep up the good work!
Cheers
/Nicolai

[Loveless]

Wow, seeing 3 Soulless Escorts next to each other makes me want to paint them like Alvin and the Chipmunks for some reason.

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Great work, gday - very crisp-looking models, and nice to see some more orange.

[Agamemnon]

Wow, seeing 3 Soulless Escorts next to each other makes me want to paint them like Alvin and the Chipmunks for some reason.

That I would love to see... full of win.

[Tuckers]

Wow, seeing 3 Soulless Escorts next to each other makes me want to paint them like Alvin and the Chipmunks for some reason.


Had the same thought about the withershadow. :p

[Mael]

Hmm. Your excellent progress means it will be difficult to harass you about not painting. :(

[gdaybloke]

Hmm. Your excellent progress means it will be difficult to harass you about not painting. You've stumbled onto my evil plan!

Despite having a rather busy couple of days ahead, I should have Eiryss finished within 48 hours too... Yay! 3 more points off the Templecon list!

[Mod_Redphantasm]

Great progress man, I got to step it up, lest Garryth be upshown by Rahn.

[Defenstrator]

Very nice. The rich colour makes them look dynamic and the white contrast is sharp.

[Warcaster Kirin Folken]

O_o

WOW...

I hate Retribution, I hate thier white space alien warjacks and armor. :mad:

But I have to give it to you... these look increbible, and your use of color on them shifts them from "Werid Sci-fi faction in a fantasy game" to something compleetely believeable for me.

Big Bravo!!

Keep up the great work and theme on theses!!

[Lanz]

The heavy myrmidons need jack-o-lantern faces on their shoulders.

[gdaybloke]

http://losthemisphere.com/cdm/trib/eiryss500a.jpg

http://losthemisphere.com/cdm/trib/eiryss500b.jpg

http://losthemisphere.com/cdm/trib/eiryss500c.jpg

http://losthemisphere.com/cdm/trib/eiryss500d.jpg

.. I love it when my wife takes pics for me...

[TruaxA]

Slick looking army dude!

Your painting has come a long way since I remember the first log I saw of your armies! Keep it up dude.

I would like to add that I think the heavy jacks because they have larger flat surfaces than the infantry need some extreme armour highlights just on the edges to really make them pop like the rest of the army. Heck you might even add extreme highlights to all of them! haha!

Good job dude!

[gdaybloke]

Continuing with my Trib blitz for Templecon, these two look like they should be on Dancing With The Stars.

http://losthemisphere.com/cdm/trib/magisters1.jpg

http://losthemisphere.com/cdm/trib/magisters2.jpg

"Stop, in the name of luuurve, before you break my deity"

http://losthemisphere.com/cdm/trib/magisters3.jpg

"It's just a jump the left, and then a step to the riiiiiiight"

http://losthemisphere.com/cdm/trib/eiryss.jpg

Took a pic of Eiryss under natural light while I was out there.

[gdaybloke]

Of all the things I like quick and dirty, miniatures aren't really one of them - but needs must as the devil however that saying ends. Two more off the list.

http://losthemisphere.com/cdm/trib/arcanists1.jpg

http://losthemisphere.com/cdm/trib/arcanists2.jpg

[Samhordes]

I really like the souless. Fantastic job on all. Keep them coming.

Regards
Sam

[gdaybloke]

http://losthemisphere.com/cdm/trib/MHAs_500.jpg

http://losthemisphere.com/cdm/trib/MHAs_fb_500.jpg

http://losthemisphere.com/cdm/trib/MHA1_500.jpg

http://losthemisphere.com/cdm/trib/MHA1a_500.jpg

[gdaybloke]

http://losthemisphere.com/cdm/trib/MHA2_front.jpg

http://losthemisphere.com/cdm/trib/MHA2_side.jpg

And one just for John ;)

http://losthemisphere.com/cdm/trib/MHA2_back.jpg

[loftybloke]

That last pic is a total ASSassin...
I'm so drôle...
Seriously though, those magehunters are awesome mate. I can only dream of being able to paint to that standard

Lofty

[gdaybloke]

As Templecon gets closer I'm finding myself rushing these somewhat. I'm not happy with Kaelyssa's colour balance, and the freehand on the Chimera's shoulders i hardly even - but they're done, and with only a few days to go I simply don't have time to correct. Bah!

http://losthemisphere.com/cdm/trib/kae500.jpg

http://losthemisphere.com/cdm/trib/chimera500.jpg

http://losthemisphere.com/cdm/trib/snipers500.jpg

[PPS_Jen]

I like em. You've got 4 fewer models to paint now. Oh, not including these. ;)

[Mod_Redphantasm]

Looking great sir. Got most of mine painted and ready, I'll see you at the con :)

[Capsfan34]

I need to get off my arse and get stuff painted...only five days left.

[Kaptain Von]

See that? Right there? Multiple colours and detail on surfaces make Retribution minis look better. I hope this sort of thing sets a trend and Retribution armies become more interesting to look at than just slabs of colour.

I do think the top/bottom split on the 'jacks makes them look a bit slabby and I'd prefer them like the infantry, with a sort of layered scheme (grey for the undercarriages, orange for the big armour plates).

[loftybloke]

To say that you feel like you're rushing, these are rock solid mate. I wish I had your eye for details

Good luck for the rest of what's left :)

[gaminguy]

My first thought on seeing Eiryss was "you painted her to match the other escorts, that's like a pun or something". Then I realized you did the other 'low armor' solos the same way. :p

Incidentally; fantastic work, as usual. The Assassins are beautiful (and well painted too! :D). The only thing I can see on Kaelyssa is that her gun would stand out better in orange. It still looks good and if there's anything else wrong with her I'm sure not seeing it.

(I can understand your comments on the Chimera's freehand work. That's a rough one to not have time to fix. :()

Even being a bit rushed this is still some of the best work on the forums.

[derSid]

Great stuff!

[dicegod]

Wow, I think this is my favourite look on the retribution. Very "Terracotta Army". I like the Ceramic look.

The only thing I don't like is the base markings seem a little... clumsy is the wrong word. They aren't as defined as the rest of your paint job.

[gdaybloke]

Thanks for the love lads!

@Gamingguy, I originally had the gun in the greys, since there's not a lot of the dark grey on the model, but I just wasn't happy with it. Similarly, I got the impression that doing it in the orange would just... I dunno, be too much. When I get around to the redo, I think I'll break the armour itself up into different colours rather than having it so heavilly orange.

@dicegod - yeah, you got me there... they're more of an afterthought than anything else. I don't want to do the whole "half ring" thing, I like a mostly black base - but Lord help me, I can't freehand even triangles for the life of me, so random shapes with a straight edge to denote the arc it is. Again, if I had more time....

[gaminguy]

I think the armor on Kaelyssa looks just right, it's the gun that gets me.

I think it looks unbalanced because there is orange on one weapon and not the other. I also look at the rest of the army and most of the weapons have at least some orange (particularly the dawn guard and the snipers, who's weapons are the most similar), so it stands out among the other models too.

Lord knows I make some odd color selections so I have no room to talk, and no matter what you decide to do with it your end product will look fantastic. Still, I'd try painting some of the gun casing orange to see what you think of it before repainting the entire model.

[gdaybloke]

Alright, this one was definitely rushed, and the freehand was more of a gag than anything else... It definitely looks out of place, but I still think it's kind of appropriate that my Gorgon has Gorgons.

http://losthemisphere.com/cdm/trib/gorgon.jpg

http://losthemisphere.com/cdm/trib/gorgonshoulders.jpg

[Joroth]

I like your idea here, and after reading your post on the "you it's time for a break thread", I had a thought so your snake heads don't feel as silly as you claim. If you were to attempt to have the heads turned so it's the profile side view of them, do think that would help? It would give a better chance of seeing the mouth and teeth and really look like a snake instead of like a Joker from a deck of cards.

If this seems retarded to you, just disregard. I just woke up :)

[Ganmeyde]

I am shamelessly stealing your orange for my ManOWars.

[gdaybloke]

I am shamelessly stealing your orange for my ManOWars.
Sorright, I'd do it myself on Khadoran models if I thougt Mazinger would let me get away with another orange faction ;)

[gdaybloke]

I CAN'T STOP MYSELF!!!! Had to rush one more model...

I knew I had to work fast, and the black/grey is much faster to paint than the orange, so I thought to myself "Kaelyssa is known as Night's Whisper... shouldn't her personal Hydra be appropriately darker?"

Duskhammer (name pending change if I can think of something cooler) is perpetually wrapped in shifting shadows. I represented this through heavy-handed washing, and then ruined the whole night concept by adding some nice bright freehand ;)

http://losthemisphere.com/cdm/trib/2Hydra500.jpg

http://losthemisphere.com/cdm/trib/2Hydra500sides.jpg

[hausdorff space]

impressively nice