It Came From the Forums Update: Demidov Returns with More Mind Blowing Work!!

Welcome to another Update Edition of It Came From the Forums, where we take a look at an artist already featured on It Came From the Forums in the past. This time, we look at new work from Demidov of Dakka Dakka!

PSA: Legion of the Damned and Chapter Tactics

TJ here to help get the word out about a common error I am seeing on tables, reading about online and hearing in podcast. People are running LoD and they should, they are fantastic, but they are also using chapter doctrines and such to get re rolls (ultra marines or salamanders for example). Please note that they do not have the Chapter Tactics special rule and thus, according to the codex entry "All models Benedite from the appropriate chapter tactics for their detachment's chapter, providing they have the Chapter Tactics special rule.

Legion of the Damned - post 3

Old School here with a few more pics from my Legion of the Damned Commission. In case you haven't seen the others, I have been commissioned for a massive amount of Legion of the Damned and as I go along, I am posting photos of the ones I have finished in the weeks prior to the stage I am currently on.

While I love the flames, I am also tired of the same models. If you have seen the other two posts in this series, then you know two of these models has already appeared - not a good sign, but never the less here they are.

I did a head switch on this one - the other that I have doen had a beakie head.

I really do enjoy the flames!

I also enjoy writing random LoD themed things on the pads and parchement. This one says "Damned"

Not much else to say. There are tons more to come. Feedback as always is appreciated!

The Damned Project II: Bring the Heat!

Old School here with another installment of the Damned Project for my client's Legion of the Damned squads. I painted these guys up a couple weeks ago and finally based them last week. This installment features a Heavy Flamer, Flamer and my favorite so far, the grenade guy!

I like the Heavy flamer Marine and I like the idea of heavy flamers in general ... I just hate that LoD makes them cost an extra 30 points!

I am very happy with this guy and I hope he will be too.

Flamer ... there are plenty of these guys.

Here is a view of the grenade thrower from his extra flamey side! I really enjoy this model and it is one of the ones I am glad there are multiples of.

There they are, don't worry there are plenty more where this came from. Feel free to leave some feedback!

Legion of the Damned: Showing off the Damned Project part 1!

Old School here with some Legion of the Damned Marines. I have had this commission for quite some time and while many of the models have been finished, I have lingered on the final touches for quite some time (static grass and base painting), but now it is time to start showing them off.

I have recieved a few fan e-mails asking where all the painted minis went and I figured I am going to have to stop buffing my gums with discussion posts and show off the work that I have done. So to start off, this project, project zombie Marines, includes 37 Legion of the Damned Marines straight from the blisters. The client wants them to look as close to the GW models as I can make them while adhering to the DFG Painting Service Level 2 pricing (shoot us an e-mail for prices and requests), so I got to work because I always wanted to paint these models ... well, I started off hot and heavy, assembling 20 and priming them. Then work took up 3 weekends in a row, leaving me with little time to work on the models in the week (I am married with 3 kids y'all).

Work is crazy for me in the Summer and early fall, so the going has been slow and monotonus - 37 LoD - Damn it starts to wear on a painter, but I entered the final third of them today, so now it is time to start showing off all 37, starting from the first three I painted back at the start. I will show off a few every day to help me keep the motivation to get the rest finished! Here they are.

The sergeant is a great model and since the client didn't need all the ones that came in the several boxes he purchased, he gave me one to act as a Khornate Skull Champion (to be revealed in a later post)

I love this model - no matter how many times I paint it. Each one I have encountered has been of a better quality mold than the regular LoD Marines and with all the curves and contrast opportunities, it really is a fun model to paint.

Old Buck Knife Chuck, love this guy - he has a big knife and is the easiest variant to paint quickly.

This is the guy I call Goose, with the beaky skull head and the inlaid flames (which the paintscheme calls to surround with highlighting, he is a little more time-consuming to oaint, but looks good and draws attention from afar even when on the field next to all his undead battle-brothers.

Here he is again from the back. That is it for tonight, I am bringing you three more tomorrow - these ones are sure to "heat things up." Ok, it is way to late for bad puns. Let me know what you think of these guys so far or let me know if you have ever struggled to hack through a project like 37 metal space Marines before - I am sure there are stories that make mine seem like wimpy stuff (though I have painted over 100 + combined guants and stealers).

Damn Me Once Shame on Me, Damn Me Twice .. Awesome!

GW has decided to add even more awesome Legion of the Damned Badassery to their stock by adding these models to their Advance Order list! Between these and the last ones they put out, I am drooling all over myself to get my hands on these ... Check out the one with half his helmet blown off! Also, I have spied some things on the internet about possible rules changes to LOD sergeants. Keep your eyes peeled!

Bobinator explains his realistic Legion of the Damned flame paint scheme

Bobinator took the time to get back to us and left a series of comments explaining how he painted the realistic flames on his Legion of the Damned Marines. I really appreciate how quick he was in getting out there with a helpful detailed write up of the process. I also included a few more photos from his gallery. Enjoy the excellent paint jobs and maybe the write up will inpire you to make your own Damned Legionnares! Thanks again Bobinator.

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Bobinator said...

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Hi all, I guess this is the place that fo2gs meant when he shot me a message on cmon. After recieving dozens of emails about the legion guys I decided to do a breakdown on the fire process but never got round to finishing it, so heres a quick summary, its no great feat really it just takes a crazy amount of time. Anyhoo, after watching Mike Lavallee of killer paint fame, I wanted to see if I could adapt the 'true fire' scheme he's famous for on the custom automotive scene, its normally done on cars and motorbikes and such, so I thought I wonder if I could somehow do that to my legion guys and still have a sort of firey look.

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After much study and many many trial pieces some using airbrush and others not I kinda got a method that actually worked, its pretty straight forward really.

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The first thing I did was assemble the guys and blast them with black, obvious I guess :) next I get all the paints I'm gonna use and dilute them so their thin, really thin. Then taking my darkest red I loosely blob it on in a rather hap-hazard way where I want my flames to be, thats my base and also a guide for the next levels, so when thats dry I move onto the next level which is a slightly lighter red, with this red I just want to start building up the random blobs and squigles leaving small parts of the original red showing.

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After that layer is dry I move onto a dark orange and try to connect some of the lighter reds with little bridges of colour, all pretty random still but trying all the time to get a flame that looks kinda ok. Now it starts getting tedious, Now we got to kick it all back with a good red lacquer this kicks the orange back into a nice bright red and makes the dark red we started with very dark, the pics dont really show the red to well, I figure the camera just cant see it with all the yellow sucking up the light or something, hell I'm not a photographer so dont know much about that stuff but they are much redder in parts in real life, anyhoo, once the lacquer is dry we start getting the orange on again, this time though I try to make little bridges between other flames and add much more flamey type shapes to bits of armour that dont have any.

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So now these little bits need to stand out a bit more than the deeper flames so I add little bits of yellow all over here and there even go so far as to bridges a few areas to make it look like licks of flame right up front with darker flames to the rear. Also as I'm progressing my brush strokes are getting smaller and neater and trying to build some hard edges to the flames, I think in the last lot of legion guys I probably put in to many hard edges, I should left some bits open or looser so they look like bits of fire breaking of or something.

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Err, where was I... the yellow, okay now I got the yellow on I want to kick it back to orange again so out comes the orange lacquer and is put over everything, the top most yellow becomes a nice bright vibrant orange and the reds just get a bit more subdued. now I want to take a look at what I got and think where the last bits of colour should go to bring it all together, the next step is to build up the hot areas with yellow again, these are the bits that would just be nice with a lick of hot flame like the edges of a flame or a bridge between two flames, some bridges could look darker if you want like the flame has separated but there is still some heat there, then on the very very hottest areas like the tips or whatever a tiny little touch of white paint, then hit it all with the yellow lacquer to kick it all back, this yellow lacquer is the clincher, the application of this last layer does something mad to all the other coats, it just draws the whole lot together, makes the reds richer and everything more vibrant, then as a very last touch pop on the hot spots again with the white and your done.

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The other method that I had used on some of the older stuff was easier and used an airbrush, just load up with red and blast away until you got a rough layout then go over that leaving some red showing with orange then over that with yellow, dark to light, loose to tight, simples.

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Anyways, I'm sure that helped no-one not one bit but I will get round to finishing the tut one day and I'll fire it to all you guys that wanted the run down. If theres any thing you want running through again drop me a line on CMON and I'll try to help you out.

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Also, if I may, just wanna say thanks to everyone that leaves all the great feedback and encouragement, cheers dudes, take it easy.Bob.

Showcase: Bobinator's Legion of the Damned!!

Hey all, with all the shameful debauchery involved in a trip to New Orleans, Captain Obvious and I didn't get a whole lot done modelling or gaming wise, but I did happen across a gallery of the greatest Legion of the Damned models I have ever seen. The photos above are but a taste of what Bobinator over at Cool Mini or Not has to offer in his gallery.

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With all the realistic looking flames and the freehand bone and skull work, my hat is off to Bobinator! Check his stuff out at: http://www.coolminiornot.com/artist/Bobinator