Marneus Calgar - Old and pissed

Well I promised some pictures of my Marneus Calgar so for good or worse here they are. The first one is Marneus with two of his fellow marines at his side. As you can see Marneus really does look old and pissed. I am really happy with the way the face turned out. By the way, I really messed with the brightness and other settings on these pictures. The models pretty much look as they look here in person with in person being my prefered choice for viewing them.

The above pic is of the same trio but a little bit further back from the camera. Notice the jewels and the eyes. I was really trying to make them stand out and even though I did mess with the pics a bit on the brightness end to get the effect I wanted if you see them in person you will see that the jewels really kind of do look like they are shining a bit. I have some practice yet to do on them but I think they came out nice for these marines.

The one above is obviously Marneus by himself. His face is a little blurry but I wanted you guys to see that the Old and pissed theme really came out. I wanted to show Marneus in a rage with this model. He certainly looks like he wants to kill whatever it is he's looking at. Notice the battle damage on his left gauntlet. I spilled some glue on his arm at one time and it dried overnight. I thought I was screwed but I decided to try to save it. I washed the glue spotted areas in Badab Black and then made a Boltgun metal wash with lots of water.

Here is the final pic that I am posting tonight. This is the back of the model if you haven't guessed. I posted this pic to show the shading on the cloak. I think it came out pretty solid. The lighting of the lamp I had above the model is doing some of the shading but I think you can see that I did a lot of it with the paint job. At least I hope you can.

Well that is Marneus as he stands now. I am thinking about putting the ard coat and spray varnish on him to finish him off. I might do a retouch on his armor though because the model just isn't as clean as I would like him to be. Sometimes you just have to move on to the next model though. Things I know I need to work on.....

A better mix of water to paint. The paint on this model is to thick. I should have painted him with more coats of thinner paint instead of a few coats with a thicker texture. This is a mistake I have made before and will probably make again. I am working on my patience though. I am tired so I can't think of anything else right now. If you can please let me know. Thanks for taking the time to read this and have a great night.