Seems like I was working on this model forever. Once I had decided my paint scheme I wanted to see it on a model and began painting this Chaos Terminator.
Once I had things base coated I knew I liked the scheme and left him that way for a while as I worked on models that ‘needed’ to get done. I finally got back around to him and I’m glad he’s finally done.
The shots are a bit dark. I’m still working out lighting for the light box I made. Really I just need an area I can leave it set up so I’m not dragging stuff around each time.
Terminator Gallery
Painting Thoughts
Overall I’m really happy with how he came out.
This model took a while too because really he was my test model for everything. I figured if I worked out all the details on this model then I’d have a template to work from going forward.
The power weapon took me three tries to get it to where I was happy with it. I had a hard time trying to determine a color that worked with the rest of the scheme.
The warband logo took me a few tries as well. Painting a crescent moon was a bit tricky to get the shape right. That and painting white over black is never really ideal.
The half paint scheme wasn’t too bad to do, but I tried various methods of shading on the greyish blue before I was happy with that.
I settled on just using Nuln Oil wash to get the shading, which ties the blue back over to the black side too.
Now I have it figured out the next ones should go a lot quicker. Looking forward to having the entire unit of Terminators all painted up.
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I like it man, great job!
Thanks.
Just checked out your blog and man you have some amazingly painted stuff.
Looks good! I’m liking the halved color scheme, and purple power weapons are cool.
I’m really happy with the halved scheme too. It takes more time to do but it’s a reason I choose it. I wanted to push myself more with painting.
That power weapon, ug. Like I said, that’s the 3rd version of it. I wanted to do something different than on my loyalists but it took some screwing around to get there. Now that I have the method down the next ones will go quicker and look better.
That Looks awesome! I must say when I first saw the paint scheme that you were going with, I wasn’t so sure, but this looks fantastic! The only problem I see is a gap in between the body and the shoulder of the combi-melta arm. Probably due to a magnet I’m guessing?
Yeah, it’s magnetized and I guess I didn’t notice when I attached the arms after I sealed everything. It does sit on there better than that. Ooops.
Thanks. Halved schemes, in my opinion, either look awesome or they look terrible. For the longest time I thought they looked bad and wanted to see if I could pull one off that looked good.
Ooo, niiice
Thank you sir!
Looks like a nice, solid paintjob  there. The details like the crescent moon and the purple on the power weapon are nice touches.
Very nice.
Ron, From the Warp
I appreciate it. After two years I finally got a painting compliment from Ron ;)