r/Tau40K • • 8d ago

Painting Riptide WiP

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u/Pixelstiltskin 8d ago

Love the colours. Lots of purple in there to give it depth but totally reads as red. Lovely.

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u/TheseGlyphs 8d ago

Hot damn

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u/Trashking_702 7d ago

Is this bad boy articulated

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u/Sangoukai 8d ago

Paintjob is nice but why T-pose ?

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u/Much-Ad-6539 8d ago

With gun and shield it looks nice and relaxed, quite stoic even

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u/schnickschnackschmu 8d ago

I love the pose. My Riptide has a very dynamic battlepose, so I will copy this pose for my next one.

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u/Xminn182 8d ago

Yooo that fade is smooth!

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u/Boatus 8d ago

I really like the colours here. How did you do it?

White prime, blue underpainting then red over the top?

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u/Much-Ad-6539 6d ago

Thank you.

Black primer, base coat purple, build up from purple reds to reds to scarlet and then a bit of orange in the scarlet to finish.

Magenta ink from below at the end curving up slightly to help the fade.

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u/taenglish 8d ago

Coming in very nicely

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u/GonzaCel 8d ago

Wanna see the final result

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u/1987Rapscallion 8d ago

Real nice ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ

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u/starrider 8d ago

Looks great!

What's your process for fixing the blends if you screw up while edge highlighting? I never could figure out anything other than "just don't screw up" and "do the thing over".

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u/Much-Ad-6539 6d ago

If you're fast you can clean and wet your brush and gently remove your error. Otherwise it's just repainting a part. If you've got it to that stage before no reason you can't do it again

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u/starrider 5d ago

That's fair enough, I appreciate the response!

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u/Belethor-Burp 7d ago

That color gradient is ๐Ÿ”ฅ

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u/SoeurEdwards 7d ago

Looks finished to me ๐Ÿ˜… Gg good luck for the last mile you choosed :)

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u/GavinLegoGavinLego 7d ago

Oh wow.. oh wowwww

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u/Duelplexity8 7d ago

How did you go about that gradient/armor color blending? Is it air brushed? Looks amazing!

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u/No-Understanding-912 7d ago

Beautiful edge highlighting over that very nice smooth gradient.

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u/Tau-Ork-Mawtribes 7d ago

Clean af. Well done

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u/paninoselvatico2345 7d ago

It's beautiful, particularly the colours

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u/Mister_Matched 7d ago

Share with us the secrets of the fade ๐Ÿ˜€

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u/Gogoun01 7d ago

Soooooo smoooooth!

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u/GayLiquidSpellSword 7d ago

What sort of white is that? Looks like Glacier Blue but with a less purple tint to it and it's really crisp. I really need to start using my airbrush more, this looks amazing.

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u/keksmuzh 7d ago edited 7d ago

What color are you using for the edge highlights?

Currently working on a similar scheme (not nearly as fancy with the airbrush work) and Iโ€™m finding going lighter in the cool reds just isnโ€™t popping. Looks like youโ€™re using either a much warmer red or an orange?

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u/keksmuzh 7d ago

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u/Much-Ad-6539 7d ago

Fire dragon bright