W40K Cosplay

In the last couple of weeks I have discovered in the Net some examples of people/groups that have created real size space marine suits.

The first one is a stunning Imperial Fist Terminator from the Roses & Boltshells team.
Here you have their FB page and tons of pics.

The second example, that I just discovered this morning, is an incredible Blood Angel MK7 Space Marine Suit. In the page linked you can find also some amazing videos and many photos.

And the Crystal Brush 2013 winner is...

...Jeremie Bonamant!!!

Congratulations Jeremie!
Very well deserved and an amazing piece of work!

Below you have the link to the pictures of the Best of Show
http://crystalbrush.coolminiornot.com/artwork/376

Colaborando con Laserburn (in Spanish only, sorry guys...)

Hola a todos,
Tengo el orgullo de informaros que voy a comenzar a colaborar con mis amigos del blog de Laserburn en una nueva sección de preguntas y respuestas sobre pintado de figuras.

Os adjunto el link del blog con las instrucciones:
http://laserburn.blogspot.com.es/2013/01/pregunta-david-rodriguez.html

La idea es ir resolviendo las dudas de la gente de manera regular tanto en la web como en el podcast (Astronomicón).

Así que en caso de duda ya no tenéis excusas para no preguntar :-)

Fixing mistakes / Corrigiendo errores

We all make mistakes. It is a human thing.
What to do when this happens? Accept it, fix it and keep going...

And this applies as well to figure painting.
But... before fixing it, make sure you are calm and not overwhelmed by the mistake.

Todos cometemos errores. Es humano.
¿Y qué hemos de hacer cuando esto sucede? Aceptarlo, repararlo y tirar para adelante...

Y esto es también aplicable a la pintura de figuras.
Pero... antes de reparar el entuerto, hemos de asegurarnos de estar tranquilos y no sobrepasados por el error.

Happy New Year!!! / ¡¡¡Feliz Año Nuevo!!!

Best Wishes for the New Year!!!

¡¡¡Mis mejores deseos para el Nuevo Año!!!

Interview for the Astronomicon / Entrevista para el Astronomicon

This week I would like to share with you the interview that my friends from Laserburn have done to me for the episode 6 of their famous podcast (Astronomicon)

Below these lines you have the audio and the links to their websites. Unfortunately it is in Spanish, but it will give you the chance to listen to my adorable voice for more than one hour... :-)

Enjoy!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO EVERYONE!!!

Learning by accident... / Aprendiendo por accidente...

Twentysomething years painting figures and I still discover and learn new ways of improving things... by accident...

10 minutes ago I was giving the final touches to the Space Wolf armor of LG2.0 when I decided to try something different and apply some rust and weathering effects with paints rather than with pigments.
I remembered that sometime ago Neil Green taught me that a good combination to do rust is Scorched Brown, Vermin Brown and Fiery Orange (sorry, I do not know the new cool names of the new Citadel range for these colors).
While I was applying the glaze of Scorched Brown on the chipped metallic areas of the armor I started to realize that this color is actually a cool option for shading the Space Wolves armor .... and I did not realized until now!!!