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Post by Nick P on Mar 8, 2019 7:09:52 GMT -6
Are you airbrushing the Leadbelcher or hand painting it? Its airbrush city here in glenview - airbrush the leadbelcher, then I've been taping off and airbrushing the red on the armor panels as well to save time. All the base coats and washes are down on the seraptek construct - I need to drybrush the metallics with necron compound and then do red armor panel and green gem highlights. Should finish him tonight - lots of detail on the model, but if you paint it all silver, it's like magic lol
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Post by Nick P on Mar 11, 2019 9:08:43 GMT -6
Almost finished with the big guy! The metallics are done, and the subassemblies are basecoated and assembled. He's technically* playable as is, but I've got to highlight the white and red and go around the model dotting the green tubes and gems still to make them stand out. I kinda feel like he needs more white on him than my other models, to make him stand out. Maybe I should do the tips of his legs in white? Or more of the armor panels on his shoulders? What do you guys think? Close up of the gems/power core under the armor plates: Next up is the metallics on the tomb stalker, then while the nuln oil dries on him I'll do the red armor panels on the 3 wraiths and 10 lychguard.
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Post by jefferestinpeace on Mar 11, 2019 10:19:12 GMT -6
What about some creative weathering? Maybe make this thing look crazy ancient?
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Post by Russell on Mar 11, 2019 10:46:49 GMT -6
Some OSL on the weird runes and the weapons could be neat and would take like, five seconds with your airbrush.
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Post by Russell on Mar 11, 2019 10:47:06 GMT -6
What about some creative weathering? Maybe make this thing look crazy ancient? WHO'S JEFF
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Post by Joelercoaster on Mar 12, 2019 7:33:25 GMT -6
Maybe a bit more white paneling, and some on the front/outward facing leg panels? Loving the look overall
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Post by Nick P on Mar 12, 2019 11:24:43 GMT -6
Highlighted the white armor panels and did some airbrush work and detail work on the guns themselves, which is really helping to break up the silhouette a bit more and make the model less boring: I'm going to do more red and white on the legs since I think having that much silver without anything to break it up is what is throwing me off on this model. I think I'm going to do the digits at the end of each leg in red with the bottom panel or two being in white, and I'm going to do the hip joint at the bottom of the main torso structure in red as well to match how my triarch stalker is painted. That, and finishing all the green details, will make all the difference I think!
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Post by Nick P on Mar 13, 2019 8:01:33 GMT -6
Before I go and finish highlights on the big bug, I wanted to lay down the white and red basecoats and some washes on the other models in my necron force so that at the very least everything would be 3 colors playable and based, since these next 2.5 weeks are going to go REALLY fast, and I still have a goo 20 dark eldar infantry/scourges to paint. Here's the tomb stalker, basecoated and with metallics washed, ready for a drybrush and some green on the lenses/guns (and his base):
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Post by Russell on Mar 13, 2019 8:32:02 GMT -6
tight tight tight
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Post by Nick P on Mar 14, 2019 7:35:07 GMT -6
No pics because my new phone is giving me guff about uploading to imgur, but last night was pretty accomplished.
I was able to get the red and white armor panels down on the 3 wraiths, finish the white armor and green gems/weapon glow areas on the sentinel (and get him stuck to his base), and added depth to the red armor with a recess wash (on the sentinel and the wraiths both).
Tonight I need to get the red and white armor down on the lychguard, and then I'll go in and basecoat/highlight the green areas on their scythes and on the wraiths' gem/glowy bits. I also really want to get their bases done tonight so they start to feel finished, I might do that before the green, so they're technically ready for play.
If I can get all the bases done, and get the red armor parts recess washed and the white armor parts fully painted across the whole army, it will at least look cohesive as a force. Then I can swap to my dark eldar models, and go back and do highlights on the red armor as time permits.
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Post by Nick P on Mar 15, 2019 12:36:04 GMT -6
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Post by Nick P on Mar 20, 2019 8:00:33 GMT -6
No pictures to add, but progress has been moving along - I reached out to the event organizers for the 40k friendly and was able to switch my list from Dark Eldar to Necrons, so I no longer have to paint 2 forces - meaning I can actually do these models justice!
I have 2 of the 10 lychguard painted and washed, waiting for highlights. Taking them 2 at a time and making sure they're fully done has been more fun than speed painting an assembly line, and with a week left to finish just the 8 guys and the display board for Thursday's event, I don't feel nearly as rushed compared to years past.
So much so that I decided to add a catacomb command barge to my list for the Friday event, which has been primed, had the metalics basecoated, and has been washed over the last 2 days! The base is also finished for the barge, so it just needs reds/whites and some green to match the rest of the force. Easy peasy right?
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Post by Nick P on Mar 22, 2019 11:58:54 GMT -6
Command Barge with all basecoats and some washes applied - magnetized the overlord so he can stand on a base as well, and so I can convert it to an annihilation barge when needed. This is a model that desperately needs highlights with all those edges, so I'll be doing those tonight before finishing the basecoats on my remaining lychguard.
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Post by Nick P on Mar 25, 2019 9:54:36 GMT -6
Lychguard basecoated, and the final coat of spackle and rubble applied to the display base - priming that bad boy tonight and then doing all the base rims in Steel Legion Drab, before going back to the lychguard for highlights on the white and green while rewatching GOT. I'm bad at update pics, but I'll get some tonight once the display base is primed
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Post by jesse on Mar 25, 2019 15:22:42 GMT -6
How much more needs to be done by Thursday?
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