So last night I had some spare time to make headway on batch painting my 30k mechanicus force in an attempt to have them ready in 1 month! That might sound like a stretch painting an army in 1 month but bear in mind there are less than 20 models in it... Plus I can skip out the weathering of all the models until afterwards if need be! I plan on painting them all up to the same standard as this chap:
Before I move on to adding any damage/weathering effects to them with sponge and brown! So I have 9 Thallax and 3 more Castellax built and i decided to crack on with the Thallax first. Last you saw these guys they were in this state:
And after last nights efforts I have no got them all up to the point of being washed and the first two layers of yellow highlights applied:
Its not immediately obvious because of the flash in the "before" photo but these guys are A LOT lighter now. They still however need a final highlight of screaming skull before I paint the mettalic areas with either leadbelcher or warp..something bronze. Those areas will then get a wash of nuln oil and a highlight, then the red glossy parts need a coat of Abaddon black before the blood for the blood god technical paint is applied to them.
After all that I will decide how I want to mark them ala hazard stripes or weather I will just paint a single shoulder pad black to differentiate them from the Castellax. Any thoughts on this will be much appreciated! Finally I need to repeat that with the arms which are sat still in resin at the moment!
Thats all for todays quick update!
Peace out,
Rob
Go for it! You can do it!
ReplyDeletePumped up shadow boxing to rocky music... runs up stairs!!! Sits down hunched over painting for 8 hours.... :P
DeleteThose are looking fantastic - good stuff, man!
ReplyDeleteThanks man, always a bit of a thrill to get a compliment off you :)
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