So I have been utterly horrible with updates this last
week. Sorry. Had a rather odd schedule at work and not a
lot of time left for painting, toss in a holiday, some other random events and
all of a sudden…a whole week has gone by without really touching a model or
paintbrush. I have done some work on
Harkevich. I started in on the metal
piping and the boiler. I also received my
order for the Vallejo Game Color line.
72 new paints to work with!!! I
have had a limited exposure to Vallejo paints, so little in fact that I
consider myself to be learning how these paints flow from the brush…so far, I
am really impressed.
Quick rundown on colors; Metal starts out with Tin Bitz
(GW) and then gets a wet-brush/dry-brush coat of Boltgun Metal depending on the
size of the area and how early I am in the process of painting the model and
then touched up/highlighted by a slight hint of Chainmail (GW). If I am going on to gold or bronze then I
will just add a layer on top of the boltgun and use a mixture of Shining Silver
and gold for the last highlights. Well…Tin
Bitz Layer, Check! Boltgun Layer…replaced
with an over-brush layer of Gunmetal Metal (Val), Check! Bronze Layer is an
over-brush of Bright Bronze (Val) and highlight layer of Gunmetal Metal mixed
with Bright Bronze. I need to go in and
wash the bronze with a 50/50 mix of Gryphonne Sepia and Water to add a final
layer.
I also finished up the blanket (positioned on top of a
hot boiler…) by first starting with a layer of Fenris Grey (GW) and then washed
with Delvan Mud (<-----Man I love this stuff). A second layer made up of a mix of Fenris
Grey/Adeptus Battlegrey. Final
highlights are just done with Adeptus Battlegrey on the ridges of the cloth
blanket.
Anyway, sorry for the lack of updates and the shortness
of this update but I should be able to put more paint to model this week and I
will be posting regular updates with my progress, and since we are almost half
way through April, I don’t have much time left to finish up the model. Oh and I still need to work on the base…
I also touched up the armor spikes and bands around the armor as well. Still a bit more work to be done on this guy and I'll be damned if I let something as stupid as my broken back get in the way of me paintinga minimum of two hours a night.
I also touched up the armor spikes and bands around the armor as well. Still a bit more work to be done on this guy and I'll be damned if I let something as stupid as my broken back get in the way of me paintinga minimum of two hours a night.
Fun times!
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