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Hi all,

I hope this is in the right board as the Crimson Slaughter fluff is all about Khorne.

My friendly local Games Workshop is holding a painting competition which I have decided to enter. This one is for big models and I have decided to paint the Helbrute Dreadnought, Mortis Metalikus from the Dark Vengeance starter set. It will be the first model I've entered into a competition and I will be keeping a progress log on the my personal blog and maybe here if people are interested. I don't expect to do any good but I think it will be a challenge and I think that I will learn a lot from trying to paint to a good standard under a deadline. The competition ends on the 30th of April and so I have plenty of time, however I am going to get started right now.

As for my Crimson Slaughter in general, I don't ever intend to play with them as an army but I do love the look of the models and so I am going to try and paint them to my highest standard (which is, admittedly, not very high! tongue.png )
Here's the beast, ready for priming:
I will be going with the default Crimson Slaughter paint job and I'm looking for a nice, bright, arterial blood look. Firstly, I'll be painting up two of the Chosen that came with the kit so that I get a bit of practice on the overall colour scheme that I'll be going with. One will be primed black, the other white:
Here are the steps I'm going to use on my first test model:
1) Prime with Citadel Chaos Black spray paint
2) Base entire model in Mephiston Red
3) Heavy black wash
4) Paint all metallics
5) Block red back in with Mephiston Red
6) Highlight red with either Evil Sunz Scarlet or Wazdakka Red.
I haven't yet decided how I am going to do the detail work such as the horns or the flesh tones on the Helbrute itself. I was thinking of a paler, deader looking skin to contrast the brighter armour. Any ideas?
I have also made myself a wet palette using the tutorial I found on Dakka Dakka. It works great so far.
Got pretty carried away and excited last night and so the test models have been primed and the first one has been base coated Mephiston Red. Next step will be a heavy black wash.
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Got home tonight and got stuck into it. Based the white model in Mephiston. I really like the brightness of the white model.

 


 

I then gave them both a Nuln Oil wash:

 



 

I'm not sure I'm happy with the results. I think my Nuln Oil may be a bit dodge as it looked kind of grey on the models and seemed to pool up really strangely. Didn't seem uniform, it was almost as if it were actually oil. Is that normal?
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I did go back last night and do another very light wash where some of the black didn't fill in properly and I'm much happier. I also started blocking the red back in on the black primed model and I'm really happy with how that's looking as well. Got a day off today which means a full day of painting ahead (after I do some jobs and visit my FLGS for some paint) so expect to see an update or two later today! biggrin.png

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I've always had trouble making the washes cooperate, too. I see people just go 'BAM! Depth!' just by slapping it on, but it fights me every step of the way tongue.png

Anyway, unless they look significantly different after touching up with another wash, I think the black basecoat is doing better at this point.

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Cheers. I've moved onto the gold trim on the black model at the moment and it's coming up really nicely IMO. The red blocked back in really well and I'm reasonably happy with the shading now. Once I have the trim mostly done I'll post a few more pics.

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First layer of trim done. Going to do the next layer in a lighter gold and also a thin layer of lighter red on the armor to make it pop a bit more and get that bright red blood look. Apologies for the pic quality. My lightbox should be here soon fingers crossed! I've started blocking the red on the white model and I have to say that so far I prefer it to this black primed one. The red seems to go on cleaner and easier over the white.

http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2013/2/27/468269_sm-CS%20Test%20Model%20Black%20w%252F%20Trim.JPG

http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2013/2/27/468270_sm-CS%20Test%20Model%20Black%20w%252F%20Trim.JPG

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Get on Amazon and pick up a cheap compressor NOW, or you'll do what I did and spend as much on cans of propellant and then end up buying a compressor anyway.

 

Rik

 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Airbrush-Compressor-Double-Action-Airbrushes/dp/B004XP7K9W/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1361984539&sr=8-2

 

or 

 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Elephant-Airbrush-Compressor-Action-Cps-1001k/dp/B009LL6MRE/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1361984539&sr=8-5

 

are reasonable

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Thanks Rik, I'll take a look. Not sure if I'll get one straight away as I don't know how often I'll be using it yet. Do you have any tips on how to mix the paints? I'm using the Citadel range at the moment and it seems like I'd need to use a fair bit out of the pot to get enough to spray with. Also not real sure on how to actually get it in the paint jar without making a godawful mess! :p

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Okay so I worked on the black model a bit more tonight. I finished off the gold trim and started highlighting with silver, buffed up the red, painted the bolter and painted the eyes/breastplate eye. I really hope my lightbox comes soon because these photos are crap. sad.png

http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2013/2/28/468634_sm-CS%20Test%20Models%20Washed.JPG

http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2013/2/28/468632_sm-CS%20Test%20Model%20Black%20w%252F%20Trim.JPG

http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2013/2/28/468633_sm-CS%20Test%20Model%20Black%20w%252F%20Trim.JPG

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Okay I haven't been able to paint much the last few days but I managed to finish off the gold highlights and the bolter (although I see a bit I missed now, d'oh!) and also do the bone shoulder. It's my first attempt at a large piece of bone and also at blending, where the shoulder pad and the bone meet:

http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2013/3/3/469519_sm-Shoulder%20Pad%20Test.JPG

 

Any thoughts? I think I've run the blend a little too high into the bone. Might try to tone it back a bit tomorrow.

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