++ AUGUSTUS b'RAASS ++ pre-heresy BRASS SCORPION p.247

[Augustus b'Raass]

@Scribe: Cheers :)

 

@Sgt. Black: the details will take me a while, because dude this model has sooooo many. 

 

@Flint13: Not to worry: the transition is actually purple (I mixed the two main colours (VMA Insignia Blue and GW Mephiston Red). The light is kinda distorting it in the picture. The mechanical bits - the cabling, will be mostly just black drybrushed with VGC Luftwaffe Grey. Perhaps there'll be some VMA Steel with AP Dark Tone. I'm first doing all the trim on the panels and then see how it looks. :tu:

 

@Wicced: Oh well, we can't have it all wicced ;)

 

@Kriegsmacht: Thanks!

 

@sockwithaticket: Haha thanks buddy! Though to be fair, I only painted three tanks. The fourth is build, but need to wait for vow number two. The engine stacks? Did you do that on a tank too?

 

@Soric: I'm painting the trim with my regular recipe of VLM Old Gold and a wash of AP Strong Tone. Would that suffice? :)

[Forté]

I'll also say lightning across the red too would look good.

[Soric]

@Augustus That would be just fine :)

[Teetengee]

Yeah, thirded for lightning into the red. This is going to be good.

[Wicced]

if i can't get a complete midnight clad scorpion, i want complete lightning at least

[Vel'Cona]

That Brass Scorpion is awesome!  You really went the extra mile assembling it and posing it, and it shows.  The overall painting in this thread is great, but I have to say I'm most excited to see the finished product on the Scorp. 

Edited June 8, 2015 by Vel'Cona

[K0rtmer]

Wow, that's a very promising paint job on a fantastic model. The idea of a transition between NL blue and Khornate red is brilliant. I can't wait to see this finished for ETL, mate, particularly to your standard! Keep going!

[Augustus b'Raass]

Thanks everyone for the excellent feedback and encouragement. It's really motivational and inspiring - and keeps me going! I'll be working on the transitional lightning tonight. 

 

@Forte: Thy will be done, oh pathetic prince (gotta keep the Khorne theme going, sorry ;)). 

 

@Soric: alright buddy! :)

 

@Teets: Tonight is the night!

 

@Wicced: haha no worries on that front, Wicced!

 

@VelÇora: Cheers buddy! I appreciate you noticing it. :) With any luck I'll have him finished by the end of this weekend. 

 

@Brither Kortmer: Well I'm especially indebted to Forte and Dragonlover for the idea of the transition. I will keep going!

 

Pics tonight of where I am now. I did all the external trim, the base colours sans the lighting (will work on that tonight), as well as all the brown undercoat of the metal parts, as well as some metal drybrushing on those brown parts.

[Dragonlover]

I look at it this way: if I'm building and painting one to my admittedly slightly slipshod standards, the least I can do is help out someones that looks that damn good.

 

Did you paint the vertical trim on the back of the legs?

 

Dragonlover

[Guest arsurdelsur]

hi augustus, first thing, i love your work, it is astonishing and a great model for my own night lords army.

I have a question though, where are the corpses and body parts you nail everywhere from?

[Augustus b'Raass]

Alright, update on the Scorpion.

Not going to lie again: painting this beast is proving to be challenging. I got too excited and went ahead and gloss-varnished the carapace, along with making the trim of the top plates gold. I then realized I needed to do the lightning still, so the varnish had been redundant. ALso, the gold I'm using is Vallejo Liquid Old Gold, and the pot I started using recently was quite old and thus dried. So I tried diluting it, but I only have 96% alcohol. Turns out the other 4% make the paint sclot really fast, so painting the gold has been a pain. Ugh. Guess I just have to keep truckin' with it.

 

Anyway! Here's some pics. I did finish the base, so I got that going for me, which is nice ;)

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Night%20Lords%20WIP/2015-06-10%2014.14.04_zps2r4xeqgt.jpg

 

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Night%20Lords%20WIP/2015-06-10%2014.14.15_zpszala0jep.jpg

 

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Night%20Lords%20WIP/2015-06-10%2014.14.28_zpsymljohjf.jpg

 

And the base:

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Showcase%20Night%20Lords/2015-06-10%2014.14.45_zpscjfjaoak.jpg

 

Hope you like, and as always: thanks for looking and feedback welcome :) :tu:

 

Replies:

@Dragonlover: Cheers buddy. If by vertical trim you mean the back of the legs and claw, then yes. Just with VLG old gold and a wash though, so nothing fancy.

 

@arsurdelsur: Thanks for saying that, buddy! The bodies that I nail everywhere are mostly heads from Ork and Orc kits, hands from the zombie sprues, bodies from the FW HH Night Lords Rhino doors set (I bought a lot of them), and from the Secret Weapon Sack 'o Corpses set. The hanging flesh is just sculpted from a 1:2 mix of Milliput and Greenstuff. Hope this helpt. Feel free to ask me more questions, I'm happy to help. 

[Chaeron]

Again, outstanding. So amazing!

[Barabbas Sogalon]

[Dreadclaw]

Gorgeous !  

[Aasfresser]

That thing looks simply wonderful! The mixture of NL colours and khornate colours is ingenious.  And the liquid Gold seems to be a huge time saver. I think I have to try that.

[oldschoolsavant]

Yeah, guess you couldn't decide between Khorne & NL, but it's certainly worked in it's favour !

[Quixus]

Awesome. Love the blue-red gradient. The base could also double as a great terrain piece/promethium pipeline, or are you planning on fixing the brass scorpion to the base?

[Vel'Cona]

Those lightning bolts are SICK!!!  Love the overall scheme for this model; it really does feel like it straddles the line between NL and Khorne, but I think that works in its favor.  The overall paintjob on this model is really excellent, I'm thoroughly blown away! 

[Brother Heinrich]

Fantastic brother! My only critique is that you're pledging for chaos instead of the AoD lol.

[GhostMalone]

:cuss me that's good

[Flint13]

Its so pretty! That lightning is spot on... such intricate little windy bits. 

 

And you're totes right, the transitions look much more purple now. Wacky what little changes in lighting will do. ^_^

[AlanofAngels]

That beast is beautiful, man seriously! The red transitions really well into the blue and works surprisingly well! Keep it up bro! 

[TheReaper17]

Don't judge, but I kinda want to hug that, because it looks and is soo amazing!

 

Amazing paint job Auggie(?) / Augustus

 

It is a total beast!

The color blending-transition thingy looks soo sweet! And smooth too

[Flint13]

^ It is totes Auggie. 

[Honda]

I wasn't really sure that the red/blue would work, but I had confidence in your vision and you did not disappoint. He looks very, very nice.

 

The only nit I have has to do with the goop on the base. Are you going to leave it that bright? Although it isn't that prevalent, where visible, it seems to stand out too much to me. It may be the lighting in the photo, but considering that the rest of the model is a little more subdued, that stuff seems like it should be as well.

 

And you are most welcome to pull that stick out of your BT behind and start living the life!

 

 

I had heard that Forte had ripped off a set of our armor. I had no idea he was wandering around trying to impersonate one of us. :P