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

[Flint13]

Thanks guys for the awesome and inspirational replies! Wow, I sort of expected the response to be 50/50, but you guys are pretty unanimous in that there should be a definite Night Lords element. I think I'm gonna go for a mixture of forte and dragonlover's ideas: the main body Night Lords, while it's becoming more and more Khornate towards the extremities. Cool beans!

 

Again, thanks a lot - you guys have really inspired me (the main reason why I waited so long to start this kit is because I was torn between the colour schemes, but this solution is pretty good. Whaddayafink?

I'm dead on a agreeing with Forte/Dragonlovers idea meld.

 

Super bonus points if you work in a badass terror mark somewhere :D

 

Can't wait to see how you finish him up ^_^

[Augustus b'Raass]

Alright, trophyfication on the Scorpion is done. As usual there's flayed flesh, skulls, some marine helmets (note especially the hanging MkIII helmet on his front-most paw on the port side, with the chains through his vision slits ), and chains. 

 

Here's the final WIP shots of the Brass Scorpion:

 

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Night%20Lords%20WIP/2015-06-06%2015.02.46_zpszkzjssap.jpg

 

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Night%20Lords%20WIP/2015-06-06%2015.02.58_zpsdtsi15g0.jpg

 

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Night%20Lords%20WIP/2015-06-06%2015.03.06_zpsjmc7oroh.jpg

 

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Night%20Lords%20WIP/2015-06-06%2015.03.21_zpsy1xnem8u.jpg

 

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Night%20Lords%20WIP/2015-06-06%2015.03.42_zps3ruvbnby.jpg

 

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Night%20Lords%20WIP/2015-06-06%2015.03.55_zps1efbc9sh.jpg

 

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Night%20Lords%20WIP/2015-06-06%2015.04.07_zps03o6hzfv.jpg

 

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Night%20Lords%20WIP/2015-06-06%2015.04.19_zpspsieu0rr.jpg

 

I also finished the base, and used the recently released promethium relay tubes that I won at a tournament two weeks ago.

 

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Night%20Lords%20WIP/2015-06-06%2015.05.44_zpsltvxmkqt.jpg

 

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Night%20Lords%20WIP/2015-06-06%2015.05.50_zpsoqrj5g33.jpg

 

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Night%20Lords%20WIP/2015-06-06%2015.06.12_zpsewlojerg.jpg

 

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Night%20Lords%20WIP/2015-06-06%2015.06.18_zpspcmgo6n4.jpg

 

Hope you like, and as always: feedback and comments more than welcome. They keep me going

 

Replies:

@Teetengee: Nah, I think I'm going for a gradual transtition from my usual Night Lords midnight blue to Khornate red. Thanks though for the feedback!

 

@Kilofix: Yes I did! You'd be amazed how many horror B-movies I've watched for inspiration on the trophies! The skull design will feature on the claws.

 

@Kurama: I can totally see it! Totes!

 

@Honda: Hey buddy! Glad you've come to look at my thread again And you are most welcome to pull that stick out of your BT behind and start living the life!

 

@The Psycho: No-one is opposed to Khorne, it's just that I and everyone here has rather warmed up tot he idea of a Khornified Night Lords Scorpion.

 

@Edlrick Shadowblade: After the ETL I'll try to get another shot of my entire army so far. Promise!

 

@Flint13: Hey buddy! Glag you've come back to visit my thread! I've missed you! And as promised before to Kilofix: there will be a skull desig somewhere

Edited June 6, 2015 by Augustus b'Raass

[Augustus b'Raass]

Alright, building on the idea to mix my Khorne and  Night Lords colour scheme on the Scorpion, where it is more khornate towards the end of its extremities (legs, claws and tail), I made some testers. 

 

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/92223bc2-dc00-41b6-8e58-cfd9a2dedb8c_zpsxpz7ozst.jpg

 

What do you think? (Please excuse the bad lighting)

 

EDIT: I had intended to put this picture in vertically, but that yielded a picture of enormous proportions, as the B&C code fills the width of the page regardless of picture size. ;)

Edited June 6, 2015 by Augustus b'Raass

[Sgt. Blank]

I think the transition looks smooth enough it could work. You might think about carrying the lightning over into the red too.

 

That said, looking at your other stuff (which is amazing, btw) I would doing the armor as Nightlords midnight and doing the mechanical guts in a darkish red.

[Augustus b'Raass]

AHa that is a very interesting idea, Sgt. Blank. I briefly considered it, but as I have already decided to paint the armour plates like my tester, I ultimately discarded it.  Sorry! The red cabling is a bit overkill on the model, with all the red plates on it too. So the cabling will mostly be black and steel. 

 

The lightning is a cool idea rthough. Hmm. Gonna decide on that tomorrow. 

 

For now, I did the prime colours on the scorpion. Thoughts?

 

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Night%20Lords%20WIP/2015-06-07%2000.14.39_zpsojkg9lku.jpg

[Scribe]

Looks good to me!

[Sgt. Blank]

It looks good so far - looking forward to seeing the added details.

[Flint13]

That looks pretty darn good!

 

Personally I'd like an itty bit for of a purpley transition between the two i steady of the brown/red, but that's mostly just personal preference I think.

 

What colors are you going with for his mechanical bits, cables, hoses and the like?

Edited June 7, 2015 by Flint13

[Wicced]

the paintjob looks good, that's a  nice and smooth transition

 

i'm not a fan of the red and blue together though and would've preferred an all blue beast

 

still looking forward to seeing it finished.

Edited June 7, 2015 by Wicced

[Kriegsmacht]

Neat paintjob :tu:

[sockwithaticket]

So I've been kept away for a bit by my new job and in that time it seems you're setting new records for productivity and quality. Seriously, 4 fething tanks, with that much detail and that look so good, in such a short space of time is insane and probably prohibited by various scientific laws. I spy a familiar idea on the Vindicator engine stacks.

The Brass Scorpion is coming along well, the red on the actual model looks darker than on the tester and I think that works much better. You'll probably have finished it by the end of today.

[Soric]

I think the transition between red and blue on the plates looks fine. I've always imagined that the armour of any followers of khorne would be red due to the amount of blood that is spilled (either through ritual or combat) over it and seeped in, almost dying it that way. Therefore It would make sense then that the ends of the extremities would be more red than the rest of the armour. I also think if you painted the metal edges brass then it would tie both the Nightlords and Khorne elements together. Looking forward to seeing how this pans out :)

[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]