Progress Log: Alpha Legion Warband: "The Last Surprise"

[hd3]

Having learned my lessons with the MoE's belts, I blocked in Abaddon black on the non metallic details for my sorcerer now and did a quick highlight of the recesses with black templar for extra shadows. I decided to do another coat after this photo actually. I'm also unsure what do about the gloves, I was thinking I might try black rubber like with Fabius bile.  Not sure if the paint formula though. 

 

For the robes under the cape, I was thinking purple with a black templar wash slightly thinned by contrast medium. Purple and the future white cape would not be too jarring I thought. 

 

Edited April 15 by hd3

[hd3]

So I started on the under-robes. First a coat of Vallejo royal purple, which I chose mainly because it also works perfectly for 30k era Emperor's Children armour as well as these robes. But that is way too ornate for the Alpha Legion so I dirtied it up with my black templar/contrast medium mix. I might actually need to re-highloght with more purple mixed a little pink along some of the raised areas.

 

Finally I started on the blue base coat on most of the power armour. I wasn't going to do the MkVI praetor helmet originally, since I decided on a bare head for him. But I realized long ago I was going to use 30k Mkvi assault marines as my future raptors. So this helmet will work for either a future chaos lord with jump pack, or raptor sergeant. Plus it has the added benefit of giving my MoE a head until the real head comes from Grot. 

 

Finally, I started on the main body armour though mainly I just wanted to show the back of the head cavity. There's so much detail there but the fleshy contusion look doesn't suit the 'non-chaos' CSM look I'm aiming for. So I'm trying to decide how best to paint up that section without it looking too warp-touched.

 

Part of the reason I really wanted to make a sorcerer was the serpent powerpack that really suited the hydra heraldry if the AL. In the Black Legion version the serpent is a coiled writhing warp thing whereas I wanted a statue motif similar to the how the hydra emblems look on the alpha legion contemptor.

 

 

Edited Friday at 04:16 AM by hd3

[hd3]

I did the leather details on the sorcerer, corax white first then gore grunta fur with agrax for the tome and rhinox hide with a gorthor brown highlights for the belts. I also added in a little highlight of the royal purple mixed with Tamiya matt pink to bring a little more colour and definition to the edges.

 

I'm not sure how to weather the pages in the book though. Agrax seems too strong. 

 

Finally, I confirmed that a volkite charger is a legal loadout for a librarian consul in 30k so I finally was able to attach the other hand to my terminator sorcerer. Now I just need my missing replacement lernaen to arrive and I'll have a full brick of ten and a character.

[Firedrake Cordova]

Have you tried Serapahim Sepia? Possibly with a dash of Agrax?

[hd3]

56 minutes ago, Firedrake Cordova said:

Have you tried Serapahim Sepia? Possibly with a dash of Agrax?

That's a good idea. I was thinking that or athonian camoshade maybe?

[Firedrake Cordova]

I guess it depends on if you want them green- or brown toned.  

[hd3]

58 minutes ago, Firedrake Cordova said:

I guess it depends on if you want them green- or brown toned.  

 

Really I want them sort of mouldy looking. So old parchment that's just starting to turn

[Firedrake Cordova]

Oh, then a brown wash/filter to make the pages have the tone of old parchment, and dot on the mould colour.  

[hd3]

11 hours ago, Firedrake Cordova said:

Oh, then a brown wash/filter to make the pages have the tone of old parchment, and dot on the mould colour.  

I might thin down the agrax with contrast then and then just add a few dots if streaking grime for the off green colour