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

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I finally started on all the flesh on my possessed, the varak jal to my original two gal vorbak.  First doing a cost of bugman's glow then cadian flesh tone. Next I'm going to do a wash of carroburg crimson with just a dash of lahmian medium to thin it and then a little druchii violet. I have no idea how to paint the carapace tendrils in the possesed with the crab claw hand though alas. I want them to look different from the softer fleshy parts, maybe a black/grey type protrusion with a purple wash like in the box art? 

 

I also finished the stone hydra on the sorcerer's powerpack which I think is far more appropriate than the demon snake. I went with a very faint ulthuan grey highlight because the fenris grey wasn't contrasting enough with the space wolves grey.

 

Finally, I filled in the blue on the chest of the terminator next to the chains. I also did the leather straps on the arms with xv-88 then gore grunta fur and a light agrax wash. Finally Vallejo old gold with a little metal medium to make it extra pale for the metal tips and a drop of nuln gloss to add definition. 

[hd3]

Finally made some more progress on my possessed. In the end I didn't get too far and spent most of my time on the Lernaen Terminator test model but I did the crimson and violet washes fine and a few highlights with Kislev flesh. For the tendrils I went with mechanics grey with a druchii violet wash that I may even double down on. I want these tendrils to look absolutely repulsive. And finally black legion for the ribbing on the armour seals and the pipes except for the one I overlooked. I deliberately left a fair bit of the washes more than usual to ensure the flesh looks bruised, ideally like the sinews are straining to crack the epidermis.

 

 

Finally, the Lernaen Terminator. I went with runelord brass and agrax on the icons. For the volkite charger, Abaddon black for the gun casing, and Vallejo gunmetal for the rest to help differentiate it from the silver on the armour. Finally I used the same volkite formula I did on my blood ravens lieutenant, white with gryph hound orange and finally a highlight of canoptek alloy in the ridges and more orange. 

 

And next runefang steel on the many, many rivets in the armour.

 

The last thing I'm still not sure about. I added runefang steel and warp lightning on the chains decorating the armour. I really like the aesthetic this dash of green adds the armour and it harkens back to the very very old first artwork of the lernaens. I'm worried it's making the model too noisy though. Which do people prefer for the chains? Silver or green?

 

Edited Monday at 10:25 AM by hd3