Dark Angels Dreadnought - Ancient Belion WIP

[AncientBelion]

My first actual post here and with it my first mini I've painted. Ancient Belion of the Dark Angels chapter - stock Dreadnought with resin printed accessories (the shin and arm guards are downscaled Titan parts, sword is ripped from Elden Ring) and Miliput modelled details (the rough weld parts and the parchments and cloth). 

 

 

The rough texture on the mini is Miliput dilluted with IPA and then applied with a brush before priming. Lots more detail work to do on the mini and especially the base (which I've just started - it's missing mud, water pools and grass).

 

 

From the start I'll say I've done a big mistake of assembling the mini and putting him on the base before painting. It was... well, a real pain to get to some parts (memo for the other minis). I'd love to hear your feedback, I really want to improve (first attempt at a mini after all).

 

Also, have to step up my lighting game, the colors are a lot more saturated than on the images. This image is close to the actual saturation.

 

 

 

Edited 3 hours ago by AncientBelion
Changed image hosting service

[Captain Idaho]

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but whatever hosting site you've used isn't showing up:

 

[AncientBelion]

28 minutes ago, Captain Idaho said:

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but whatever hosting site you've used isn't showing up:

 

 

Thanks for the notice, changed the host from IMGUR to IMGBOX - hope it works now.

[Firedrake Cordova]

The base, flames, and rusty armour/angel wings are all great

 

I don't suppose you'd mind sharing your rusty metal recipe?

 

P.S. The images work now. You can also upload them to the Bolter and Chainsword's Gallery feature - you can see a tutorial for posting images in content and using the Gallery feature at:

 

 

 

Edited 2 hours ago by Firedrake Cordova

[Captain Idaho]

Ah that does it.

 

Very nice work, I must say.

[W.A.Rorie]

Very nice 

[AncientBelion]

Thank you very much. I'll also give the gallery a try next time, so thanks for the notice.

 

As for the rust - sure. Whole mini was primed with Vallejo mecha primer white, then a base coat of Rhinox hide. Afterwards, I applied a thin layer of AK crusted rust depost light and medium - first a general coat with medium, followed by small parts (recesses) with light. The metal looks all orangey and yellowish at this stage, with the Rhinox hide showing out at some parts. Once it was dry, I dry brushed it with some cheap Mars Brown acrylic paint (it was the only darker brown I had in comparison to Rhinox hide), then lightly dry brushed it with Rhinox hide (to get that variation in the browns). The last part was a slight dry brush with a silver vinyl color (the same one used for the scratches), which I also used for the exposed edges, applying it with a toothpick (I did a pass with a pencil for the edges at the very end, which of course is barely visible on these photographs, but it really gives that nice, worn metal shine).