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Dark Angel Mortis Dreadnought WIP


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I've only done the ground work, and metal legs so far. Still need to apply weathering powder & bullet casings...

 

http://www.tvxc.org/minis/dreadnaught1.jpg

 

The sarcophagus is only undercoated, and a little boring but here's a shot so you can evisawhat it might look like...

 

http://www.tvxc.org/minis/sarc.jpg

 

What little C&C that can be offered at this stage is appreciated, as it motivates me somewhat :devil:

 

Prize for whoever guesses which chapter the bust shoulder guards from...

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Would that pad be Soul drinkers? I should know I'm starting an army of them :D

 

I like the metal so far, but somthing seems missing from the legs, I don't know what it is, But somthing is missing.... I'll be back after I've had a think.

 

Ding! You win a prize... One of these - :devil: Well done!

 

The missing thing - It's the armoured greaves. I'm painting them up presently...

 

well done with that, although, why are the feet grey?

 

Because they're not going to be metal. They're going to be green...

C&C?? Okay, here goes... try not to take this too hard.

 

Dreadnought legs: looks fine, if you were doing a dreadnought statue. There should be multiple colors of metals on the legs... like the pistons for example. The back of the rotating hip sockets should have those 'toothed' areas in boltgun to differentiate them from the overall bronzish metal color, with perhaps a bit of inking, and over drybrushing. The whole thing, during 'weathering' stage should have some drips and trails of oil, or other lubricant. The heads of the large bolts in the front and back of the pelvic region could use a differing coloration from the background bronzish coloration. Again the back of the 'knees' area could use the same treatment as described above for the back of the hip socket area. You might want to concider the 'toes' in chapter green color to just 'set off' the model a bit from all the bronze and boltmetal colors, as you have with the front pelvic plate covering.

 

I won't comment too much on the torso, since it's only basecoated at present. Other, than to mention that you might want to concider painting each of the short cable bundles on either side of the central front plate in differing colors to accent whatever you do with front plate and shoulder plates.

 

Just a few thoughts,

 

Rymeer

C&C?? Okay, here goes... try not to take this too hard.

 

Dreadnought legs: looks fine, if you were doing a dreadnought statue. There should be multiple colors of metals on the legs... like the pistons for example. The back of the rotating hip sockets should have those 'toothed' areas in boltgun to differentiate them from the overall bronzish metal color, with perhaps a bit of inking, and over drybrushing. The whole thing, during 'weathering' stage should have some drips and trails of oil, or other lubricant. The heads of the large bolts in the front and back of the pelvic region could use a differing coloration from the background bronzish coloration. Again the back of the 'knees' area could use the same treatment as described above for the back of the hip socket area. You might want to concider the 'toes' in chapter green color to just 'set off' the model a bit from all the bronze and boltmetal colors, as you have with the front pelvic plate covering.

 

Taken on board Rymeer. Needless to say I've done some of the bits in your sugestion that I liked the sound of, specifically the contrast bolts & the toothed sections. I left the pistons as is, as they look greasy, as I imagine pistons to be, and they'll be largely obscured by the greaves anyway.

 

 

Progress Report...

 

http://www.tvxc.org/minis/dreadnaught2.jpg

 

Took the legs off to allow access to the feet. Added casings, weathered shoulder pad. Base-coated feet Started on feet highlighting...

 

Question. I've come to this stage, and noticed some inconsistencies in the paint, like the odd grain from my primer or basing procedure, weird stuck up bits on the mould etc. Now on the metal this looks OK, as it can be put down to corrosion. Whats the solution for masking these defects on the green sections? I'd like to paint rust or flame blistered paint, but flame blisted paint wouldn't really work on such a small scale (I could flame half the Dread though... :angry: ) and I haven;t got a clue how to do rust blistering. Any ideas for solutions that dont involve sanding whole sections back?

Use real rust , its a two part rusting compound, one part is an iron based paint , and the second rusting coat is some sort of bizzare compound that makes it oxidise.

 

Brief search ala google = Instant rust in the US.

 

Im in the UK , and I got the same kit , in the Range , but any big craft store should have it under instant rust kit or something like that

not to be a jerk or anything...but to me it looks like a candy cane....

 

appologies again for the jerk-ness of that comment. (your painting is awesome)

 

No, that's fair enough. I asked for C&C, and your asthetic opinion is just the sort of thing I wanted to hear.

 

 

Ninth company? Looks very good so far.

 

Phew, at least one person apart from myself can tell it's a company marking. That's a relief...

 

How did you do the metal though?

 

Ask and ye shall receive...

 

1) Boltgun metal basecoat.

2 )Drybrush Chainmail

3) Drybrush Silver

4) 15:15:70 Black ink:Brown ink:Matt Medium glazed all over, thinned with water to act as flow aid. Repeat as desired.

5) 15:15:70 Brown ink:Chesnut ink:Matt Medium glazed all over, thinned with water to act as flow aid. Repeat as desired.

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