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Post by trantos01 on May 24, 2018 13:44:44 GMT -5
And with the Crusade tournament right around the corner I decided to take a break from assembly-lining my wraith horde and go fix up one of my oldest models.
Because if he's going to be a stand in for Imotekh the Stormlord he needs at least a new paint job and some proper basing.
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Post by trantos01 on Jun 12, 2018 15:59:42 GMT -5
And at long last (and after a certain degree of accepting that I'll never get every surface truly flat when using wood filler and the base materials I have for this etc) painting has started on my Pylon.
Going to be doing this in stages. Now that the basic colors are on, slap a layer of varnish over everything in order to preserve as much as possible while building up layers, highlights, fixes/touch ups (because there are going to be plenty no matter what I do) etc.
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Post by trantos01 on Aug 9, 2018 21:08:17 GMT -5
Things are stalled for the most part until I get a new primer can but with the sprue of Dark Eldar blades/arms providing lots of spiky pointy things I decided to take a crack at putting a faux Flayed One together (first of several).
I'm intending to use Kislev flesh and then shade with Agrax earthshade for the skin/flesh before splattering BftBg technical liberally because you know, Flayed Ones.
Ultimately the aim with the grey-stuff that I'm attempting is to make it look like crude clothing made out of skin, coiled intestines and so on.
Namely because my semi-joking head-canon for these guys is that they are not affiliated by the Flayer Virus. Instead they're bonkers ala Nemesor Zahndrekh and think they're still Necrontyr. To be specific clothiers/seamstresses etc and they're attempting to create new wardrobes from the 'cloth' they acquire from the incredibly generous 'merchants' the group often runs into.
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Post by trantos01 on Aug 31, 2018 22:06:31 GMT -5
Well the humidity died down enough that I could put the finishing touches on these two jokers in time for the Kill-Team mini-campaign.
Had been trying for a sort of toupee/wig on the second one but it turned out to be more like a cap/beret. Oh well, just need to find a Space Wolf model to sheer/scalp at some point. They don't all need those massive beards/masses of hair do they?
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Post by trantos01 on Sept 24, 2018 21:29:00 GMT -5
Well, bit the bullet and started down the long path of assembling and magnetizing my Tesseract Vault for the purpose of conversion to an obelisk (unlikely to actually use said form though) and for the ease of transport. My process will be based off this awesome tutorial but I'm going to have to improvise a bit for carving out the supporting arms since I haven't been able to find the fancy blade tips he used.
Though assembling the Transcendent C'tan part ( page with images of the bits) has been the most fiddly and nerve-wracking bit of plastic I've ever had. And for size comparison, the guy's 'body' is only three inches tall. Those are some very tiny/fragile bits and pieces.
I feel lucky that only one of the smallest tendrils broke when removing it from the sprue and could be glued back on. This boy is going to get his very own personal and padded slot in the travel case whenever he leaves the house.
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Post by Jack Shrapnel on Sept 25, 2018 5:38:34 GMT -5
yeah have two of the trancendents... they are extremely fragile both putting together and afterwards!
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Post by trantos01 on Nov 18, 2018 20:06:32 GMT -5
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, hungry hungry space locusts and angry mushrooms, it's done.
After far too much mucking about with magnets, both types of glue, two-part epoxy and carved up plastic, my modular Tesseract Vault is complete.
Sure there are still a couple of decorative bits and bobs to stick on but the main task is complete and I am satisfied with the result.
The outer panels can be a little loose in T.Vault form but with layers of primer and paint there should be a tighter grip between the parts. I also deviated from the original video plan since the magnets I got were just a little too thick. So in places I just said to heck with it, carved away everything, slapped in epoxy and stuck a scarab on top to help blend the addition.
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Post by Jack Shrapnel on Nov 18, 2018 20:13:48 GMT -5
looks like it came together well!
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Post by trantos01 on Nov 18, 2018 20:19:12 GMT -5
looks like it came together well! Thanks. It'll be a lot easier to transport than a conventionally assembled one as well.
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Post by trantos01 on Dec 3, 2018 22:41:04 GMT -5
To anyone that tries mixing the vallejo metallic medium with paints for a metallic effect:
1. A 50/50 mix seems to be the best bet. Though depending on the color/primer you're using this might change.
2. The metallic flakes might spread 100% uniformly. Mix very well and accept the fact that you might need to go back for a second coat if things go weird. Admittedly I like the effect since it gives the illusion that the black metal seems to be not 100% static.
3. Give it plenty of time to all dry out. This isn't as bad as if you put a whole bunch of shade on the model but the mix takes longer than normal paint.
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Post by trantos01 on Jan 13, 2019 13:48:19 GMT -5
Still working on my C'Tan for the golden Brush but the first layer of paint (baring some spots that need to be redone/touched up of course) to build the flame effect seems to be working well.
The notion is to have the 'source' of the fire be it's torso and head (hence the tops of the 'abs' getting a quick brush over with the yellow) working outward with yellow, orange, red and hints of black at the edges. Meanwhile the muzzle and cheastpiece will be a black metal and I'm thinking a bright blue for the eyes.
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Post by trantos01 on Jan 18, 2019 22:14:46 GMT -5
Alright at this point I need some feedback/opinions about where to go with the C'Tan.
Because while I could go a few shades darker at the extremities, I don't want to 100% replicate fire since the body is supposed to be heated metal.
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Post by Trickster Raven on Jan 18, 2019 22:39:54 GMT -5
I think the molten affect looks really good, and is fine as is. If you want to take this further I think what it needs isn't more burn, but more detail. Have you done any edge highlighting on it?
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Post by trantos01 on Jan 18, 2019 23:54:54 GMT -5
Not really? Mostly because I started with a white base and went yellow->orange->red gradient as I get further away from the head/torso. Edge highlighting as I understand it uses a lighter color to make the color over the larger area 'pop' as it were. Wouldn't doing an edge highlight mess up the hotter to cooler effect?
At a glance the only real place that any sort of highlighting could be done is on the torso 'muscles' where the ridges would be yellow/orange and the troughs in between white.
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Post by Trickster Raven on Jan 18, 2019 23:57:41 GMT -5
I'm not %100 sure. I think edge highlighting can still be done on a gradient, but I could defiantly be wrong. It's just that all of the details on the torso, like the muscles, seem to fall into the paint and get a bit lost. I think of you found a way to emphasise and make those details stand out then it would really be an eye catcher.
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