Ok, here are some pictures, the troops are in their basic colors now, except for putting the metallic overcoat. This is your new blog post. Click here and start typing, or drag in elements from the top bar. Except for the poor melta guys, they still need some more work. Well, at least the melta guys shoulders are done... This is what the weapons will look like before any further detailing I decide to do. The model on the right has the plain white finish, the ones to the left have the metallic finish.
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All but 10 of the shoulder pads are second coated, ready for final coat. I should be able to get them tomorrow and then it is on to final coats for shoulders and metallic highlights on weapons and tidbits. It may seem odd, but I'm using a metallic white enamel that as with some thinning gives me shiny white on the shoulders. With a little extra water (dipping the brush does it) on top of the flat black I lose the white and end up with a silvery, steely metallic shine. Amusing, it will look black in places when the light shines on it just right, like I missed a spot, but when you pick it up, it is all that faint metal color.
Might not work out in the end, but easy enough to fix. Minor rant: WTF is GW sniffing? There are NO multimelta arms in the Dreadnought kits except for AoBR. And it doesn't fit any other DN. So, I have to get some bits from Forgeworld now. GAH! Bunch of loose right shoulders and all five Neophytes ready for final coat of white shoulders. Left shoulders are from the Black Templar upgrade kit and a bit of a pain to detail in, but I figure it will be worth it in the end. Biggest problem is that I can only do about 5-6 of the fancy shoulders before I start zoning out and getting sloppy. I might be able to change that, but I'll try that another day. So, I have 6 of the Templar (right) shoulders with their first coat and I'll try to work on a few more after I get done with some Christmas Eve running around.
I'm thinking that is going to change up my schedule, instead of mass production in a fell swoop, detailing is going to have to take about 2-3 one hour sessions every day to get through it. |