Monday, August 12, 2013

Cygnar: Charger

Test model for an army I hope to paint to table top quickly. This model was done using all "shorthand" methods, took 4 hours or so after priming.

Prime Vallejo Black Primer (air)
Basecoat P3 Exile Blue (air)
Highlight P3 Cygnar Blue Base (air)
Highlight P3 Cygnar Blue Highlight (air)
Highlight P3 Cygnar Blue Highlight with a touch of P3 Frostbite (air)
Basecoat silver parts with Vallejo Model Air Chrome
Basecoat gold parts with Vallejo Liquid Gold Red Gold
Coat of Liquitex Satin Varnish (straight 25 psi through airbrush)
Dry
Light oil wash over plates and gold with Winsor & Newton Winton Oil Colour 3 Burnt Umber
Light oil wash over silver with Winsor & Newton Winto Oil Colour 25 Lamp Black
Let dry completely, then clean up with mineral spirits dampened makeup applicator
Dry
Coat of Liquitex Satin Varnish again
Slight use of Army Painter Strong Tone on the golds
Slight use of Army Painter Dark Tone on the silvers (both mosly on edges or rivets)
Light highlight of silver with heavily thinned Army Painter Plate Mail Metal
Base washed with P3 Umbral Umber and P3 Brown Ink
Base drybrushed with P3 Rucksack Tan
Base drybrushed lightly with P3 Menoth White Base
Edge of base reclaimed with Vallejo black primer
Edge marks painted on with P3 Cygnar Blue Highlight
Few light coats of Testor's Dull Cote
Tiny highlights of silver with Army Painter Shining Silver
Tiny highlights of gold with Army Painter Greedy Gold
Few patches of Army Painter Highland Tuft

Khador: Metal Kommander Sorscha pt.2

Took a much better photo of the Sorscha model without all the blur :D

Saturday, August 10, 2013

Khador: Metal Kommander Sorscha

From the old metal battle box, done in my original intended Khador studio scheme that proved to be far too time consuming. Likely the last model I will paint in this exact scheme and methodology.