Thrall Warrior.

I did this one fast and dirty, I was looking for something easy and quick to paint up after spending hours and hours on the Hyperion. I wanted something fun that I could do and make look good in under an hour.

The paints for this one were strait forward. Vallejo grey surface primer, then I covered it in VMA Aluminum (as most of the model was going to be the armor. Jack bone was the base for the skull, followed by a highlight of the old GW lines Bleached Bone (gonna miss this bottle when its finally all used up). Then washed with the old GW Devlin Mud (or magic in a pot as they used to call it). The Green on the cape is VMC Russian Green.

It's funny how much you miss on a model until you take pictures of it. I didn't notice the extra wash that stayed on the sword or the bit of paint that made it onto the rim of the base.

As to the base.... This is one of the skull bases I had been working on. It got a brown wash and them some Secret Weapons Miniatures Real Water to give it that wet nasty blood look.

On to the photos......

Ret Cav 1.0

The Hyperion was dropped off tonight and the client was very happy. So happy in fact that I now have some more shiny models to paint up for him. I am going to be working on the Ret Cav unit and eViros (the Ret Cav Warcaster). Over the next several weeks. The paint scheme on these is going to be "black" armor and the swirl things will be a really rich red, with a touch of silver to round it out. Not sure what I am going to do with the bases yet but hey that's part of the adventure right?

So have a few shiny, bare metal pics.

Hyperion Finished.

Well its finally done. I think this one turned out pretty well. I would have preferred a different color scheme but its not my model so its all good. 

I learned a few things on this paint job. First and foremost if you are going to mix custom colors WRITE DOWN what you did. Its a pain in the rear to try to recreate a color from scratch. Second, ask for models not to be assembled prior to giving them to you. Lots of weird angles on this one to work around. 

So whats next? I am going to finish up my pAlexia and the risen than another Hyperion for the same guy. 

Here have some pics. 

Hyperion 6.0 - So very very close to being finished.

Oh yea. I was able to sit down for a few hours today and knock out just about everything that needed to be done on this project. I was able to get the gloss coat on and add the reds (I honestly think that an electric blue would have looked better but hey its not my money). I was able to get all the silvers finished up and cleaned up the spots around the white.

The base is looking pretty darn good. For my own models I use Secret Weapons Miniatures resin bases. This one came on what the owner wants so I got to make it up as I went along.  My understanding of the Iron Kingdoms (PP fluff world) is that they really don't care too much about pollution or other junk like that so I went with a dirty nasty look. I added Secret Weapons Real Water to make it a more realistic water base. The Real Water will take about 24 hours to cure and there will be some shrinking as it drys so tomorrow I will have to add just a bit more and it will be done. Well it will be done after a satin coat of varnish.....

Hyperion 5.0

The end is in sight. I was able to finish up all the white (and holly cow is there a ton of tiny little places that the white goes). I was also able to get the Seether on the base done. and the final color on the base that will be under the water effect is where I want it. I added the Electric Blue to the front spike thingies and also on a few places where it would go on the back. Then fixed the outside rim of the base in black to give it a really good contrast. So yea 4 hours of work tonight really shows.

Now the model is sitting in my spray booth drying. Next up will be a gloss coat on the whole model to seal in the freshness then I will be adding a bright bright red to all the raised circles inside the white. After that the water effects will be added to the base and blam another model will be done.

Have some pictures (their free).

Hyperion 4.0

I finally had a day off that I wasn't sick or recovering from a 24hr shift (ah the life of a paramedic).

So I did the most of the white coats down on the model and its starting to look the way the client envisioned it. a few more lines of white, then the reds and the top will be done.

So I was a bit burnt out on white and decided it was time to work on getting the base ready. The client already had this put together and wants it to look like the Hyperion had just crushed the Seether.

I am thinking of something off the pier so naturally we need to get the base ready for some water effects. I use Secret Weapons Miniatures "Still Water" it works well and I got 5 bottles on sale online. I got a base coat of a nasty brown/ tan mix and hit it with a green ink. When thats dry tomorrow I will add a blue ink then drybrush some greens and browns in as well.

I started painting up the Seether and figure the Hyperion is very sleek and almost monochromatic (with the dark grey, white and red) so I want to add some color in somewhere. The Seether is P3 Bane green and will have P3 Necrotic Green, with old GW Gun Metal, VMA Aluminum and P3 Jack Bone. The brass is Tamiya Alcohol based old brass.

So there in a few pictures are the 3 hours of my life.

Till next time......

Hyperion 3.0

I was able to start on the recesses that are going to be bright white. I started lightening with Vallejo Game Color Stone Grey. It is a good base color for white and has great coverage to help block out the dark grey/green. I will have to add another coat of this before working my way to actual white.

Once the white is where I want it. There will be bright red on all the circles inside the white. I hope to give it an almost red glow.

So here are a few pics to tide you over till next time.