So I’ve got two models on the docket for tonight. The first is my dread knight. To start with this was a gift from my awesome Wife. So needless to say I wanted to do the model justice. It took me a while to work up to painting it but over all I’m happy with the results.
To start I airbrushed on bolt gun metal cause you know, I still had some lying around. I worked my way up to highlighting with mithril silver. After this I washed the model with AK’s enamel wash for NATO vehicles (if only NATO had dreadknights). Moving along I then stippled on more bolt gun and again worked my way back up to mithril silver. Next is the part that is a bit harder to for others to repeat. My bottle of Vallejo gory red is more like an ink than it is supposed to be. Which has actually served me well thus far. In this case one coat over the areas I wanted red made for a nice metallic red. This received the same wash as before. The pistons were done with Vallejo primer panzer grey, highlighted with space wolves grey. The piston rods were mithril silver with AK’s engine oil. The exhausts were my standard oil wash with rust and black powders applied on top.
The base was assembled with cork board and woodland scenics water effects.
Over allI am quite happy with how it turned out.
Next up is an eldar Fraser. Picked this guy up a while back when thought about playing eldar. Actually I have a few of those types of models. Anyway, with the new codex it seemed like a good time to paint it. I should mention there was a slight conversion. I lost the original long sword arm so I used one from a dire avenger exarch.
The painting was fairly straight forward. Highlighted the black with grey mixed with Dheneb Stone to give it a touch of wraith bone. The wraith bone it self was Dheneb stone highlighted with white. The robes are just Mephiston red highlighted up. Over all the color choice was really straight forward. I just took my time with this one and it turned out a lot better than my eldar from a few years ago.
A couple of side notes. I have my whole vampire counts army for sale on eBay. If anyone is interested, please check it out.
Also with the release of the new space marines coming out, I will be attempting to finish my Space Sharks before release day. Also I want to know what you think the first new model I should get for them. Which ever kit gets the most recommendations will be the first one I get, and do a post about painting. Actually when all of the new kits are announced, I’ll put up a poll. Until then though, comments count as votes!
Till next time, enjoy!
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