Saturday, April 16, 2016

Heresy Era Thousand Sons - You got red on you... (again)

Got everything laid out for batch painting and starting powering through the red steps yesterday evening and this morning - moving right along!


Started off with a Vallejo Dark Flesh basecoat.


After that, the models get a heavy drybrush of Gory Red, focusing on the upper surfaces mostly.


Next is a Blood Red pass concentrating almost exclusively on the upper surfaces.


Lastly the Carroburg Crimson wash step to blend everything together and add a little shading. At this point the wash needs a good hour or more to dry before any further work is done. Next up, a metric buttload of gold trim and filigree later on this afternoon after I get done with the daily chores and whatnot.

The reds took about two and a half hours to do, so far so good - well on target to get 'em done before the end of the month!

6 comments:

  1. Wow, that ammount of batch painting makes me flinch in all the wrong places! Good work matey!

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  2. Fast progress! I don't think you'll have an issue getting these ready in time judging by the speed you seem to do everything. Sons are a great legion, probably one of the most characterful, but under represented. If your other projects are anything to go by, these will be great when they are finished.

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  3. good stuff! I don't want to tell you how fast that could have gone with what i just discovered using golden hi flow acrylic transparents and my airbrush o_O I'll have a post about it later for sure though ;)

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  4. Great work chief. The wash really brought things together. Man I'd love to do a Sons 30K army some day. Great to see how yours is coning together, again ;)

    At least you already have the Land Raiders done.

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  5. Flinching at the scale of the painting task, but not in the same places as the Gungrave.

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  6. @The GunGrave: Haha!

    @Bronislaw Czevak: Thanks man!

    @Zab: Indeed! I'm trying to find the right time to make the jump to using an airbrush, there's definitely some pros and cons but it may be time to make the plunge!

    @Rory Priest: Thanks very mcuh!

    @Zzzzzz: It's been a fun challenge, and the three various types of models (Terminators/Veterans/Tac Marines) means there's at least a little variation from model to model. Still a bit of a slog though!

    Cheers, everyone!

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