Diesel DM

Basecoat the skin

Work on the King continues!  And now that my internet has returned I can post some pics!  I started by basecoating the skin.  I will do the rocks first, but getting the skin done first will make cleaning up after easier.

Basecoat the rocks

Then the rocks got basecoated, following the guide in the back of Gargantuans. I only did the large sections like the back, forearms, hands and calves. The small stone will be done after the skin is completed.  There is a lot of surface area on these rocks.  It seems like a simple enough model at first, but there is a lot going on and this is going to take longer than I imagined.

Splatter the rocks

Next was the splattering of lighter and darker browns to give the rock some texture, like a granite with different colored specks.  I’ve never done this before and I may have gotten a little carried away with it and put too much down. But we’ll see how it looks when it’s all done.  I wish I had taken more care to cover the skin while doing the splatter.  I have a lot more to cleanup now.  Some plastic cling wrap in appropriate places to cover the skin would have gone a long way.

Primed black with some white zenith highlighting primer

Now that I’ve opened the way into Trollbloods with a battlegroup, it’s time to jump right to the biggest troll of all: the Mountain King.  With the Stormwall and a few trolls under my belt, I feel less intimidated by the Mountain King.   I believe him to be the best looking Gargantuan by far, so I’m still trying to take my time and do him justice, but without as much “where do I even begin?!” trepidation as when working on the Stormwall. (more…)

Dire Troll Mauler – original metal sculpt

The amount of personality exuded by this sculpt is amazing, while still remaining dynamic.  I believe I purchased this before the new Dire Troll plastic kit became available which is fine by me as the new sculpt isn’t nearly as impressive. This was the last of the battlegroup I painted and I tried to learn a bit from the EBDT and bring the shades darker and highlights a higher to give more overall contrast.  I think I did an okay job, but more contrast is still to be had. (more…)

Earthborn Dire Troll

This is a great looking model with a remarkably dynamic pose.  Assembling this was my first experience filling massive gaps.  It’s amazing how poorly the pieces fit together.  Coming from Cygnar I’ve never had such gaps.  I think part of that comes from warjacks having natural locations for pieces to come apart as robots are expected to have linear separations for joints, armor plates, etc.  Living warbeasts on the other hand are expected to be one continuous surface (skin!), so there will be no ideal place for the model to come apart.  Still, pieces that fit together would have been great. (more…)