Diesel DM

The Greylord entered the grand hall, hurrying across the marble floor to a large table, covered in maps and troop deployments.

“Supreme Kommandant Irusk,” he began, bowing. It was a risk to address Irusk while he was deep in thought, but as with all audiences with the Khadoran military leader, he knew his time was brief.

Irusk kept his head bent over the maps, rolling his eyes up to the intruder. “What do the Greylords of the Thornwood require now?”

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Yeah, I know, I said I wanted to paint something different (i.e. non-Cygnar Blue) and yet here’s Mr. Strangewayes.  I had some spare-time and he was already primed, so I decided to paint him instead.  Next, though, next will be something different…probably.  Maybe.  I really want to paint the Rangers, actually, but they weren’t primed.

Arlan Strangewayes’ face and metals based

Decided to lay down the metal bases then work on Arlan’s face.  His left eye came out great on the second try (white was too watery the first attempt).  His right eye, however, took four or five tries at least.  Part of it was the wrench was a bit in the way, but mainly it’s just an odd shape and angle.  Looking at the studio painted version’s right eye, I feel better about how well mine came out.

After a big push at the end of last week, I completed the Stormwall.  This was a learning experiences, just as with the first time I painted a ‘jack or a group of infantry.  Painting a colossal is a unique experience.  In the end it’s not that it’s more work because there is more surface area, rather it’s more work because there are more details.  It’s not like PP just took an existing heavy warjack and scaled it up, these colossals have more details than any previous model and it really takes a while to get it all right.

Stomping across the battlefield

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Got the shading and most of the highlighting done on the golds last night, including getting some metallics on the lightning pods, which had been waiting patiently while I worked the Stormwall.

Nice contrast gradient on the lightning pods

I got a very nice gradient from Glorious Gold (Vallejo Game Color) to a deep brown on the perforated shields.  There is a similar effect on the Stormwall’s golds as well.  For shading I use the mixtures listed in the back of the FoW:Cygnar book.  I’m thinking I will attempt one brighter level of highlighting using Polished Gold (Vallejo Game Color).  If it looks good I’ll do the same on the Stormwall.  The pods have made for a nice testing ground for the gold techniques.  The pods need the silvers highlighted and the Arcane blues put onto the coils and the globes.  Then a quick basing and they are set.

The Stormwall will probably see the gold highlighting mentioned above, then to finish up his Arcane blues.  Lastly will be the whites, but let’s not forget we still have the two foot plates and hip guards.  Then basing.  So close, yet so far…