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…)