Thursday 6 May 2021

Nutritious Astartes

For the other half of my Hobbypocalypse month - a very hungry spider!

Venomcrawler daemon engine for Creations of Bile army, part of the DZTV Hobbypocalypse challenge



I don't have many daemon engines to my credit, but the Venomcrawler is by far my favourite. I've already painted one as a tester model for the army scheme (before I even knew there was an army that needed a scheme!) and this one was also a breeze to paint. I'm seriously considering adding a third one already.

But since I'd already done one in the standard manner, I thought to spice this up with a friendly dig at one of my fellow Hobbypocalyse horsemen - the Deathwatch of Sultan!

Venomcrawler daemon engine for Creations of Bile army, part of the DZTV Hobbypocalypse challenge

I have a stack of second-hand Space Marines that I bought cheaply to use as basing material, so this one got promptly dismembered and then reassembled to have a talon shoved into his back (fans of Starship Troopers may recognise this method of attack).

Venomcrawler daemon engine for Creations of Bile army, part of the DZTV Hobbypocalypse challenge

The scheme is simple enough, applied over a black undercoat (or in this case, whatever colour was already there):

  • Armour: Wraithbone base, Seraphim Sepia wash, Bleached Bone drybrush
  • Gold: Retributor Armour base, Agra Earthshade wash, Golden Griffin drybrush
  • Red claws: Khorne Red base, Nuln Oil wash
  • Lots of the cabling and power packs were achieved with Contrast paints over white
  • Deathwatch armour: Black base, Thunderhawk Blue drybrush, Fenrisian Grey drybrush, Nuln Oil wash.
Venomcrawler daemon engine for Creations of Bile army, part of the DZTV Hobbypocalypse challenge
Naughty little fly, why does it cry?

The finishing touch was to add some Bostik All-Purpose glue to show the slimey threads that are starting to envelop this poor astartes.

That's my quota met for Month 3 - see you back again for the next one!

4 comments:

  1. I love the little touches like the blue electrical effect where the claw's going in and the Bostik

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    1. Thanks, the power pack effect came very late in the game - when I realised he wouldn't be gushing blood from that wound!

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  2. Awesome little diorama and nod to Starship Troopers! Great job

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