Are these daemon engines good now?
Time was of the essence, so I painted this with a huge amount of subassemblies. Not just for magnetising (although I did that too), but to speed along the basecoating stage. So the main body and guns were sprayed Leadbelcher, and all the armoured pieces sprayed with Retributor Armour.
As they were so small, I left a number of the armoured plated on the sprue when I sprayed them (snipping away all but one of the connectors). This made it easier to wash and drybrush them on the sprue, and while it did mean I'd have to touch up the connecting bit of plastic once they were set free, I made sure this was in an inconspicuous place.
The other thing to be aware of is the Retributor Armour spray is not the same colour as the Retributor Armour pot (yes, really). So I added a splash of Army Painter Soft Tone to level it out (and it's a close enough match for my sloppy chaos boys).
Overall, it made for a reasonable quick paint job for a model this size, although it was a bit dispiriting to reach the two-third stage of painting and still have your model look nowhere near finished.
- Gold: Black primer, Retributor Armour base, Agrax Earthshade wash, Golden Griffin drybrush
- Metallics: Black primer, Leadbelcher base, Iron Warriors drybrush
- Armour: Wraithbone base, Seraphim Sepia wash, Bleached Bone drybrush
- Flesh: Bugman's Flesh, Reikland Fleshshade, Kislev Flesh layers, Druchii Violet glaze
- Ectoplasma: Ulthuan Grey base, Hexwraith Flame wash, Yriel Yellow drybrush
- Red claws: Khorne Red base, Nuln Oil wash
While waiting for the washes to dry, I cracked on with some more heretic astartes (they're good now!). Beginning with a melta gun (thank you GW for my Miniature of the Month), which can advance with the rest of my assault force, but hide a nice anti-armour surprise for those who were expecting nothing more penetrative than bolt pistols.
- Armour: Black primer, Wraithbone primer, Seraphim Sepia wash, Bleached Bone drybrush
- Gold: Retributor Armour base, Agrax Earthshade wash, Golden Griffin drybrush
- Flesh: Bugman's Flesh, Reikland Fleshshade, Kislev Flesh layers
- Red claws: Khorne Red base, Nuln Oil wash
The armour colours translate really well to a bigger scale too.
ReplyDeleteThanks - it makes me wonder what I do with the Maulerfiend kit (there's a couple of legions bidding for that one!)
DeleteThey do look cool. But haven't you magnetised the Forgefiend so it can be a Maulerfiend as well...?
DeleteOnly an obsessive and magnet-fetishist would attempt such a thing.
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