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Gawd help me I have done the deed! For better or worse in the early hours this morning after a fitful few hours of sleep alas I could put off the painting of the carapace no longer. Armed with all the necessary pigments and thinners; my ancient airbrush cleaned and polished as if it were new, I girded myself, loaded up the base coat and commenced the nefarious act. Damn it looked soooo blue!

Then in a flurry of enthusiasm I cleaned the brush and proceeded to apply the highlighting coat. Working in panic mode for fear of a mistake I did the entire job before the six hour this morning and on the seventh I rested. I must confess I am pleased with the outcome. It looks much better that I had anticipated. Whether it meets with the expectations of my loyal posters is another but It's the best I could do.

Here are the preliminary pictures I may do a bit of touching up before removing the tape.

The emotionally spent Blackadder

Your camo dots are a bit bigger than the original, but I like it, it feels more organic (like looking through a petri dish. In fact I like this sort of camo scheme now enough to think about trying it out.

Looking good man, better then the greaves IMO.

Like jabbakahut said: more organic then the original. You do realize that while you were resting on the 7th hour, there was an incident with an apple?

Precisely so. I was going for a mottled appearance. I always felt the dots as you call them were too small on the FW model especially for the carapace. It does indeed have an organic look to it and when I took it outside into natural light the whole thing had a 3D effect to it so you couldn't judge the distance to the surface of the paint. I've seen that effect before with shading of this sort. It all ties well into the bio-mechanical nature of the Warhound titans I made the spots smaller on the greaves but not noticeably so as the greave surfaces are so much smaller.

Glad you liked it,

Whew, I just peeled the tape off of the windows and armour bands around the carapace. All looks just fine except for a few scratches on one of the windows, hey It's a war machine! I may try some dry brushing of Citadel paints on the armour after some practice.

Blackadder


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CommissarKhaine wrote:Looking good man, better then the greaves IMO.

Like jabbakahut said: more organic then the original. You do realize that while you were resting on the 7th hour, there was an incident with an apple?

I use a PC.

The greaves got a little more work to bring them up to the carapace quality but I'm still keeping the size of the spots smaller so as not to look out of proportion on the greaves.

Are Titans green?

EB

The_Blackadder wrote:
Are Titans green?

EB

can be. I'd personally just jump ship and make my own either gold, white, or an evil pink, but that's just what it turns into when you're me. Or maybe a churchly sepia or gray. either like the temples in the Imperium or the churches of the middle ages with buttresses, stone patterning, etc. But they can be so, yes to some

Really nice!

By green I meant are they environmentally friendly LOL. They probably leave big carbon footprints. Is Algore anti 40K?

Thanks, It appears the carapace painting has been well received and since that is so I'll relate how I did it. Naturally I used an airbrush, in my case a Badger 350. I used the finest tip available for that rather basic airbrush and for the base coat a mixture of Floquil Flat Reefer Blue and Reefer Gray 50% and 50% thinner.

http://www.traintekllc.com/library/Color%20Charts/Floquil_Enamels.pdf

I don't know if the Floquil paints are still available with a volatile spirit base but I had a few jars left from my railroading days. The problem with Floquil is that it really isn't compatible with mineral spirits so you can't store the leftover as it gets gummy in a day or so. You need their special thinner that's not available anymore. I gave the edges and the seams a light coat of the mix and a light misting to the center of the panels where I knew I would be applying the highlighting spots no point of wasting paint. After it was dry I thoroughly cleaned my brush and mixed Model Masters (MM) Blue and Gray with Testors Flat White 1 part to 3 parts to 5 and 50% thinner. Setting the brush to the smallest orifice I could draw paint through I tapped the trigger a couple of times per spot from about three inches from the surface never allowing the surface to really get wet. as soon as I could see a hint of wetness I moved to the other side and did the same to keep both sides symmetrical. It was then just a matter of keeping a hint of the base coat between the spots to achieve this effect which surprisingly looks 3D to me like those 3D computer generated images.

I would be abit nervous about using paints that are now out of print. What if Lucie chips a nail and needs a touchup??

Great stuff dude and to answer your question about the bronze (if someone hasn't said this already) how about tin bitz? Or is that too dark? How about Dwarf Bronze?

Thanks for all the input about the bronze paint; I made a concoction of tinbitz and desert yellow, thinned it with windshield washer fluid, and brushed it on with a fan blender. This gave a dull metallic sheen to the legs slightly lighter than tinbitz alone. then I dry brushed on some powdered copper and handrubbed it into the paint which highlighted the edges. I then dry brushed on some powdered aluminum onto the hydraulic pistons and gimbals. You've got to be careful using powdered metals as some are toxic such as aluminum which may or may not be a major contributor to Alzhimer's condition..... where was I ..... oh yeah; I still have to weather the legs a bit more as they look too perfect. I'll probably do that with a ocher and a gray wash. I need to experiment.

I'm doing the crenelated trim on the carapace at the moment; I initially painted it gunmetal but I scraped it off, it looked too uniform. I've decided to hand rub in powdered graphite which gives me just the effect I'm looking for. Graphite is at least cheap, I get it by scraping pencil lead. Pictures to follow.

EB


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CitizenPrime wrote:I would be abit nervous about using paints that are now out of print. What if Lucie chips a nail and needs a touchup??

Yeah right good luck with that one considering Citadel changes the colours of their paint lineup the way they change their socks. Actually the Floquil paint was just used to mist the base coat on the carapace and greaves; I may have used a thimble full altogether. I have two almost full jars of it left about six ounces; plenty enough to do that Warlord titan if I so chose. as for the Model Master Paints, they're still in production (made by Testors as I just found out) and they haven't discontinued any of their colours. Take that GW.

EB

I can't get any true colour images of the legs except for these blurred ones. The first of the feet is the actual colour but the second is too washed out. I'll keep trying...

Damn these will have to do. The colour on most is all wrong; too orange. The silvery ones are the truest colour but they always come out blurred I'll try again later when the sun comes up.
BTW the tape's off the windows

Rubbed in graphite on the crenelations. I don't know if the camera can pick up the subtle difference. It's much more apparent to the eye.

You can't beat God for intelligent design.

At last a true colour image that's not blurry. Notice that the aluminum powder imparts a high polished chrome appearance to the pistons an effect I don't believe can be acheived with aluminum or silver paint. A diminution of short term memory is a small price to pay for such a result.....duhiiiieeee.

Blckakaddeled

Sweet. She is a thing of Legend. Great airbrushing.

Very Nice
it looks very much like the forgeworld varient

I'm building a warhound but it ain't half as cool as yours-yet...

Dreadnought96 wrote:I'm building a warhound but it ain't half as cool as yours-yet...

That's the spirit. BTW anyone looking for a quick ready made head for a Reaver or Warlord sized titan my wife was tossing out this motorized plug in air freshener and I thought, "Damn what a great ready made Reaver or Warlord style head for a scratch built generic titan."

Gotta stop using that aluminum powder,

Blackadder

That does it.. When are you starting your warlord?

Looks sharp. Nothing to add, better than I could paint. I thought you put graphite on last, right before you fix it all?

I love found items which strike inspiration. I've got this joint thing that has me thinking of a Big Ork Dread. I've been keeping an eye out for anything that might work on a mega gargant, I really don't think there is anything much better than finding a perfect piece.

The graphite for weathering yes but this is in place of paint. After I get it the way I want I'm going to add some copper powder and then fix it with matte spray. I gotta see if my son still has any black graphite from his Pinewood derby days That stuff was really dark.

Metals look awesome, pistons look nice and shiny!

The_Blackadder wrote:The graphite for weathering yes but this is in place of paint. After I get it the way I want I'm going to add some copper powder and then fix it with matte spray. I gotta see if my son still has any black graphite from his Pinewood derby days That stuff was really dark.

Hey that is against the rules I thought they can't put that on the axles

At long last Lucie can stand on her own without extremely judicious balancing. I cut two holes into her generator housings this morning and installed about two ounces of lead. Hastily assembling her and assuming a none too flattering pose (thats some old paint rags sticking out the back to keep the lead plates in place.) I snapped some pictures of a dynamic pose the first ever where she didn't have to have both feet firmly planted on the ground.

I am so pleased I could burst and had to share this moment with you all.

Thanks for all your interest and support,

The ecstatic Blackadder

Looks excellant!

I like the pose, I really like how those rags look like maybe lucie has an exhaust problem. Though it's probably worse since it looks like smoke is pouring out of the intake!

Wow... let's just stick to that. Brilliant work man, hard to believe it's a scratch-built!

I hereby award you a Pack of Morleys. May all of your endeavors be fruitful, and may you have many children with a beautiful and loving wife.

jabbakahut wrote:I like the pose, I really like how those rags look like maybe lucie has an exhaust problem. Though it's probably worse since it looks like smoke is pouring out of the intake!

Those are INTAKES I thought they were Void Generator cooling vents! Ya mean I gotta start all over???

Note to Capt. Gordino:

A terrorist disguised powerful explosives as a pack of Morley cigarettes and demonstrated its incredible power by exploding a piece of swamp in the Philippines.

EB

BTW I showed your benediction to Mrs Blackadder and she said, "No dice, You're stuck with what you got." Oh well when can I expect the pack of smokes?

Intakes. Void Generator cooling vents. Lucie is the one with the BFGs.

Hail to the Queen baby!