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No problem, just remember to post the results on DakkaDakka and post a note pointing me to them

So a shot of what I have been up to this past week. Basically assembling and magnitizing a Tervigon I purchased over 6 weeks ago.



All of the magnets used are Neodymium Magnets from K&J Magnetics with the following dimensions

Body (Arm attachments): 1/8" x 1/8"

Adrenal Gland: 1/8" x 1/16" and I left 1/32" or 1/2 of the magnet exposed

Arms (Body attachment): 1/8" x 1/8"

Arms (Toxic attachments): 1/16" x 1/8"

Toxic Sac: 1/16" x 1/32"

Legs (Adrenal attachments): 1/16" x 1/8"

The adrenal glands fit quite well on the top carapace of the back legs' thighs; the adrenal gland fitbest with the "tail" pointing down along the length of the thigh. The 3-sac toxic sac fits best on the lower inside of the scything talon arm's forearm.

As of tonight, I have just finished greenstuffing the model to cover up the damage I did in magnitizing the model. I ended up rotating the head slightly and cocking it to the side. As a result, I had to greenstuff some tendons to cover up the large gap that was created.

Otherwise, the Tervigon was an amazingly well designed and executed model, with little in the way of flash or moldlines and all-in-all the parts fit together very well (especially when compared to the carifex, which always had an issue with lining up the vents). There was only a few minor gaps that needed to be green stuffed over where the parts didn't fit perfectly together.

Nice job wyfox. Looking forward to seeing it painted!

Awesome!

As for my first attempt at an albino gaunt...it failed.

Thanks guys . So Squigs, what happened? What made it a failure?

Well basically it looked nothing like an albino. I tried painting it to look like it had translucent skin with visible veins, and, well...it didn't work very well. The wash and the glaze went a bit wrong...

Ah, any pictures?

Interesting... I'm heading in that direction (albino) for the Hordes "Pureblood" wolf I'm working on. I too would be interested in seeing the pics of your attempt... would probably teach me a lot.

I will try and get a picture, no can do today though. Going to see Prometheus, so I will be occupied for the rest of the day.

So what ever happened to that picture squigs

Well, a small update that I am ashamed to say took all of 2 hours to procure.



It is the start of the buildup on the carapace. Basically it is the base coat (wolf grey) + shade (nuln oil) + reapplication of the basecoat. However, I ended up redoing this stage 3 times as I just didn't like the effect. I kept getting these jaring transitions in the recesses as well a tendency to have the base color (which was heavily deluted) flow into the shaded areas. Finally just painted over the entire back with wolf grey, applied a wash of nuln oil, built up the ridges with wolf grey, and then applied a few thin layers of wolf grey over the entire model. Tidied up a few transitions and called it a night.

From here I will build up the ridges from wolf grey to ghost grey and finally to white, hopefully in significantly less time.

Ah. Sorry. Completely forgot. Whoops!

The nuln oil (whatever the heck that is) doesn't do much for shading does it? I think you'd be better off with a dark grey base coat and building it up from there without the wash.

Gitsplitta wrote:The nuln oil (whatever the heck that is) doesn't do much for shading does it? I think you'd be better off with a dark grey base coat and building it up from there without the wash.

Nuln Oil is the new Shade equivalent of GW's old Babad Black Wash. It pretty much performs the same. It actually does shade. It is just that I couldn't make the transition work as the base paint used to highlight the ridges kept flowing into the deep crevaces. So after building up the ridges of the carapace, I went back over the entire model with very thinned out wolf grey. So the shading is barely there but the transition is smooth.

Prior to that I tried starting with a dark base coat twice and transitioning to wolf grey and was repeatedly let down with the results. The thinned paints tend to flow into the deep resesses making a complete wreck of the shading. Pissed the hell out of me.

Did you try putting the figure upside-down for drying? I do that all the time for Thing 2's nids.

No...you do that when you are re-applying the base coat to a shaded area?

For me, the paint was running into the resesses when I was applying it?

OK...so went back and adding a wee bit of cold grey to wolf grey, applied it into the crevices. So the recesses are a bit darker now. Then worked the carapace up to Ghost Grey and finally White. So Carapace is done.

Much better, nicely done wyfox.

So Gits, about hanging models upside down to dry, do you do that for washes, glazes or...? Seems like the wash would travel out of the recesses that way?

I haven't used an glazes yet... not even sure what they are.

I brace the model so that the wash concentrates in the cracks of the carapace... whatever orientation that happens to be. Nose down, backwards, upside-down, etc. If I'm doing a wet blend (which is essentially a lighter wash), I may do the exact opposite so the pigment concentrates on the highest areas.

Ah, thanks for the explanation . By the way, when are we having fish dinner this weeked

Saturday. Say 6 PM?

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Ah crap...actually I just saw that I am going to be down in Madison for a Financial Planning Seminar. So I won't be available Saturday :(

Hmmm... I'll check on Sunday.

Well I am off to South Korea and won't be back in the states till July 8. I wish you all a wonderful time in experiencing the new 6th edition

Hopefully by then I'll have my new computer up and running and will have spammed my own thread with photos of me hugging it. Considering I get to order it on Friday.

Have fun wyfox!

Thanks. I'm currently at OHare airport waiting for my plane to take off at noon. Had a late night getting stuff wrapped up at work and got home at 9pm. A bit tired and hoping I can get some sleep on the plane.

How long is the flight?

16 plus hours if i remember correctly gits

Oh man... I don't envy you!