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So I got these from my son and have been playing with this one. I am not sure on the main paint though as compared to the rider. I was thinking for contrast to have the Juggernaut darker like you see here, primed black and then with darker colors, but then for the rider prime light grey and go with a little bit brighter reds. Almost Blood Angel type brighter red for the rider.

Thoughts?

Synchro wrote:So I got these from my son and have been playing with this one. I am not sure on the main paint though as compared to the rider. I was thinking for contrast to have the Juggernaut darker like you see here, primed black and then with darker colors, but then for the rider prime light grey and go with a little bit brighter reds. Almost Blood Angel type brighter red for the rider.

Thoughts?

Might help if we could see the rider with the mount, also, the chain mail stuff looks nice

I like it. I would do edge highlights on the red though.

I have not painted the rider yet. I wanted to get the color down on the juggernaut first before I tried the rider.

The other thing I am not sure about is all of the mechanical stuff under the Juggernaut. Finding other people's pics of their finished Juggernauts that I like has been elusive. Anyone know how people paid the underside? Not physically how, but colors. I am thinking like a 1:1 mix of VGC Gunmetal Metal and VGC Brassy Brass, but then do I have too many redish colors between the armor, gold trim and that undercarriage.

The red is nice and consistant, with the particular shade you chose working well with the model actually. The gold trim could perhaps have a bit of brown added to it as a wash, though only mildy, as could the red have a bit of an orange highlight around the edges only slightly. The chainmail perhaps too could do with a bit of brown to keep the colours consistant. Its a perfectly game worthy peice and wouldn't look at all at odds in a Games Workshop outlet's display cabinets. ^^

Interesting comment on the adding of brown wash to the gold. and here I was thinking of actually adding an additional highlight of shinier gold to be honest. Right now, most of the trim and all trim edges was done with Vallejo Liquid Gold series Copper, then Red Gold. I was thinking of a final highlight in just Gold once the final varnish goes on.

As for edge highlighting, what kind of orange? I was thinking red, but now you have me thinking.

I still do not know what to paint the chains and skulls that hang off though. Any ideas so it does not clash with the chainmail or the electronics under the armor?

Inevitably when I shoot macro pictures I also see a mold line on the collar I missed. *sigh*. Fortunately it has not been painted yet.