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I've managed to get a couple of commissions recently, I was approached to paint something for a system that I wouldn't normally look at because the models just don't interest me, Warmachine. However there has been one model I just loved from the moment I saw the WIP sculpts. The legion everblight Archangel.



It is a monster, gargantuan in every sense, and so cool I would have eventually gotten one for myself if I wasn't commissioned to do it.



The casting is big, the components are big, the stupidity is big. The only complaint I have about this model is the way the components have been cast. There are 3 materials, resin, pewter/whitmetal, and restic. The breackdown of how the parts have been chosen for each piece baffles me. If you have the technology for resin, do it all in resin.



All the extremities are metal (the hooks on the wings, the face/head, the spines on the back, and the tail. This is madness. The last 4 inches of the tail are metal, and are supposed to hang unsupported from the base of the resin tail section.



Apart from that annoyance, the model was almost flawlessly cast, with only one minor and one major mold slip, and both easily corrected, less then 10 total airbubbles, again easily fixed.

After washing the resin and greenstuffing the areas where the components mated I commenced with painting, using vallejo airbrush primer for the first time, it goes on like a dream, so smooth, good adhesion, and can even be done at night in the cold and damp with no threat of bubbling or roughness.

The scheme was not chosen by me being a commission, but I'm still reasonably happy with how the sons of horus green translated to the everblight.



I added some red glazes to the wings for interest, and blended them back into the flesh with highlights and a pass or two of the airbrush. The wings are also magnetised for ease of transport and storage, which is why they don't quite marry up to the shoulders.



As a last point of interest I added some OSL from the soul fire the Everblight dragon spawn breathe. It added a nice sppot colour too and stopped the scheme from being too boring.



The base was left plain so the client can add his recipe for snow to keep it consistent with the rest of his collection.

Finally an almost identical shot, but showing the scale of the finished beast.



Thanks for looking. Hope you like it and found my ramblings entertaining.

Please let me know what you think.

Very slick paintjob on a nice model!
Really like the fact that the chest seems to be glowing from the inside as well

 Requiem wrote:
Very slick paintjob on a nice model!
Really like the fact that the chest seems to be glowing from the inside as well

Yes, that stroke of genius made a miniature already fantastic into something even better!

Looks like you put an LED in the sides of its mouth... Nice job, very cool.

I absolutely love this model. Your paintjob is so unique and extremely well executed.

Love it!

Amazing wok, i love the light on the side of the face, makes me think instantly he is getting ready to breathe death!

Fantastic work, the only thing I'm not sure of is the veins, but the lighting effects are great!

I really like the effect on the inside of the wings. they really look transparent!

Hmmm, 'please let me know what you think'


BEAUTIFUL! simply love the model, the sculpt, the paint you did just accentuates it as it should be! such a wonderful job!

Are they doing something different with Archangels now? All the ones I've seen are only two materials, resin and metal. There's usually some color variation between parts, but that's due to the resin being hand mixed and the amount of coloring agent changing between batches.

Regardless, beautiful paintjob on a beautiful model. My only complaint is that the veins clash a bit with the green skin, but the transitions on the wings really ties the pink in nicely.

EDIT: Also, it's PVC gorramit, not "restic."

That is one awesome AA. Very well done!

That is a darn neat model, and its a really really good paint job. Badassery.

Thanks for all the encouragement and great comments guys, i really appreciate it. the client was happy with the model too, so I'm happy

 Laughing Man wrote:
Are they doing something different with Archangels now? All the ones I've seen are only two materials, resin and metal. There's usually some color variation between parts, but that's due to the resin being hand mixed and the amount of coloring agent changing between batches.

Regardless, beautiful paintjob on a beautiful model. My only complaint is that the veins clash a bit with the green skin, but the transitions on the wings really ties the pink in nicely.

EDIT: Also, it's PVC gorramit, not "restic."

I don't know if this is a new thing, or not, its the first gargantuan I've ever painted, or seen. the veins are slightly more pastel in real life, the camera really made them look neon unfortunately. The combination of parts was just baffling to me. Sorry PVC, either way its a prick to work with

Cheers