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Hello and welcome to this blog charting my progress painting the Gorgon, Ferrus Manus.

I hope to litter this with useful information for those who will be attempting to build and paint their own miniature.

All feedback and comments are welcome. Hope to update soon.

Myles

Lil'Legend Studio
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I see what you did with the lack of a head

Looking forward to see where you go with this, as your work is always great and this is an amazing model.

Can't wait to see how you tackle the skin to metal transition on the arms.

Ferrus Manus day 1

Step one




Step 1 - The Zenithal base coat.
This stages helps build contrast and also helps me plot highlighting and shading points. This stage also helps me visualise the end result. The head was undercoated grey first and given a zenithal blast of white directly from above.


Step two





Stage 2; Airbrush

I use a cool grey mixing black white and purple with a touch of turquoise for the first thin layer which covers the black armour. I add a little more white and turqoise to highlight and then shade the armour with pure black mixed with a little black ink. I yo-yo between these stages until the undercoat layer has vanished and the armour is smooth.

I spray the base with the same grey as the armour but do not add the black shading. The dead Iron Hand undergoes the same treatment as his father primarch. The Emperor's Children are given a pre shade of dark blue, a mid tone of reaper master series clear purple and warlock purple for the contrast on the highest points of the armour.

The head is sprayed with a redish brown underneath and lighter, cooler shades of skin until I am practically spraying pure white straight down at his face.

Step three




Step 3: The rest...

This stage is brutally short and needs expansion.

The armour was shaded with black, washed with turquoise and re-highlighted with white to sharpen the details.

The bronze was created by mixing VMC Air bronze and copper. This was then juiced with Tamiya clear yellow, red and green (to create a warm, murky brown - mis in more green for deeper shadows). The silver was VMC Air black (metallic), VMC air gun and chrome mised and blended together. This was washed with nuln oil and re-highlighted with chrome. Looking at the pictures I think the arms could benefit from a few more layers of Chrome to lighten them.

The face was given a wash of tallarn flesh and VMC skin wash ink. I applied shadows by mixing brown with blue (increase the blue for the deeper shadows). I used Tallarn Flesh and VMC Glacier Blue to highlight the skin. I gave Ferrus a smattering of white on the side of his head. Despite the super regenerative capabilities of a Primarch on the celluar level rendering them all but immune their hair from turning white, I thought he would look quite distinguished with a smattering of salt and pepper side hair.


That's your lot for tonight. Any feedback will be hungrily received.

Myles


Lil'Legend Studio (more photos are here)
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Looking great. I can't tell from the pics, are you going with the metal/flesh transition for the arms, or just metal?

Whoa! the head looks awesome, looking forward to more!

Holy crap that's fast and looking freaking amazing! This makes me want to get Ferrus even though I dont play IH!

GORGEOUS. getting my paper n pen to take notes. ok im ready. go on....

Watching with bated breath...

All that in 2 days? Holy gak!

Paradigm wrote:Looking great. I can't tell from the pics, are you going with the metal/flesh transition for the arms, or just metal?

No, as much as I love the paint job I always imagined the silver to reach all the way up to the shoulder.

Krellnus wrote:All that in 2 days? Holy gak!

that was day 1, ready for day 2?



The Gorgon, Ferrus Manus, Martyred Father of the X legion, Iron Hands








Preview pic



This was a beautiful model to paint. The final photos for the Iron Hands Legion Primarch, Ferrus Manus. This is my first Primarch project and i'm relieved to have one under my belt. I own Angron and Fulgrim but indecision has forced me to put off the projects to later dates. Still wrapped up in the enthusiasm of Games Day I broke the seal and put primer to resin before I could let doubts settle.

I've written up a reflection on the piece for the blog. I hope you enjoy the pictures and any feedback would be warmly received (unless your a dick about it...)

Ferrus Manus X
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Myles