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Hi All,

I recently picked up the super-cool DreamForge Games Leviathan Mortis model. This model is just that awesome that I couldn't resist taking a few happy snaps as I paint it up.

After base coating the whole thing in GW Chaos Black spray, I did a coat of The Army Painter 'Platemail Metal' Primer. This is the first time I've ever used an Army Painter Primer and I'm completely amazed at how smooth the finish was:


With no idea how I wanted to paint it, I started to follow the box art and started to apply colour around the model:


Still can't get over how amazingly well sculpted that skull-face is:


After that was all done, I took to the silver parts with a pot of Tamiya 'Smoke' ink:


The skull got a wash of the old GW 'Gryphonne Sepia' wash to give it a more boney look:


And of course, the two most amazing parts of the model got some TLC applied to them too:



Still got a bit of a way to go before it's finished, but any C&C is most welcome.

Cheers!

Needs more skulls lol

Maybe bit more colour, metal looks good but its missing somthing

It's looking good man! Any idea what you are going to use it for? I have a Crusader and Mortis that I use as knight titans with my CSM army and I absolutely love them!

Looking good so far man!

jhe90 wrote:
Needs more skulls lol

Maybe bit more colour, metal looks good but its missing somthing

It needs highlighting or dry rushing for a greater amount of deviation and constrast.

Looking at that, I need to get some smoke spray. Instant weathering and shading in one. Very cool looking model.

Looks good, that's a nice, easy technique you have picked up. Makes it look like you have spent more time on it than you probably have.

However, edge highlighting the metal with a lighter shade will add considerably, as will going over the pistons in a lighter shade and adding some highlight to that.

Different metals have different 'lustre', meaning they look brighter or dimmer. Different surface treatments also affect the lustre of a metal. For instance, Stainless Steel looks more like chrome than Brushed Steel due to the surface treatment, and Chrome is brighter than Silver.

You can also add a light ring of Gryphonne Sepia close to the furthest away end of the piston to get a mark at the end of the piston's travel from the very thin sheen of oil left there.

 Paradigm wrote:
Looking at that, I need to get some smoke spray. Instant weathering and shading in one. Very cool looking model.

Tamiya doesn't do a spray version of smoke

 sing your life wrote:

 Paradigm wrote:
Looking at that, I need to get some smoke spray. Instant weathering and shading in one. Very cool looking model.

Tamiya doesn't do a spray version of smoke

Oh, it was an ink, I thought it was airbrushed. I still need some, though.