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TRI - PALATINATE will be a feudal theocratic order.
Loosely inspired by a 40k

Kits acquired from (Irene^_^) store at the AliExpress.









Got 9 orgyn-style armored brutes. Kit comes with many weapon options.



Decided to mold/cast the bodies to save the arm bits.




Casting using (SilCast II) inspiered by

33 are almost ready.
I am very happy with how these turned out, because my casting experience is Lvl - noob.
Big Brain move was to cast these with the bases, big win for me.



Cleaning up the bases flat.

Two 5-man squads done

looking great! Seems a very interesting project you got going.

Thanks and I hope it will be when finished.
Ready for priming.



Bodies primed.

Progress.

Wasted time learning that metal rattle can is too hot for primer and have to go over naked plastic.

White primer was a BIG mistake.
Some times metal looks cool, other times there is no contrast, hope I can figure out how to fix it.

Need few bases, have lots of popsicle sticks.

Working on the bases.



Twig Time



Chalk dusting

Are you using an acrylic or an oil based primer? Generally oil based spray paints hate going over acrylic primers.
If you want the silver to look shinier a glossy primer can help. I personally have never had any luck getting under colors to show through with rattle cans.
They put out too much paint. Duplicolor auto paints do make spray cans with good spray tips that might give a fine enough spray for under colors to show through.
Otherwise, it's time for an artist's spray gun.

Acrylic.
But it should not matter, because metallic rattle can is not an oil based paint, it is a solvent-based.
Gesso is an acrylic based primer for oil classical paintings and not the other way for a reason, acrylic over oil will flake off over the years. Less important for miniatures because the amount of paint is so thin that I don't think it would matter. Still, I would hesitate using acrylic over oil.

I did end up putting 2 coats of gloss varnish before the metallic, that is a good tip
Especially for 3D prints, the tiny micro layers dull the shine and the varnish smooths out the surface.
Unfortunately I forgot to do that for the arms/helms, and so had to drybrush silver afterwards.

There is red under-color showing through a bit, not because of the coverage but of the Zenithal application of the metallic from the top and sides.
Thanks for the Duplicolor tip, I will check them out

2 more steps left. Enamel silver to highlight the metal, and oil-raw-umber-pin-wash