201069:24
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Beast 09 at 2/3
So, I've obviously failed a bit in my optimistic goal to update daily, but whatever. My job at the courthouse keeps me plenty busy, and the extra time I have ontop of that has been mostly spent with my fiance, but in my spare moments I've been working on painting up Beast 09 to a reasonable level. I'd say he's about 2/3 done at the moment.
Painting such a large area in such bright colors is a giant pain in the ass, because my usual washes don't work very well on it - they tend to pool and leave weird drying stains. I've slowly been hammering away at it, though. It looks a little... maybe messy is the word? But I'm not particularly unhappy with how he's coming.
Things still to do:
- Finish the ice effect on the axe.
- Pick out and highlight some of the metallics
- Pick out all of the rivets with metallics
- Try and paint a proper furnace effect in the head visor and slits on the torso
- Add the glowing effect to the glyphs over the head and groin plate.
And probably some other stuff I can't remember at the moment. This is all without having touched the base yet, which should be pretty straightforward in terms of painting.
Onwards!
June 9th, 2010
June 7th, 2010
That’s looking fantastic dude. I love the colour scheme. I think it might look a little messy because the highlights are fairly subtle. Maybe another fine edge highlight?
Also with the washes, I found a couple of drops of water goes a long way, vallejo matte medium is great for it too and works a fair bit better than water.
I love it though and am totally envious of your converting skillz.
June 7th, 2010
two thumbs up