XVIII Legion - Salamanders WIP #2

Fire it up.

Work progresses on the Salamander marine. Glowing red eyes are the theme of the day. There were originally yellow dots for lens reflections, but it was a bit too yellow, so a bit of Bloodletter glaze fixed that up. The glaze was also applied around the edges for the glow effect - it's not quite as I wanted, but I'm not sure how to improve upon it just yet.

Owing to the contrast of red and green, the eyes really are the focal point of the whole model. The idea of a reflection really does make it seem like the crazed eyes of a dragon attempting to burn what they see through pure thought - so it kind of fits.

The base was done by first applying Khorne Red, then highlighting up "veins" of fire through brighter reds, orange, yellow, and finally very thin lines of white. I won't go into more detail - there's plenty out there on the 'net for such things - but there are a couple of extras done. Once the base colour was complete (including some Nuln Oil to darken between the "veins"), a watered down layer of PVA glue was applied. I had read that this would increase the size of cracks later (which, as it turns out, worked rather well). A generous coat of Martian Ironearth was applied over the whole area and left to dry. As can be seen, the cracks are large and the paint underneath can be easily seen.
I didn't cover the Martian Ironearth with black while it was drying, so I must now darken everything (with Nuln Oil) by hand. Quite a tedious task, and a mistake I won't make in the future.

-- silly painter.