Stormcast Eternal Liberators

Hammer hammer hammer hammer hammer...time!

Before anything else, ignore the join lines! These models were an exercise in relative speed painting, and the first group to receive airbrush attention. The painting standard was therefore intended to be less than perfect - I quite expected to make a few mistakes.

For the first time using an airbrush however, quite a bit was learned. Airbrushes do not work the same as a normal brush, and the same techniques cannot be applied. I wanted to see if highlighting could work; it can, but is necessarily different. Point of source lighting, or colour transitions across large areas, that sort of thing seem to be best suited: anything that doesn't require the fine control that a good brush affords. The speed of painting though is very much faster. Stay tuned for more airbrush soon....

Overall, the colour scheme for the Liberators made them fairly quick to paint as well. Lots of gold trimming, made easy with the gloss shades. Stock standard approach: Retributor Armour, Reikland Fleshshade (gloss), Liberator Gold. The only interesting part was the "clouds" on the bottom. Purely drybrushed approach this time of whatever was on hand: I believe it was Mechanicus Standard Grey, some Dawnstone (dry paint), just dabbed on with a drybrush. It's not a bad effect, and certainly quick, though it doesn't give as much depth as the original.


It's probably the most tabletop standard I can do. Acceptable for mass painting though, so i'll keep them as references for that.

-- silly painter