Blood Angel Intercessor (again)

Told apart from his twin by looking another way.

Another Intercessor from the Dark Imperium boxed set. Still another three in the squad to go, but I'm definitely getting faster at having these guys painted. The practice on this model was just to use some more airbrush.

I've been having some trouble with getting a bright enough red out of the airbrush right now. Seemingly the air reds are a little thinner, and so might take a couple of coats to show through. In this case it was the usual:

• Mephiston Red / Dryad Bark (1:1)
• Mephiston Red
• Evil Sunz Scarlet

Some sharper edge highlighting has been skipped on this model, now that I look back at it. I've been reserving that for special characters and trying to keep everything to a table-top standard, though I think just a little extra Evil Sunz Scarlet in this case would have been useful on the arm. The helmet has received the bulk of brush highlighting, seeing as that would be the natural focus of the model.

Next time I might try a more prominent base coat of Mephiston Red to start with (still have an old spray can of that stuff), darken it in shaded areas with the 1:1 mix, fix again with a thin Mephiston Red, and then finally Evil Sunz Scarlet. I'm hoping for a less desaturated red result. So that's for the next Intercessor, which owing to the holiday season means it won't be for another 4 - 6 weeks.

Still, it has been fun "speed" painting (for me at least) one at a time. It gives me a chance to get airbrush practice in more frequently, and has been a real boost to motivation.

-- silly painter.