Sunday, March 29, 2020

Captain Tycho - Part I

Phantom of the Golden Opera.
The next model in the finecast collection is Captain Erasmus Tycho. I decided to paint him pre-Death Company, for no other reason than I felt like it.

There was no airbrushing on this model. I considered it, but ultimately decided that I would do the armour the same as the Sanguinary Guard, and the highlighting metallics have no matching Air range. I'll save airbrushed golden armour for the Custodes.

Not a whole lot that hasn't been covered before, other than the hair. I wanted grey hair; not the white like with Mephiston, and not normal Blood Angel blonde, but grey as a nod to the ongoing trauma that Tycho suffers from the Weirdboy attack. Very simple in this case:
  • Grey Seer over the entire hair.
  • Black Templar (Contrast) over the entire hair.
  • Grey Seer, thinned, to highlight some raised areas.
That's it. Don't see the need to do anything more, just rather let the sculpt show itself off.

The eye was a massive pain to paint. I did that before any other part of the face fortunately. Once done, I just had to be careful not to accidentally cover it. Again I used something other than white for the, uh, "whites" of the eye. In this case I had Grey Seer at hand, and so used that. It really works better than using something like White Scar. The mask eye was much easier, and though not yet finished, it's basically a red lens.

The loincloth I painted white first, and then remembered I should have started with more of a brown. Oh well. Seraphim Sepia and Agrax Earthshade to the rescue, and next I'll just rummage around with whatever I feel like to try bring it back to a cloth appearance.

About the armour in general, that will actually be highlighted last. The varnish spray dulls metallics, and so I would have to either repaint it, or rely on 'Ardcoat. That latter doesn't quite give the same effect, so the former it is - and though it won't be protected by the varnish, it's also much easier to fix later on.

-- silly painter.

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