Blood Angels Furioso Dreadnought - Part II

 

He can always headbutt - and win.

I was motivated to do a little more of the Furioso, so thought it about time to do an update. Some of it has actually been sitting a while and was done alongside the Librarian.

Firstly, the left shin name plate I'm particularly proud of. I didn't change how I paint it at all, but everything came together almost perfectly - it was the shadowed upper area that I noticed early on and leaned into, matching the highlighting elsewhere on the model. I can't really repeat this on every model - the sculpt itself is slightly concave and the painting simply accentuated the depth. Writing on that will certainly be done with a decal.

It's worth noting that this model was the last I had done with the three coats of reds to build up highlights. That's why they're not quite as bright of "punchy" as with the Librarian. I'll need to really sharpen up the edges later.

The sarcophagus will be the next item of focus now that basic torso colours are blocked in. The hope is that once I can make the sarcophagus either complete, or nearly so, then it will start to make the rest of the model look nearly finished, and that will motivate me to carry on more quickly. I fully intend to the follow the box art for basic colours. The arms I'll focus on once the core of the Dreadnought is finished.

The white wings on the torso (and again on the arms actually) is something I think I like, and was incredibly simple to do. Corax White as a base coat, and then a mix of Apothecary White / Basilicanum Grey / Contrast Medium (about 1:1:2) to give definition. Given the already white look, there was no point is trying to highlight anything further and I'm all for the softer shadows in this case. The one downside is that the medium used can dry a bit thick; it's fine as it is, but if I add anything more than paint will start to obscure detail. The intent is to try this same effect on the crossed bones, but given their lack of detail it might not turn out quite as nicely.

The metallics were applied with an airbrush, and poorly at that, but fortunately are dark enough that I can get away with simply highlights later. Metallic paint through an airbrush definitely needs thinning before use, but not too much or it really easily separates and pools weirdly. I do want to try a different approach at some point, which is to drybrush metallics over a black (or very dark) undercoat.

-- silly painter.