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| "I am their doom." |
Next on the list of models started long ago but not yet finished is the Furioso Dreadnought. There hasn't been a whole lot new on the legs and torso, so instead this will focus on the arms.
Even then there isn't much to really say. I'm painting the arms. I'm also trying to figure the best way for at least the right arm to be removable and a frag cannon used (the alternate arm that I'm also painting up). It will no doubt involve magnets, but the arms are hollow and I need to figure out the best way to secure them. Unless I simply stick with using the push-fit nature of the arm connectors to hold everything and not worry about ease of swapping things out. Much thought to be had.
Most of the metallics on the arms are so far:
- Doom Metal
- Iron Warriors
- Iron Hands
I think this works better than simply sticking to a wash for definition, but the blending can be hit & miss. I'll keep at it. Still undecided on what I'll do after varnishing - re-highlight with Iron Hands, or edge highlights with Ironbreaker.
The melta gun received the same yellow and white treatment prior to Blood Angels Red as was used on the boarding actions terrain. I was curious how it might look in a different setting - if it might look like the glow of a heat based weapon, or just like a bit of warning light. While I'm not sure I achieved the hot glow effect (a little more white in the middle perhaps - or yellow), it does look nice either way. Not that it makes sense for such a glow to be coming from the sides of the barrel. On the notes of barrels of meltaguns, flamers, and heat weapons: very thin layers (almost glazing) of any bronze or brass metallic separates them from grey metals while still leaning into the bronze/brass look I give fuel canisters for such weapons. Never underestimate glazing with metallics - it's surprisingly more useful that one might think.
I made a very small blue gemstone on the right arm to break the monotony of red everywhere. It's just a little visual interest. The surrounding ones I suppose I should do purple - but there still remains some others that I'll be painting up as red (again notably on the right arm).
Some of the cabling is Incubi Darkness with Black Templar over the top, using water on the brush to thin it ever so slightly and settle further off raised edges. Another way of giving subtle rubberised colour to "black" cables.
Some smaller details remain, the base needs a little more work (even if it's just a wash between stones), and then the varnish stage. How quickly I get it done depends on other matters, but I'm hoping it won't be too long before this dreadnought joins his brothers in the fight.
-- silly painter.
