Thursday 26 November 2015

Pre-Heresy Iron Hands: Ferrus Manus WIP



Hello everyone,

I'm back with another work in progress post for Ferrus Manus! I decided to squeeze this post in after a few of you asked about how I painted Ferrus's arms. It was actually the most enjoyable part of the model I have painted so far as it was a bit of a step into the unknown for me. Unfortunately I have been quite focused on getting this model right so I couldn't break concentration to do a step by step painting guide, but I will talk you through how I painted his arms.

To start with I will just list the paints I used below:

- Chaos Black Spray
- Runefang Steel
- Nuln Oil Wash
- Guilliman Blue Glaze
- Rhinox Hide
- Rakarth Flesh
- Reikland Fleshshade

So this is the first picture although due to how shiny his arms are I couldn't get a brilliant shot. I began by applying the Runefang Steel on to the base coat of Chaos Black in multiple thin layers so no black was remaining on the lower parts of the arms.




I then used Rakarth Flesh in multiple thin layers over the black on the upper parts of his arms. I wanted to paint most of the arms silver so it would be the most eye catching part of the model, although I did leave enough skin so it is possible to see where the change occurs. It is at this point I also painted the straps on his gauntlets with Rhinox Hide.




I should also mention that where the Runefang Steel and Rakarth Flesh meet on the arms, I did not make the edges uniform. I did this so it is possible to see where the metal and skin are almost blending together. Next I washed the silver parts of the arm and the straps with a light wash of Nuln Oil. There should still however be enough wash applied so you can make out the arms muscle definition. I also applied a light wash of Reikland Fleshshade over the Rakarth Flesh.




It was important to ensure the two washes were very light around where the silver and skin meet. Next I applied a layer of Rakarth Flesh over the muscles of the upper arm leaving the Reikland Fleshshade in the recesses. I then used the Guilliman Blue Glaze as a light wash over the silver parts of the arms. I made sure I only applied it lightly around where the silver and skin meet so it enhances the blending effect where the two colours meet, again try not to make it too uniform so it looks quite natural.




The final steps were to highlight the silver part of the arm, over the fingers, hands and muscles to keep the arms from looking too blue. I was worried about applying too much of the glaze, but I do really love how it has came out. It should still look predominantly bright silver but with a blueish hue to it. 

I particularly like the blue because I think it makes the metal look alien and like its almost fighting with Ferrus's body to gradually creep up his arms turning his skin blue and then to silver. Obviously if you would prefer his arms to be more silver then just apply less glaze :).

So I hope you all like it! please feel free to ask any questions below. 

Thanks again for reading!


Aveinus Kaane




24 comments:

  1. I really like this and the arms, you have nailed it. The face look great too!

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    1. Thanks for the feedback :). I did feel like I struggled with the face but in the end I was pretty happy with it.

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  2. He looks aweeeeeeeeeeeeesome!

    Love the arms *_*

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    1. Thanks me Lady :) really enjoyed painting them

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  3. Fantastic! Simply stunning mate. You have truly captured the Gorgon.

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    1. Cheers Kaelo, hopefully those arms will do some smiting come next weekend!

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  4. Bomb as ef man.
    That looks great. Just how I pictured him while reading the novels.

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    1. Thanks :), yeah me too! I wanted to try and make the silver look fluid and as realistic as metal arms can look! lol

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    2. Well you did that.
      What's next after him?

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    3. Next up is hopefully going to be a predator squadron, I have one Autocannon & lascannon one finished, one waiting to be built and then I just need to get a predator executioner :)

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    4. Can pre heresy predators take twinlinked Las cannons?

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    5. Can pre heresy predators take twinlinked Las cannons?

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    6. No I don't think so, by that I just mean lascannon sponsons with the Autocannon as the turret based weapon

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  5. Lol. And you were worried about painting him. He looks incredible. Very well done Aveinus. He will look great out on the board on the 5th of December. He doesn't look too far off finished now either!

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    1. Haha thanks alot Drake, I wasn't going to attempt painting him for a while until the 5th was mentioned! Definitely glad I took the plunge. Yeah he just needs some white applying on one of the cogs to match the rest of the legion and then its the Runefang Steel highlight on the armour!

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    2. And the base of course can't forget that! lol

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  6. I started reading this and got to the bit where you say you liked painting the arms. My first reaction was okay each to his own... but only on the top down picture did it occur to me that they bare. Somehow I assumed all primarchs would be fully armoured up. Brilliant the way you have done it.

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    1. lol I guess it does sound pretty odd without seeing the pictures! Who needs armour anyway when you have metal arms :P thanks for the feedback!

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  7. Great work and well done. It's always good to push yourself with something a little different

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  8. Thanks Dave! Adding some blue was a great suggestion

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  9. I was only passing on what is seen done by forge world so I can take little credit. It's really worked tho. Again, great job

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