Sunday 5 June 2016

Warlord Titan: Bone Garland Progress

 
Hi all.
Here is my progress on my Mars Pattern Warlord Titan. Big steps with lots of new techniques.
 

I assembled the Mars Beta Head unit (glued the lid down as I don't want to do the internal detail at this stage).

I first sprayed the piece with Klear polish (shown wet above) and left it to . I did two thin coats of this.

I then created this muddy oil mix with Indigo, Burnt umber and Raw seinna, as well as a nice dose of white spirits (ends up like thick gravy). Nice and easy to mix together, and you should know when you are happy with it.

 Cover the piece (note this is my first ever attempt at this). Dry with a hair drier until the piece is semi dry (waxy).

 Dry

Then using a flat piece of cotton (old bed linen etc) carefully rub and buff off the the oil to leave a grime and dirt effect just around the rivets (note the Klear protects the paint and transfers).

 leaves dirt and grime in the recesses.

 I sprayed the piece with Klear polish and left to dry. I did two coats of this.


 Covered in oil paint,

I sprayed the piece with Klear polish (shown dry above) and left to dry. I did two coats of this.

 Scary over white!!!

 Here is how the majestic Bone garland look as of now.


Such an effective way of creating detail and definition. It also gives the impression of a War Machine which has walked for decades,




 The white buffed up nicely.

Bone Garland is well on his way to being complete now.
 
Next time Gun shields and Transfers!! Sneak Peak:
 

 
Drake Seta

25 comments:

  1. Great stuff, as ever. Well done Darke, the oil wash thing I am nervous about but it looks effective. Thanks for explaining the process.

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    1. My first attempt! Not lying. So easy and so forgiving.

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  2. Wow, amazing painting, looks good enough to be on Forgeworld. Also looks as big as your house :)

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    1. Cheers DJ. So easy to do to this stage if you look through my whole guide. Funny enough this step was the step I feared most and kept putting it off and putting it off until I had one whole free day and just thought; sod it. Let's do the scary (yet easy and forgiving) stage!!!

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  3. Looking really good, weirdly it's taken seeing bone garland next to a cup to really appreciate the size. As a quick question, is klear the polish and is varnish suitable?

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    1. Hi Ironwolf, thanks for your comment. It is a polish which works incredibly well in everything hobby related.
      Will add a pic of bottle for you now. i think it is best to use Klear over varnish for this type of activity.

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    2. Thanks for that Drake I was having a mental block on the brand name. Really is looking gorgeous now. The blog in general is giving me the push to finish the back log of 40k and dive into the heresy.

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  4. AWESOME!! He is looking really really good! The oil wash looks a lot more straight forward to do that I thought! What was the brush cleaning like?

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    1. Well the brush I used was pretty ok to clean with White Spirits. The Airbrush was ultrasonic cleansed.

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  5. Questions: you assembled him in such a way as to switch out his arms for more options later right? Any plans to get the new arms and head?
    Also: which legion is he going to provide support to in the future?

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    1. Hi Simon. Yup. The arms are supported by a single magnet in each (very easy to do and very very strong). There was a guide to this too earlier in my painting.
      I have already got a Mars Beta and Mars Alpha head. I will be making the banners interchangeable as well as the weapons. This way I can call the Engine 2+ names depending on Loadout. But as standard this is Bone Garland.

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    2. Oh and I totally lucked out. Legio Mortis marched with Death Guard, Vlka Fenryka and Iron Warriors! Now just need that Knight House Morbidia scheme and allies will be mustered!

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    3. Makabuis would work too, the DG indentured them... I suspect they will go all nurgle too!

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  6. Great work mate! The oil washing takes it up a knotch or two in the awesome scale. Currently trending at 14 to of 10!

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    1. Cheers Col. Hope yours is coming on well. Need to have a good Titan Brawl!

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  7. Makes me want to sell my Titan and start over. Wow.

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    1. I know right?? Thankfully I haven't started the Armor on my Warlord..but I don't know if I can do this on my Warhound to make it match x.x

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  8. Awesome! Just awesome job!
    Praise the Godmachine!

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  9. Nice seeing these techniques in action and with super effective results. This looks really smart!

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  10. Thank you for the guide Drake! Very inspiring. Have tasked a friend to bring me two bottles of pledge/clear on his trip next week ✈️ 🍻

    Must say Bone is turning out pretty good. I am almost finished building mine. Doing the base now.

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  11. Hey Drake,

    Sorry to resurrect this so long after it was posted, but I have a couple questions as I would LOVE to use this process for my Legio Mortis Reaver...

    Did you clear coat the model before putting on the Pledge Klear? with Dullcote or something like that?

    It occurs to me that after some handling/use the oil paint would wear off, is it possible to put Matte clear over top of the Pledge Klear? Something like Games Workshop Purity Seal or Army Painter Matte Clear?

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