Monday 20 May 2019

Terrain is everything - Sanctum Imperialis - Slow but grimy

This is becoming somewhat of a saga now. I've got all the stains to do and the shading but staining all these rivets is incredibly tedious and despite it solving my issues with the verdigris my motivation is through the floor - I think I need to do a separate 'where's my head @' post to get that all off my chest/mind


But I persevered and used my Vallejo Sepia wash and as you can see on the left, where I thinned it the wash split exactly like Seraphim Sepia. However, I was washing it again with black so I was not disheartened, in fact the result is great.


I did a fair few panels before I stopped thinning it with water, it's a bit harder to work it into the crevices without but I eventually learned my lesson.


There are a lot of rivets and areas that needed shading.


But the sepia followed by Army Painter Dark Tone managed to bring it all back down to an acceptable level.


The big ruin was a daunting prospect though and it took a fair bit of motivation to tackle all those rivets.


Question: do I paint the scrolls either side of the door like paper, or leave them as carved stone relief?


I desperately want this done, the left hand side needs all the Sepia and black which means there are only fine deatailing to do - wires, rebar, glass FX, buttons and varnishes. It's very close but very much hard work to push it over the line. Just found out this needs to be complete for Friday, as it's the last May weekend and the 'large model' category is due for this month. I had thought it was the next weekend but that's 1st of June. So I need to crack on now!

8 comments:

  1. What's your mailing address? I need to send you my unpainted terrain so you can paint it all for me...

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    1. You see how long this has taken me right? You'd never see it back ;)

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  2. That looks spectacular! The extra effort is 100% worth the final result!

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    1. Thanks, it's still not quite what I wanted, either in what I chose to do or what I chose not to do but I'm satisfied I've done enough. I don't dislike it at least!

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  3. Really paying off there. Love the bright style you have going.

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    1. Cheers Rory, it is indeed bright and fits my high-contrast style. I saw some earlier pics and do miss that simpler grimdark approach but I had to explore what was in my head and it's alright.

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  4. Coming along very nicely! You have way more patience for these kits than I do. A quick drybrush and a few details picked out are more than enough for me.

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    1. Well I was compelled to complete the vision of what I wanted. Patience is part of it but I took some time away from it just to feel the need to come back and get it done. I do wish I could have just left it at some of those earlier points but I just can't.

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