Imperial Knights - Cerastus Twins in manufactorum pt14. TO DONE! 🔴

Afternoon #Warhammer Community I've been #PaintingWarhammer on the Cerastus Knights. And they are TO DONE! After almost exactly 2 year's since my first post on them they are finally built and painted.

A bit of a jump from the last post. All the weathering and battle damage was added, plus any glow FX and lenses.

The only issue being that the AP Hydra Turquoise paint had a tendency to 'split' when watered down - leaving a strange white halo in places. 

Or, it would leave just an odd dark green, almost contrast style stain that didn't look like blessed verdigris🗽at all. So I had to keep an eye on it and try and fix it when it went awry.

I also added Nihilakh Oxide in some areas to add some depth. Odd considering I was trying to avoid the white pits that randomly were showing up. But we got there in the end. 

Although I added a lot of battle damage, much more than the Lancer I think I was able to keep the damage consistent. I know the Lancer has some beautiful scratches on, but some are far too chunky [on the knees and carapace].

But I think I got the right amount and scale - obviously the Reaper Chainfist will be VERY battered, due to its nature. But everything else just feels enough.

And so I begrudgingly get the first  Great Big Amber Stamp of Approval . No, I'm not overly happy about it. The  Season of Amber  starts straight out of the gate with 20 hobby points when >5% was done in the new season. I actually think I finished both knights on the 28th! But there's no right answer here and honestly who cares?

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Obviously a big jump here too, but moreso because of the Castigator Tempest Blade. 

I decided to try and create some lightning across the blade through a mix of bent wire, florist wire and heat extruded plastic. Plus a bit of painted lightning on the blade. It was a bit of a mess in places, when I was making it, but my first attempt and the finished result passed m

I'd got some advice from Liam about which colour to go for and used AI to help visualise it.

And I actually think it worked out pretty close. It can't have the full glow effect and it might not have enough lighter blue in places. But to fix it I'm worried I'll make it worse and I'd rather move on to other projects.

I can try again next time.

I also added my 3 Genestealer to the base which were completed exactly a year ago as part of the Season of Wood! I know they're going to end up being a nightmare getting in the way or snapped off but it's a display piece more than anything else.

Really pleased these are both done now. Although this one is rather heavy, thanks to the resin base.

Earlier I even put them next to my Lancer, a Questoris and an Armiger to see a sense of scale. Working on them alone completely distorts you perspective and when you see them next to the Questoris the look huge. Just goes to show what I sacrificed with the 'braced' pose for the Lancer. Glad I finally got showcase the extra height on these two.

And so we have the second  Great Big Amber Stamp of Approval , another model, and another 20 points for the season.

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Imperial Knights - Cerastus Twins in manufactorum pt13. Decals...

Afternoon #Warhammer Community I've been #PaintingWarhammer on the Cerastus Knights. It's time to DECAL!

I both love and loathe adding decals. Although I am a fan of freehand work, such as my attempts are, decals add so much extra detail.

I love how much character they add and it can be so cool when you make these decisions based on the random collection of transfers you've been hoarding for years. It's like finally finding a purpose for that piece of wood that's been in the garage for a decade [or two].

Creating character out of nothing but a disparate collection is awesome. But, it takes so long to do. The decals are so fiddly and can often roll up on themselves.

Decaling took me 3 nights! That's longer than highlighting the red took! But I did get to add some of my Mighty Brush Gothic Script transfers too.

I did not have enough of these large white cog decals. They were supposed to be on back of the shoulder panels.

So, I had to come up with an alternative and did a cog pattern, similar to my 'recent' Armiger. Actually a really cool outcome, although very fiddly cutting up some of the cogs to fit.

I had asked Liam if he had some spare, but I must have already tapped him for them. He did however have a couple of Dominus decal sheets that came with yellow cogs!

So I did the same sort of thing on the tempest blade armour. And with some space at the top of the shoulder armour I had room to put some of my home made Dark Angel's decal to use. Handy, because it does say 'By cry of Raven we are drawn'. 😎

And the Acheron too. I got to use the biggest full Raven heraldry badge on the tilting shield.

Even though that's from the Questoris kit, I felt it should have one. And some random kill badges it hasn't earned yet. Whereas, I left the Castigator's shield blank at the top to add purity seals when it makes a kill.

I really wanted to add some red hazard decals on the promethium tanks.

I was utterly convinced it needed them, but I was just running out of patience at this stage and I hadn't gloss varnished them - so it's a risk getting a decal halo

The Questoris should cog strip managed to fit on the Acheron shoulder.

And more of my Dark Angel transfer was cut up. But the film behaves more like cling film than acetate. So this was a miracle to achieve this and took so many goes and re-floating in water to lay out the film before trying again.

I considered a black cog on the chevron shin but went just with the makers mark.

And 'hid' the forgeworld origin in his chestplate chevron.

As I was short another white cog I used one of the winged cog Dominus honour decals that Liam provided. I thought this would be cool. While the right shoulder was provided for, but I added the red eye and scuzzied up the white so it didn't look like a decal.

The knee pad got the heraldry treatment I've used on the Armigers and Adeptus Titanicus. A Legio Gryphonicus badge, Titan Legion symbol, chevron with a Greek symbol for some unknown arcane reason, plus the Dark Angels chapter badge - to show it's affiliations. Throw in the litanies on the back of the banner so any foot troops can be suitably inspired following in its wake.

And this, is the discarded transfer paper!