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Thursday 5 May 2022

Terrain is everything - Sector Imperialis Administratum - Blessed Verdigris

Afternoon #WarHamFam and #WarhammerCommunity I've been #PaintingWarhammer on my Sector Imperialis Administratum. It's that time where I've done all the brassy bronze and I'm starting to add the Army Painter Hawk Turquoise liberally on the outside and sparingly on the inside. I fully appreciate the garishness of this may not be everyone's cup of tea, and if I'm honest despite my love for Blessed Verdigris, I still have my own doubts.


But I get to explore the slightly more reserved option inside. I'm really pleased with this as the brassy bronze works so well and with just the floor cream/bone and weathered with Burnt Umber Art Acrylic the result is pretty impressive.


There will be additional turquoise highlights on the extreme verdigris to add more layers of weathering. I did have to decide where to apply the 'pooling' - the area that the verdigris will collect in mostly. In my observations I'm not 100% sure if it's predominantly at the top or bottom and I've seen some examples where the patina suddenly stops, with no apparent reason why some bits weather and some bits don't. Anyway, I chose to pool at the bottom [except on the window frames], and immediately thought it should have been the top. Ironically, this prompted a memory of the last time I did this and I think I pooled at the top and promptly thought that was wrong! Like I say, I'm not sure there's a right answer for this.


Regardless of whether it's right or wrong this is quite the milestone. There's still a lot to do but the interior bronze weathering is complete so each highlight on the exterior will be quicker. I've then got to do the weathering on all the exposed steelwork and add details - like cable colours, lights, switches and dials.


There is some small clean-up work on the Vermillion walls too, but I'm definitely over the hump now. A week or two's work left including varnishing. I've not been super focussed on the hobby recently and to get this close to finishing something is really rewarding. I've got the White Dwarf Hobby Bingo card, although it has terrain as a task I'm covered with that for Munitorum Containers. Unfortunately I don't have any Lord of Wars, but I think this is easily a match in size and effort for one of those behemoth's when it's complete.

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  1. I think what you have there is coming out fantastic. One doesn't have to look far around the world to see there are near limitless choices for painting various buildings - and the Imperium is vast...

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    1. Absolutely right, quite often I remind myself that although having everything colour coordinated and subtle as a background for the more important miniatures the real world is garish, does clash and isn't always designed to one aesthetic.

      Additionally, I don't know how to paint any other way! Ha, ha.

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  2. Ahh, the blessed verdigris :-) This looks more blue than the effect I usually go for. I like the garishness :-)

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    1. My pics might be a little misleading, the blue is in fact a bit yellower. I'm adding highlights though so it will be toned down anyway. I saw the St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Sofia on TV the other day - the verdigris is something else, particular those that are also stained brown/sepia. Interesting, and again shows the variety in how it weathers.

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