My inspiration by him was something he wanted to reward and so he sent me this resin cast of one of his barricade as well as a couple of his original sculpts. I revered these items, but the cast felt like it should be more. It wasn't enough to remain in the slightly dodgy black primer it was languishing it. It deserved to be taken into the Hive Fleet and become part of my own army. I mentioned this to Mr Pink and he was perfectly happy to take it further, it was mine to do with as I wished.
It took a while to both build the confidence to do this and find a spot, but with the Halflings done why not just throw in some Tyranid. So I'd added sand to the base, to match my army and then primed it Red Oxide... That's when I discovered the original Black Primer was even worse than it's finish portrayed. I don't know it was an enamel primer, but it reacted badly with the Halfords primer and blistered and puckered like fingers that had been in the bath too long.
This quick side project was rapidly deteriorating. So I swiftly decided to strip the worst of the effected areas with acetone free nail varnish remover and then primed it again as you see here. I then Red Planet BASEd the edges.
Bahama Blue Craft Acrylic on the chitin plates, you can see it's still wet!
Bonewhite on the inside and I picked out some of the guitar wire ripping in Khorne Red.
A sepia wash, followed by an Army Painter Strong Tone Wash to give the blue depth.
And on the inside too. I think this was just an evening's work and I'm already onto highlights - good progress.
Here's my Great Big Big Build Base BLESSED VERDIGRIS Stamp of Approval.
Mr Pink is good people and you have done well with those.
ReplyDeleteHe really is, such an unexpected surprise and I'm glad I could finally do them justice.
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