Showing posts with label container. Show all posts
Showing posts with label container. Show all posts

Friday 17 February 2023

Terrain is everything - Munitorum containers - all change

Afternoon #WarHamFam and #WarhammerCommunity I've been #PaintingWarhammer on my Munitorum Containers. When last you saw I had containers in red/bone, yellow/black and teal/red with my 4th [the top one] still in it's red primer stage, plus lots of under-weathering. The plan was to do it white/orange to fit with my Genestealer Cult. However, I had not plucked up enough courage to cover all that weathering.

3 warhammer 40k Munitroum Containers surrounded by DeathGuard and Poxwalkers

Until now that is! I know, it's a big jump but not taking pictures was the only way to get through this period, although I admit now I come to document it, it's incredibly frustrating not having the interim steps.

Warhammer 40k munitorum container

This is almost complete, and the teal/red was much improved too, enough for me to display in my Armies On Parade unfinished - no one but me would notice.

Warhammer 40k munitorum container

Sadly I don't have any other interim pics, but on the plus side the next set of pics are TO DONE! ones which are always cool.


Tuesday 4 October 2022

Terrain is everything - Munitorum containers - BIG BUILD TO DONE!

Afternoon #WarHamFam and #WarhammerCommunity I've been #PaintingWarhammer and I know it's #DreadTober but I have a backlog of content and although not a Dread and not the 'dread' I've pledged it is sort of dread sized. Anyway, I hope to get an additional 2 Munitorum Containers finished for #ArmiesOnParade and this is the 4th one I got from the Imperium partworks sale, that also got me the additional Death Guard 


It had been sat unbuilt for quite a while because I wanted to make the doors hinged so they could open and close.


It's a little fiddly but actually very simple. I used fine brass pins in the doors themselves and drilled into the door frame.


I drilled through the bottom of the door and had to try and patch it up with some sprue shaving, superglue and bicarb of soda. Fingers crossed it's strong enough.


Basecoats, this appears much bluer than in real life. It is Hydra Turquoise I think so has a little more green in the colour.

Warhammer 40k munitorum container

These containers can be incredibly frustrating as to get to this stage is relatively quick and easy. Then I get stuck with how next to proceed.

Warhammer 40k munitorum container

I;d originally planned a white stripe down the centre but somehow thought the red looked cool so that arrested any momentum as I had to ponder that change in plan.

Warhammer 40k munitorum container

It would still need washes though, to try and bed that Turquoise into the red oxide undercoat.

Warhammer 40k munitorum container

My sepia wash once again doing it's damnedest to leave deposits in the recesses. Not a problem with loads more washes and rust effects to add but this is much more representative of the actual colour.

Warhammer 40k munitorum container

I'll be trying to keep the red stripe darker than I usually go. It won't get to Vermillion, I have a Mephiston Red that I'll be sticking to.

Warhammer 40k munitorum container

After I do some more highlights and weathering the next issue is big numbers, how and where do I put the big number?

Warhammer 40k munitorum container
However,  I do get a Great Big Big Build RUSTY Stamp of Approval for the build.



Friday 16 September 2022

Terrain is everything - Munitorum containers - TO DONE! [Red & white pics]

Afternoon #WarHamFam and #WarhammerCommunity I've been #PaintingWarhammer and somehow after finishing the Plague Marines with 2 days left of the 2021/22 Hobby Season I decided to finish this red and cream Munitorum Container off. 


It was far from planned but I only needed to do the control panel and varnish so there wasn't really much to do.


And anything to avoid those Ravenwing, right?!


What is annoying is I've since discovered I didn't do a proper TO DONE! for the yellow/black container. I think I treated it as a Minor project and was going to give myself a Major badge when all 3 were completed.


So these pics are the only red TO DONE pics I've taken of it and really they're to showcase the red/cream container.


Still, they both look cool.



And I may as well do the white pics too.


The big number is my favourite bit.








So, definitely here's the last Great Big BLESSED VERDIGRIS Stamp of Approval for the 2021/22 Hobby Season! Now, I've the last of the three containers to do, or have I? 
 


Tuesday 7 December 2021

Manufactorum Container No.2

Afternoon #warmongers and #warhammercommunity I've been #paintingwarhammer Manufactorum Containers. Having varnished the yellow and black container I thought I'd continue with an easy red one.


It's effectively just the same as my Imperial Knights, but also a preparation for more of my building colour scheme.


It's just some Vermillion art acrylic drybushed highlights. Trying to keep out of the corroded areas.


It was very easy but it does make me question adding orange rust in the corroded areas as currently the contrast is working really well and I don't want to muddy things up, so to speak.


I went through some debate with myself on whether the centre stripe would be Stonewall Grey or Bonewhite. 


But you can see I decided to paint the inside Bonewhite. I masked off the outer and used my Army Painter Skeleton Bone spray on the inside. Naturally I wasn't too fussed about getting all the way to the back as it would be darker.


I then thinned down some of my Burnt Umber art acrylic with Lahmian Medium and it mad a great wash. I think it's sufficient not to even require any further highlights inside.


But that decision meant the centre stripe would be bone, to match the inner. 


Burnt Umber splodges and mottling were used to add texture and weathering, I love this paint.


Again, it works really well with the darker rust, so I worry a bit about potentially adding any orange that might dilute the effect so far.


And I added a BIG flippin' number.


Proof , once again, that BIG flippin' numbers make everything cooler.


I had a spare stencil from my own Future Containers which worked OK stippled on and then I neatened it up with the brush, again avoiding some of the rust.


The bone worked so well with the rust I have begun to question whether my white and orange container should be bone and orange.


So at this stage I decided to pause a little bit.


This was to give me time to think things through on how to progress my two remaining containers. In the mean time I looked a bit at some of my other buildings. I'd done a bit on my Sector Imperialis terrain as it was effectively the same colours as here but decided to move my TT combat terrain forward so I can address some of it's remaining colour choices..

Thursday 2 December 2021

Manufactorum Container No.1 Almost TO DONE!

Afternoon #warmongers and #warhammercommunity I've been #paintingwarhammer Manufactorum Containers. Naturally the thing I thought I just fly through has taken a little longer, even with some of the shortcuts I've taken.


But, I've really enjoyed doing it. I applied the Vallejo Rust Model Wash, mixed with Secret Weapon Rust Orange weathering pigments. It got a bit unrealistic in places so I tried toning it down with sepia wash, which worked.


I did forget that ultimately the matt varnish will tone this down even further but this stage is pre-varnish but effectively completed as I wanted to capture it at this 'save point'.


You can see where I've added numbers and how challenging it is to fit round some of the rust and weathering.


Oopsy. Here's where I stuffed up the number 7 stencil and had it too far away from the 2. It is quite annoying but I don't want to go back into it so it'll just have to be imperfect.


Some decals on the centre panel too. I chose to replicate those used on my Hapag Lloyd containers. These were from the old vehicle decal sheet. A quick sepia wash over the top helped them blend in.


However, the skull in the black diamond - it didn't register with me you wouldn't see the black diamond, or that there are skulls embossed in the centre of each panel making the warning symbol somewhat redundant.


It doesn't really matter though, it just adds a little bit more detail and texture to it. The control panel and servo skull got finished off too and all the buttons will get Tamiya Clear once it's varnished. The lights above and below the door will also get a coat.


At some point I'll have to do the Storm Bolters that go on the top but I'm really pleased with weathering. It is far from the recommended process - salt of hairspray technique but I think it works really well and was a lot of fun to play around with.


The more I try the more I'll experiment and maybe one day get even more realistic. This is effectively complete but I add a Great Big BLESSED VERDIGRIS Stamp of Approval when all three are done and varnished. For now I may just take advantage of my Great Big BLESSED VERDIGRIS Minor Stamp of Approval! I don't usually get to use it so any excuse.