So, First unit of wolves finished, 8 Grey Hunters & Rhino.
First time in nearly 8 years I think I've got a fully painted infantry unit for the puppies, its about bloody time. Been fun tinkering about with oils & stuff though, tried to get a bit 'historical military modeller' about the whole project & I've enjoyed that.
I've put a kind of step by step below if anyone's interested and of course all the photos are available here >>>>>>
http://www.taleoftwogamers.com/taleoftwogamers/Photos.html <<<<<<
On the Rhino:
The main armour was all airbrushed with Tamiya acrylics in a few quick steps.
1) Entire Model sprayed with Tamiya XF-18 Medium Blue (effectively shadow grey)
2) All panel lines Sprayed over with XF-1 Flat Black to add pre-shading.
3) Entire Model Lightly oversprayed with progressively lighter mixes of XF-18 & XF-23 Light Blue (Spacewolf grey*ish*)
4) All the rivets and surface textures were then dotted with Mig Productions 'Abteilung-Light Rust' Oil paint which was feathered out with a clean brush & some turps, a few bits got a couple of goes at this to make them all a bit different.
5) Top hatch was sprayed XF-1 Flat Black then the dags were masked off with tape & the rest was sprayed XF-7 Flat Red
6) A thin sand coloured wash was mixed up from the Following oil paints
Yellow Ochre Pale
Raw Umber Light
Titanium White
This was pretty much put everywhere on the side panels & front plate, every time I needed more I mixed it a tiny bit different to make it that bit more random.
7) Once all that was dry the lower edges were liberally plastered in Tamiya 'Grit Effect Light Sand Diorama Texture Paint' (Longest name Ever!) Details picked out etc etc & thats about it!
On the Marines:
Steps 1-4 were the same as the Rhino.
5) Armour Creases & piping painted in Burnt Umber Oil Paint
6) Shoulder Pauldrons Painted Vallejo Black
7) Eye Lenses Painted Vallejo Emerald
8) Weapons Painted in Vallejo Gunmetal Metal then washed with thinned Tamiya X-19 Smoke
9) Dry Weapons dulled with Davy's Gray oil paint
10) Gold sections painted in Vallejo Bronze & then washed & dulled exactly like stages 8&9
11) Dags blocked in XF-7 Flat Red
then to finish them off repeat stages 6&7 from the Rhino blurb above!
Done!
Object lit Eyes:-
Viridian Hue & titanium White Oil paints simply & quickly blended with a clean turps damp brush, SO MUCH EASIER than with acrylics.
