Over Christmas I finally found some time to ties everything together assemble and paint what needs to be painted. The only thing left is the loincloth and, I think, I have pretty good idea what I want to do with it. I tried several things on this model that I’ve never attempted before, including some sculpting that is more complicated then filling joints - Look at his helmet, for examples, and the dead CSM – too bad GW now came out with space marine casualties that could be used straight without conversion.
The base was done with very extensive use of MIG pigments and some clever (or so I think) texturing with various acrylic modeling pastes.
The model itself is very limiting. Don’t get me wrong this is great sculpt, perhaps one of my favorite but the way it is sculpted pretty much define how you can paint it. Yes, you can vary colors, in fact I am considering a commission that centers around the idea of “blue fire”, but in the end of the day deep cracks and heavy texturing define the model and you have to work around it trying to satisfy the demands of the sculpture. Anyway, I am quite happy with the results, and I continue touching it up here and there. As usually, comments, suggestions criticism are welcomed and appreciated.
