81. A Road To Glory. Bang Bang Bang Bang. Sisters of Battle Part 19.

  We're keeping this train rolling... think the train from FFVII going around the central pillar in Midgar. Like that.

Anyway, more painting has been done.

Once I'd finished those Lampposts I just picked up the next project on the project tray I had from when I was last painting.

That project was my Sisters of Battle Aegis Defence Line Quad Gun.

If you don't remember what it looked like, you can scroll back through the pages, or click the 'A Road to Glory' label to see all of my Sisters of Battle blog posts

Alternativly, you can just go here - http://theunderhiveh...ll-sisters.html

Anyway.
I just started layering the various colours; Purple, Green, Gold and Bone.

Here is where I'm at;





With a bit more light




Cameras never really pick out highlights very well, that being said it is quite light and subtle.
It still pops a lot more than it used to.

Almost done.
I just wnat to pick out some details, maybe add a couple of highlights, and find the clear plastic bubble screen thing to go on the front.


Another update down!
Next stop = ?

Until then

-DH-

76. A Road to Hiding Behind a Wall. Sisters of Battle Part 18.

So much for faith is our shield...

Welcome back to the Underhive!

I've been getting a couple of positive comments on my Aegis Defence Line, so I thought I'd carry on with that during this crazy painting spree I'm on.

That and I really like my Quad Gun!


If I'm honest here, I would have liked to have made more progress with this.
The reason I haven't? Scrubs.

Serious. Since my post 10 days ago I have re-watched  every season of scrubs.
Including the 'med school' spin off.

No comment.


On to painting huh?
I completed the wash and progressive drybrushing stage of the Aegis defence line





While I was doing this I cracked on with the marble tiles on the base of the Quad gun





I also started the gold icons too, because; why not?





The wall / tile mix is almost identical;
Denheb stone > Drybrush Karak & Screaming Skull > Add Ceramite white > progressively more white.
The only difference is that the wash on the wall is a brown one after the first stage,
The tile's wash on the other hand is a sepia wash before the last couple of layers.

The gold is just Vallejo Liquid Copper with a couple of washes of Army Painter Strong Tone.
It needs some layers and highlights to make it a bit more gold.
I like my gold beaten and dirty though, so it wont be too bright when it is done.

Here is a picture of the both together with some better lighting



In between layers drying I worked on the turret a little



I'm liking how this is turning out.
The Purple is obviously flat and the wrong shade, but it is only foundation purple.
Many layers before that is done.

I thought I'd throw in a little action (ish) shot for fun.



'Dat test sister model cameo.
I like this action shot. It also makes em ware of how important leaving the 'girder' section metalic/ silver-ish.
It creates a nice visual 'barrier' between the Aegis and the models behind it.

That is all for now.
While I had the gold out I did some work on another piece,
but I want to do some more on that before I post updates about it (it needs a lot of work!).


Thanks for reading and/or cowering behind the nearest wall.
-DH-