73. The not-so-mightly Imperial Navy. 40k Urban Terrain. Crashed Aquila part 5.

After painting all the same colours for an age I decided I wanted to do something different

So I thought I'd start adding some detail to the crashed Aquila Lander.








Hopefully the 'step by step' photo approach gives you a little insight into how I do my freehand stuff.
Not that I've really shown much of it off.

But essentially it's like drawing and then painting a picture.
I paint the outline, and then colour it in.

It isn't finished yet. This is just the template.

I'm not sure what to go for;

A cracked paint effect
or
A marble effect (stone/white)
or
A marble effect (green)

Thoughts welcome here.
Whichever is chosen it will be suitably 'roughed up' to fit with the rest of the piece.

These photos have thrown up a few bits here and there on the ed and black that need touching up, so I'll have to go back and do that as well.

Ta' for looking guys!

-DH-

72. Terrain = Grey. Brown. Repeat. 40k Urban Terrain. Crashed Aquila part 4.

Seriously.
Having themed terrain is awesome. Having a 6 x 4 Board is awesome.
Having them theme matched is extremely awesome.
Having to paint them to match is dull as fuck.

GREY?! BROWN?!
You know it.
So the day I updated this project last time round I thought I'd start doing the grey layers.



Same(ish) recipe as always; Dark grey > Medium Grey > Light grey > Wash black > Final Brybrush.
(There are a couple of layers in between each stage but you get the idea)

Towards the end of last week (Friday?) |I started on the browns.
Same principle as with the grey, just with added dabbing and stippling on the ship itself to give it a weathered look;



A closer picture



A close up of the metal



The metal was easier than I'd anticipated.
The original layers were; Brown > Tin Bitz > Boltgun metal > Chainmail > Brown/Black wash

So to bring it back up after the basing layers got on it I gave it a heavy drybrush of Boltgun Metal.
Then I washed it with a 50/50 mix of Vallejo Smoke and Nulan Oil Wash, watered down a fair amount.
It gives it a very worn/oily brownish tint.
After that a quick drybrush of Boltgun and Chainmail and that's it.

Still some work to be done on this  ¬_¬
I've done some light weathering but I want a bit more; chipped paint, rents and tears maybe.
I want to work on the front piece a bit more; better smoke damaged glass, maybe a bit of blood splatter on the cockpit.

Also I'm toying with rust, and adding some brass details with verdigris. Thoughts?
Either comment on my wip thread on the bolter and chainsword, comment on this post or hit  up on Twitter @DarKHAZZl3

See you next time hivers
-DH-

70. MOAR layering. 40k Urban Terrian. Crashed Aquila part 3.

Hey guys. MOAR painting.

You can't tell from the pictures if I'm honest, but this has been several layers of black > grey and several layers of dark > lighter red. Both hit with a black and red wash respectively



Here is a closer picture that shows off the layers a bit better...



Wash leaves a little residue on large flat surfaces...so I'll be going back to 'scuff' it up a bit.

A fair bit left to do;
Base,
Metals,
Damage,
Details and embellishment.

That's all for this update. After the sheer amount of time I spent painting it so far I kinda hoped I'd have more to write.. but I really don't.
Painting large models is tedious...

Anyway
Peace out

-DH-

68. Black and Red. Place Your Bets. 40k Urban Terrain - Crashed Aquila part 2.

Hey guys.

As I wait for my new alcohol based painting gear I thought I'd crack on with something else



Base coating this was very, very dull.
Mainly because it is so very big and flat.
But it was something to pass the time while I was pretending to be a phone on prop hunt.
Phone = Win.

Its getting there though!
Basing + Highlighting + Extensive detailing (of which will be a lengthy process)

New update will be up before the end of this week with any luck!

-DH-