Lexandro D'Arquebus Pt 5

I am really coming along now.

The armor is chipped and weathered with artists oils and MIG powder.

I used Transparent Red Oxide to tint the yellow and subtly shade it.

150mm Lexandro D'Arquebus Pt4

I have finished with the basecoat.

I need to hignlight a few hard edges and it will be time to remove the mask

I thought long and hard about his heraldry and this is what I come up with starting at upper left.

Terminator Honors,Necromundan Spider with T for Traizor Hive,Tyranid Symbol for his actions as a scout,Command Skull

Lexandro D'Arquebus Pt3

Here are a few stages all at once.

Once the Hull Red was dry I used masking fluid applied with a sponge on it at contact points to preserve the Red chips.

Then I airbrushed a base coat of Iylanden Darksun

Then four coats of Golden Yellow letting each coat fully dry

I have also been working on the face

I went pretty standard on base coat(Dark Flesh,Tallern Flesh,)

Then it is just working it with LIGHT washes

First Ogyrn flesh to empathise shadows,then a Sepia/Green wash 80/20 to give the skin an Olive Hue.

I have also painted the tattoo on his face as described in Harlequin

"A skeletal fist crushing a small moon dripping blood"

Lexandro D'Arquebus Pt 2

I reworked him a bit,reset the studs deeper,removed the now infamous Cod Stud and the neck piece.

It was blocking the face too much.

I have starting the painting process,it will be three main layers

Steel,Red Primer,Yellow

This is the first layer a black primer layer with Alclad II Steel and Stainless Steel airbrushed on.

Next I use making fluid and then the Red primer.

150mm Imperial Fist Lexandro D'Arquebus Pt 1

I have started making progress on my 150mm Marine,a Hurricane/Tropical Storm tends to do that.

I have decided to make a Large model of one of my favorite characters from the 40k books,

Lexandro D'Arquebus from the novel Space Marine and Inquisition War.

As a Pre-heresy addict I had to go and give him mk5 Greaves and cod piece.

Using FW brass etch and GW icons I think I did a pretty good job modeling him.

Now the power is back on it is time to paint...

Sons of Horus Landraider Cthonian

I have decided to rework Cthonian to better match the current army.

After the paint job I gave it a light coat of Glosscote and busted out the Burnt Umber Oil paint for a pin wash around crevasses and rivets.

I then used a hair drier to speed the drying waiting until the thinner I used for the wash to evaporate.

I then used a Large brush slightly damp with thinner and created downward streaks on the sides and along the top I went with direction of movement front to rear.

Now it dries for 2 days while it all sets in.

Sons of Horus Katulan Reaver Sergeant

This will be the Sergeant for the Katulan Reavers.

A nice Mk2 Assault model for the Reavers