Hello everyone ~
Sorry for a slow update, there have been several little issues including, but not limited to, travelling, paints drying on the plane, problems with airbrush and of course, laziness. However, I have managed to get something done, most notably a squad of guardians (excluding their helmets, as white paint got destroyed on the plane). I also managed to start painting my harlequin troupe, and for once, started from basing!
So to start off with the harlequins, which have so far been my most challenging models to paint. I decided to go for a look, in which each model has a separate colour (pink, mint, light purple, light blue and most likely a light red/orange-ish + troupe master as darker/ black). For weapons and other decoration I'm planning on going for golden look. As a contrast to the colourful parts I will be using white. I wanted to go for a unified bases to make the models look more like a consistent unit despite different colours on the models. Paints I still need are Genestealer Purple, Lothern Blue and Sybarite Green, plus an additional red-ish colour, which I haven't fully decided on, yet. The model I have started on has been painted with Pink Horror + Carroburg Crimson - shade.
In terms of the bases, I wanted to go for a harlequin themed base with dark red and white. I found a guide that recommended cutting square parts of the box the models came in, glueing them to the base, cleaning up the edges and then painting them red/ white. I will later dry brush the surface to create a bit more of a 40k trampled warzone - look instead of a clean one. And to paint the rock, I just happened to forget my grey paint elsewhere...
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| About to glue on the squares. |
I started painting the model from the bottom up. I still need to finish the mask, and everything else that is currently black. On the hair braid I painted three different colours. I'm quite happy with how it has turned out so far. I was panning on leaving the boots black, but I am happy I picked white. Think it makes the model stand out better.
Whilst painting these, GWS of course decided to announce the new Harlequins, so basically my models are... outdated. I will probably need to get the new ones too, as the Solitaire has a unique part in the lore... And they look awesome! I also assume they would have slightly smoother surface not being Fine Cast, as even after trying to clean all the extra bits on these models, the surface was uneven on some, making it really difficult to paint on.
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| From the front. |
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| From the back |
Guardian squad. These were a fairly easy one to paint, not only because I have done a squad of them before, but also because they are essentially only green, I did some highlights and painted the weapons metallic. Helmet will be painted white now that I have the white paint to replace the one that got ruined on the plane. I also need a few paints to finish the Heavy Weapon Platform's gun. To shortly summarise the painting process of these ones, I did two layers of green with airbrush, highlighted with a mixture of Warboss Green and White. Gems I did similarly to those on my Wraithknight. Additionally, I decorated the platform itself to go with the thorn - theme of the bikes I have. I did also consider painting thorns on rest of the platform but concluded that would be a bit too much. Not sure if it looks plain now,..
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| Helms to go. And eyes. |
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| Heavy Weapon Platform |
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| Close up. |
Next time I should have the Guardians completely done, an update on the Hemlock, and hopefully more on harlequins, once I get the paints I require. Until then ~
