Saturday 9 March 2019

Monster March - Week 1, Shadowsword

Following on from my pledge for Monster March, I've been hard at work painting my Shadowsword. This is pretty much where we're at after one week:



Despite looking almost finished to the casual observer, there's still a long way to go. Basically, progress so far was all done with the airbrush, so in terms of time spent, we're looking at maybe 2 hours of work.

The new thing I tried was masking the tracks off so I could spray them silver. I absolutely hate painting tracks with a brush, so I'm really happy that it worked out well.

Other than the airbrush work, I've started the painstaking process of washing all the rivets and gaps with Agrax. It takes a long time, but is well worth the effort, and it has already added a lot of depth to the model.



Once I finish that stage, it's on to highlighting and then the bodywork will be complete. Hopefully I can get that done by next week - giving me the remaining 2 weeks to do all the detail work!

6 comments:

  1. Striking scheme mate! The identification/designation colours really set the camouflage pattern off nicely, great contrast

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    1. Thanks. I cant wait to get to the stage where I can start putting transfers on and stuff that'll pick the scheme up even more.

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  2. That's really good airbrush work for camouflage. Very smooth, blended transitions. And as Siph said, quite a striking scheme!

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    1. Thanks. The cammo is actually only 2 layers over the grey blend basecoat. Basically a dark greeny yellow mix with Ice Yellow (Vallejo) sprayed over it.

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  3. Looking hot! You could fry an egg on the hull.

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    1. Some cool lemonade would hit the spot... 'cos it's really, really, really, really, REALLY HOT!

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