'eavy metal

[morsla]

Among other things, I painted on the weekend. Karchev is a model from Warmachine, and seems to embody Privateer Press' "Full Metal Fantasy" tagline. He's the disembodied torso of a sorceror who refused to let death get in the way of serving the Motherland... 23 metal pieces, most of which are heavy enough to need pinning to reinforce the joints - it's certainly not a simple model to assemble. After I started work I realised that my old Khadoran colour scheme just wasn't cutting it any more, so I repainted the other three pieces to match him. Not bad, for two nights of work :)

Vallejo Game Colour paint schemes (mainly for my reference, but also for the other painters out there)

Gold: worked up through Brassy Brass, Glorious Gold, Polished Gold, and a gold/silver mix on the highlights. Shaded with a wash of Chestnut Ink and some thinned black paint. I've avoided painting gold for a couple of years, but I decided to finally take the plunge with my new paints.

Silver: Brassy Brass and GW Boltgun Metal, blended up to Chainmail. Toned down with a thin black wash to take the shine off it.

Red: Scar Red (darkest red in the range) mixed with Black. Colour gradient from 2 Red : 1 Black all the way up to 8:1, and then final highlights with pure red. Scar Red is really nice to work with. I think it works better as a highlight than a shading colour, although it's usually only used to provide shadows.

Flesh: Can't remember the exact mix. Dwarf Flesh (pinkish skintone), white, bone, and probably a small drop of blue. I added white for the highlight, to keep the translucent appearance.

I'm still having some camera problems, but I managed to doctor a couple of images on the computer until I could see things clearly. The bases have since been finished, and the flock isn't shiny any more (it looks a bit artificial in these shots).

Karchev: The Man In The Machine


Karchev and two heavy Warjacks (didn't get a picture of the Destroyer and its Bombard cannon)

Comments

[kowari.livejournal.com]

They look awesome. Nice work.

[morsla.livejournal.com]

Thankyou :)

[miss-rynn.livejournal.com]

I love the little folorn head!

[morsla.livejournal.com]

Forlorn... and ANGRY...

Not only has he been strapped to a machine for a hundred years, but it's a huge steam-powered machine. Think of the heat it'd generate from the boiler! Think of how annoying it would be, to be completely unable to wipe the sweat from your brow :)

Although, he may have tried it once - he got that scar from somewhere...

[kitling.livejournal.com]

mm..blending :)

[bishi-wannabe.livejournal.com]

Awesome! Did you manage to get photos up before other forumites?

[morsla.livejournal.com]

When I left work yesterday, there weren't any pictures up on Privateer Press... by the time I got home, there were two others. I still posted them anyway, as mine look quite different to the other ones.

I think I surprised a few people on WargamerAU by painting them that quickly. Other people seem to still be trying to assemble their Apotheosis models :)

[bishi-wannabe.livejournal.com]

You've got to admit that the poor sods with Terminus are at something of a disadvantage.

...at least, until they finish and get him on the battlefield!

[morsla.livejournal.com]

I think Terminus has about the same number of parts - they have sharper points though, so the model is more likely to draw blood.

[psuedonym777.livejournal.com]

Looking at your paint jobs makes all good Fergies cry. Once again, awesome work dude.

[vass]

PRETTY.

In, you know, a very threatening way. Yeah.

[fasangel.livejournal.com]

Have I ever mentioned how much I hate you?

Damn artist person rubbing our noses in how amazing wonderful you are at that. Bah, I say. And bah again.