I teased a quasi-robot model last time, and here it is! Ever since they were released I wanted to get my hands on one of these contemptor pattern dreadnoughts. I've gone with the death guard color scheme again and I'm not as happy as I was with the death shroud terminator. The main issue I have is the "chunkiness" of the white. Death guard are supposed to keep their armor unpainted. Evidently when power armor is made it comes off the assembly line in an off-white/grey looking shade of unaltered ceramite. To top it off they don't like to fix dents or nicks in their armor. So in order to achieve that color I've been using a lot of dry brushing. On the smaller models it looks nice, and it looks decent on the bigger dreadnought but there is a noticeable dusting or buildup of paint in some areas. I'm not sure if I will ever paint another large model this scheme again but if I do I will make sure to thin down the paints even more.
One nice thing about these forge world dreadnoughts is how easy it is to magnetize them. As you can see in the pics I've got two assault cannons, a plasma cannon and a power claw that I can change around however I see fit.
My painting may start slowing to a crawl coming up here. We got a new puppy, Assassins Creed 4 came out and I'm trying to read the second Horus Heresy book from Forge World. My free time is currently devoted to other things. The holidays coming up aren't going to help that either. I have been assembling like crazy so I've got a back log off stuff to work on (non-robot related) but I may not really get into the next project for a few weeks.
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I think an effect that you could use s to increase the dust line to the hips.
Another effect is scratches to simulate walking through brush and trees on the outer arms and chest. Maybe a twig or two could be used for that to actually scrap some paint off.
The third effect you could try is to use a heated bit for melted holes or for gouges from shells/lasers. Very lightly drilling in and creating a shell crater that didn't penetrate the armor could be a neat effect.
I will see if I can find some examples and sent it to you on facebook.
yeah, I don't want to get too crazy with it. I did a dust model a while back that I really went all out on the damage and it looked a bit sloppy. The dents and nicks on the contempt or are actually on the model. forge world pre-dents it for you!
I do agree that adding some dust our darker color blending below the hips would help. I shaded it when it was primed/basecoated. It shows up better in person versus photo but it could be more exaggerated. I think I may someday get a rhino and go crazy with it.
You go girl!
I do dig the colors though. They remind me of the Mentors Chapter.
http://warhammer40k.wikia.com/wiki/Mentors?file=Chapter_Master_Nisk_Ran-Thawll.jpg
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