Crab Man

Painting The Crab Man

Hi all,

        As promised, here is my painting stages for the crab man.

I started off with a base coat of Citadel Colour (TM) Games Workshop (C) Terracotta, with a thin wash of purple. Followed by doing the highlights  with a thinned mix of Terracotta and Blood Angel Orange, then Blood Angel Orange alone.

Next on was a thinned mix of Blood Angel Orange and Sunburst yellow.

Then another highlight pass with thinned Sunburst Yellow.

The claws, tusks and tentacles were then done in pale green.

Finally, bilious green spots and purple markings were added to the carapace and exoskeleton.

Final adjustments, here and there.

This is the finished mini, unless I decide to tart up the base with something later. All paints used were Citadel Colour (TM) from the first edition Rogue Trader Space Marines Painting Set or the Creature Painting Set, Games Workshop (C). It may not be in the current box set. Please check at your local Warhammer shop or on the net. There are other brands available to use.

I hope it inspires you to have a go at your unpainted mini pile and get stuck in painting them. Please leave a comment below.

Regards to all,

Ivor Cogdell

Expanding a Barricade pt3

Terrain Gardening

Hi all,
         Here is the third part of my Terrain expansion idea, what to do if you are all out of models to build. It's not exactly kit bashing, but not far off. Find an existing bit of kit and embellish it to your satisfaction. That can be things like adding debris, junk, tools, boxes etc to an area on your model. Adding more defences, barriers, tripwires, nets, pits, anything to give your models extra grief getting through them in one piece.

If you have not checked out my other instalments, please do so now, so you are all caught up on the process and where I have come from with this.

The Previous Build

Side view, showing an old pathway.

Materials you will need.

Filler or grout.
Lolly stick
Sand.
PVA Glue or Modgepodge.

Apply the filler around the base with a lolly stick or your fingers.

Smooth down around the edges.

Apply fine sand over the still wet filler, press into place and allow to dry.

Add more or less texture as you fancy. Paint if required.

I would have done more texturing, but I had run out of sand. Such is life.

Wooden baracade that can be moved when needed.

Once dry, seal with watered down PVA glue or modgepodge. Allow that to dry. Apply a second coat if needed. Then touch up any bits that need doing with paint.

Happy modelling, folks,

Ivor Cogdell

In The Wash

Coming out in the wash

Hi all,

        I mentioned washes in one of my previous posts and thought I would try it out for the first time today. So I grabbed a few models I had been painting on and got experimenting. Some you might recognize from before.I tried a 50 / 50 solution of black paint to water and a really thin solution.

Before

After.

Vault before.

Fountain after.

Vault after wash and added gold rim around inscription on lid.

Much better, don't you think.

With flash.

Some of the pictures are a bit dark, I did them again and updated it.

Ivor Cogdell.