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Stevewren

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For my South Coast Army I needed Kairos to lead my troops. Although he has lost the ability to change the turn roll he is still a good leader. Once again the model was a real joy to put together. I tried to keep the staff separate this time to make sure that the painting was a bit easier this time. I sprayed the model Macragge Blue, then used a baby blue spray paint and some white from a can to pick out the chest and heads. I used spray cans for the purple on the wings and also to do the feet. This gives some nice gradients if you are careful, and means that the base coat is quite effective strength away. All I had to then was wash areas and dry brush and then pick out all the sharp points. However the areas like the gold and the staff took a lot longer than I thought this time. I think I spent five or six hours picking these all out and finishing them off over the last week. 

I now have two more to do for my trip to Portsmouth so I've got to keep going. The next one I think will be mostly green and purple! 

If you have any comments or questions let me know below. 

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bottle

Incredible work Steve! So from reading your comments you were able to do to the bulk of painting just from rattle cans and then tidied up, did some final highlights and then the gold trim to complete it? 

 

I am always intrigued by these approaches because I haven't yet invested in an airbrush, so being able to do it with rattle cans is intriguing.

Where they all GW brand, or were some from another brand?

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17 hours ago, bottle said:

Incredible work Steve! So from reading your comments you were able to do to the bulk of painting just from rattle cans and then tidied up, did some final highlights and then the gold trim to complete it? 

I am always intrigued by these approaches because I haven't yet invested in an airbrush, so being able to do it with rattle cans is intriguing.

Where they all GW brand, or were some from another brand?

Pretty much, yes. It  only really works on the bigger models, although I did do something similar for the skin of the Marauders i am working on. I have an airbrush, but its not particularly reliable (i'm not sure I really treated it well in its early days) and the spray cans get things done so much quicker, but with a little less control. You have to expect that you will get overspray in areas and just work with it. 

I use the GW ones - they are the best, but I also use other brands for more colour variation, which can be risky. I sprayed up the third lord of change and the bright green i bought didn't give a very good coverage so this one will probably need a bit more work to tidy up. Its very much a rial and error approach, but on expensive models it can be a bit heart in the mouth! 

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