Helbrute

Finally, a return to posting! I must apologise for the month delay between my last post and this one. During that time I lost internet as I changed providers, went on a small holiday and then returned to a dead laptop. Fun times. The upside of all this is that I found much more time to for painting. Almost everything is ready for varnishing and then a small amount of grass flock to finish them off. There's just a bit too much drabness on the models right now.

 Prior to all this drama I ordered the dark vengeance Helbrute, chosen and chaos lord online from a bits reseller. I purchased these models on a bit of whim since they looked absolutely fantastic and they were a complete blast to paint. First up is the Helbrute. The skin parts of the model are painted scorched brown and the highlighted with a scorched brown/rakkarth flesh mix. I then washed this with agrax earthshade.

 The wounds on his back were painted a mix scorched brown, rakkarth flesh and wild rider red to create a nice sickly muscle tone. over this I applied a very heavy amount of tamiya clear red varnish which flowed out quite nicely to create a bleeding effect. Just be careful with this paint, it smells VERY noxious.
I also dabbed this paint onto his fist using blister foam to create a natural splatter effect. Just rememeber to practice restraint. you want gore without over the top gruesomeness.

The hazard stripes were painted using tamiya hobby masking tape applied very carefully. This stuff is useful for ensuring even spaces in your hazard stripes, but it's a serious pain in the ass to apply. Don't even think about using it on a curved surface. The stripes were painted by basing with steel legion drab and then 3 coats of Iyanden dark sun. I didn't perform any highlights because I dislike the way it looks.

Well that's all for today. The next update will be much MUCH sooner.

Comments are always welcome.