Parweke's AT plog - Mortis & Atarus

[Parweke]

okay, we are back in action.

unfortunately im out of action, got a nasty cold...

 

I made some progress during the time the site was down.

 

received my missing leg piece from gw, got my magnets too. first he replacement ones arrived and then the original ones. they were missent to Canada and arrived to my address about 7 weeks after the dispatch date.

 

I did put some of them on, reaver arms are tricky and I need a bigger drill to do them.

 

also started the bases, painted couple of heads and bought second reaver

 

thats about it, will post few pics soon

 

good to be back :)

[Parweke]

black head

http://i.imgur.com/ypGGDtI.jpg

 

http://i.imgur.com/ruLlQFb.jpg

 

white head

http://i.imgur.com/wYnTeUy.jpg

 

http://i.imgur.com/VoG7MTl.jpg

 

magnetized weapons

http://i.imgur.com/hNgUFIr.jpg

Edited October 11, 2018 by Parweke

[Captain Semper]

Great progress mate, I like both heads actually, can’t really decide... :lol:

[Parweke]

Thanks,

 

I cant decide either so im going to paint a red one too and that is how I will tell them apart, the three warlords all will have differently coloured heads

[Mendi Warrior]

Very nice. Are you magnetizing the heads? So you can swap them every time you want.

[Parweke]

Very nice. Are you magnetizing the heads? So you can swap them every time you want.

maybe, havent decided yet.

 

flu and fever now gone, will do some work tomorrow...

[BadDice0809]

Both heads are cool, but I love the white one the most

[Captain Idaho]

Oooo really liking a white head.

[Parweke]

Right, did some mistakes yesterday, trying to correct them today (might include some fist stripping)

 

couldnt decide what red to use for the panels, went with scarlett red : bloody red 50:50 mix (vallejo game air paints)

washed it with agrax and then a 3-4 thin layers of the red mix.... looks really bad...and too dark

 

also sprayed all of the armour panels of the two warlords and one reaver black while still on the sprue but forgot to check if there were any moldlines

 

was so angry at myself so I quit working.

 

now im ready to try again. I think im going to use different red this time and strip the panels I painted last night.

 

also used some masking tape to make stripes to the gun shields, those are so small so they will most likely look bad aswell.

 

did some work with the bases, martian iron earth and washes, atleast they look okay, i guess :)

[Captain Semper]

Sounds like like a lot of activity even if progress is erratic...

 

When you get angry the best thing is to stop - keep working and things will always become worse...

 

If you have any pics feel free to share. :)

[Captain Idaho]

I'm sure nothing looks or is as bad as you feel.

[Parweke]

http://i.imgur.com/6UfFj6W.jpg

 

oh, did some painting on the legs too

[noigrim]

Stripes look good to me

[Captain Semper]

Yeah, I was gonna say, it looks very nice to me...

[Parweke]

http://i.imgur.com/JmXvrWI.jpg

 

now the red looks better, I tried to paint over the stripes but it just looks worse now.

 

when the varnish is dry I will paint the stripes again. this time by hand

 

mep:cusson red air is a crap paint. doesnt cover and dries to a very different tone of red.

luckily the gloss varnish brings it back to a brighter red

 

edit: reds tone might be somthing to do with the word bearers red I used as a base coat, it dries to a very light, cold brownish colour when airbrushed.... I dont know

Edited October 18, 2018 by Parweke

[Reyner]

That is a nice shiny red. 

[Mendi Warrior]

This is nicely progressing.

[Captain Semper]

Looks OK to me... but if you’re not happy, these are relative easy pieces to strip.

 

What is wrong with the stripes? They look fine to me...

[Parweke]

wrong colour and maskingtape I used was too thick... cant see it in the pic but red and black stripes have sort of raised edge.

[Fajita Fan]

I’ve seen people sponge one of the colors along any ugly edges as if the top layer of paint has peeled off. Iron Warrior dozer blades come to mind.

[Parweke]

colour I use for the panel trims is bright brass (vallejo air) a very thin paint and needs many layers to cover the colour underneath...

 

should I use some thicker metallic colour as a base layer? like retributor gold? or maybe leadbelcher?

[Parweke]

went with leadbelcher, retributor armour was too strong it shined through

 

http://i.imgur.com/nvW8Lo7.jpg

 

http://i.imgur.com/SxHXfsA.jpg

 

http://i.imgur.com/VxmfHHY.jpg

 

red head

http://i.imgur.com/N0uCEfw.jpg

 

http://i.imgur.com/MmlhxLq.jpg

[Parweke]

only small update today, sprayed warlords torso and weapons black (it was, and still is, nice weather outside)

and started building my second Reaver (and noticed that the feet on the first one are on the opposite legs, D'oh!)

 

http://i.imgur.com/AmtACgt.jpg

[RipOffProductions]

yeah reaver legs seem to be tricky; the feet have spacific left/right placement, but the upper and lower legs are the same for both sides, with the difference being made in which way you place the two together(I know I put a leg together, went "oh crap I put this together as a left leg instead of a right", panicked, flipped it around before the glue set, then realized I had it the right way around the first time and swapped it back again.)

[Fajita Fan]

Assembling Reaver legs is probably the worst part about AT.