Friday 22 April 2016

Cerastus Knight Acheron - WIP #1

Morning All,

I have been working away on my knight acheron.  I wanted to get it to a usable state whilst I await delivery of transfers to finalise the model.  I have taken the odd photo along the way to show you some progression.  This has been a really enjoyable process so far and I look forward to the final model being finished.


I had already decided to loosely follow the House Makabius colour scheme although I decided on a metallic brighter blue than the forgeworld example.  To test it out I just did one shoulder pad.   The airbrush finish on the blue and cream is so flat and makes me wonder why I would ever do it the "old way" again.  At this stage no washes had been applied.


From here I upscaled to multiple panels including masking the shin plates to ensure a crisp line between the cream and blue.  For info I use the tamiya masking tape range for this purpose.





Snap from a couple of nights ago showing the chaos of it all


Flamer tanks completed.....  A whole mass of effects and mediums used on here.  Airbrushed vallejo silver.  Some areas airbrushed vallejo rust.  Then washed with agrax and nuln oil.  Drybrushed boltgun metal.  Next I went in with a whole load of effects to weather it up using the products below.


So as usual with me after this point got really into it and picked up the pace now I was comfy with the colour scheme and techniques below is a picture of the knight as it stands.  Still decals, weathering, base and many more little jobs to do.





What do you all think so far, any advice?  Hope to have it all finished in the next few weeks.

Cheers

DOC out

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    1. Thanks looking forward to finishing when the transfers arrive

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  2. It's the Cerastus I had least interest in originally but now I'm thinking it's the one I should have got. Is that the finished base colour or is there more to go on it?

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    1. Dave, just the base colours at present and researching other code members knights heads before I decide on the colour scheme for it.

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  3. That is looking fantastic - awesome work, man!

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    1. Thanks Mordian - aka the workhorse of blogging sphere!

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  4. Those flamer tanks are BEAUTIFUL!

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  5. Looking good Doc. Love the blue particularly.

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  6. holy wow. that's amazing. the air brush really makes those panels smooth.

    i never really like that model, however you have changed my mind....wish list updated!

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    1. Thanks Toon, the airbrush is an amazing tool that I will never be without again, lastly do it do it do it!

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