Friday 8 July 2016

Cerastus Knight Acheron - WIP #2

Hi All,

Wowsers I have been away from the blog and hobby for a while, apologies for that and now it is time to get my mojo back! It is also bad timing as traditionally code40k members tail back the hobby work over the summer months meaning blog posts have been a little thin on the ground.  Anyway trying to get back going again now...

So I have gone back my Knight Acheron and for those of you who need reminding or missed it the original build post is here and the first WIP is here.

In order to go any further I need to get all the waterslide transfers in place or decals depending on where you are in the world.  I have bought the House Makabius set from forgeworld.  This is mainly because I intend to paint 4 knights in this colour scheme.   Over the years transfers have been a bane and I still dont like them but since switching to the Micro -Set and Micro Sol method it has become easier.  I would recommend the following youtube video for an explanation:


And the following video as a tutorial:



Here are some photos of the transfers in place before weathering:






My main top tip for this post is to always apply the transfers before weathering which is a mistake I made a while back. To not do so means they look out of place and pristine with the rest of the model looking weathered.  As you can see from the pictures above I have successfully applied all the transfers.  The most difficult transfer which is not pictured is the banner transfer which hangs between the legs.  The banner is curved and the micro sol came in particularly handy for the banner piece.

So with transfers applied the next stage will be to complete the base and then finish weathering followed by completed assembly.  I hope to show you a completed knight in the next two weeks.

So nice to be back in the saddle 

Cheers

DOC out



8 comments:

  1. Fantastic! Nice looking transfers dude. Glad to see you back on it. I've been really lax recently too.

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    1. Thanks Boss, look out for the knight head being painted in your freeblade colours. Its almost as if you need some motivation like some great geek meet up and FW open day..........................................

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  2. Lovely work, I always use Micro Sol, not so much Micro Set as once I seal with 'Ardcoat it doesn't need the first step of Micro Set

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    1. Thanks Siph, in the past I have used ardcoat before I had Micro Set but on this I just used Micro Set and Sol it means less medium is required to remove the shine. Cheers for looking.

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  3. That's a great looking knight!

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    1. Thanks Greggles, looking forward to getting him finished up

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  4. Decals are a pain, but I find they add such sharp detail to a figure, particularly vehicles, that they are indispensable. I always used to have troubles with putting them on curved surfaces, until I discovered Micro Sol and Micro Set; I wish I had discovered them a lot sooner :-)

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    1. They sure are and like you wish I had found these products earlier. Thanks for commenting.

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