Everyone already knows that these are a pain in the you know what to play against, and I am pretty sure they know they are not so easy to paint, either! As I was standing in the tournament check-in line at Adepticon, I could hear people discussing the painting of Hell Drakes each time the line moved past a board with one (or three!) of them on it.
I think I posted some WIP images of this showing how many individual parts I painted before glueing them all together. It had to be at least 20.
Painting both sides of every wing was just a tad bit time consuming, to say the least.
I did utilize the weathering powders in more of a 'painterly' fashion on this piece. It helped me get some interesting effects on the golds in areas that would have been very tough to reach otherwise.
I also used them more in a standard fashion for the streaks, but knowing I could actually use them to paint some of the other colors was really neat!
I have many more images that I will post over the next few days as CMON Expo plays out, so I hope you don't get sick of them!
Time to go!!
Beautiful. For a deamon anyway, glad I found your blog :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the kind words, and for checking out the blog!! Much appreciated.
DeleteSimply stunning. Cracking model.
ReplyDeleteMany thanks! Thanks for visiting!
DeleteI may not like the model, but the painting job is great !
ReplyDeleteFor me It's amaizing how big the model is and how many part you had to paint.
I would leave it in the middle of work I guess... to much for me :P
But I realy like the gold and the "eyses" of the beast.
Congratulations :)
Many thanks! This guy was very hard to paint, but very rewarding!
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