DreadTober 2020: Week 2 progress - The painting has begun!

 

Plowing through the second week of October, it was time to get some paint on the Leviathan.  A heavy base coat of Vallejo Surface Primer Black was sprayed on with the airbrush.  I then sat down to paint trim and get on with the project.

You can follow my recipes in the tabs above for all the specifics.  Here the trim and metal claw bits received some Vallejo Oily Steel and a shade of Nuln Oil.

Looking suitably clampy, I think. * snick! *

I wanted to get some color on the model as I look to where I'm going to put other heraldry. I want to put on some red/black checkers to continue practicing simple freehand. So, to balance the over all look, I don't want too much red on one side, etc.

The raised details on this model are well done and paint up quite easily. I've shaded these details with Nuln Oil and then brought some white highlights back in, so far.

While working on the main body, I also painted up the head.  I'd like to get this mounted in the body so I can glue down the top plate before getting to serious with the painting up there. Here, I experimented with a little white as the final highlight, shaded with GW Casandora Yellow. This approach seems to help the inner eye glow effect looks a bit more...well...inner.

So there he stands at the end of week two (or a long week one, depending on how you look at the calendar this month).  It's a big model, but no worse that the mini-titans I've been painting recently. I'm appreciating the sharp casting on this model, it's been a joy to paint so far.

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