DreadTober 2021 Week 3 Progress

 

Greetings and welcome to week three of DreadTober 2021. My project is drawing to a close.  This week, I worked on the weapon options primarily.  Some decals were applied, and then I began some preliminary base construction.

The weapons look great with a full coat of paint.  So far, I'm choosing to keep them simple in a two color scheme that matches the main body (gold armor/accents over a dark meta internal structure.

Once I had the weapons completed, I worked a bit more on the light to dark transition I was looking for on the shoulders.  When I got that to as good a point as I was likely to find, I added decals from the Forge World Legio Custodes Vehicles transfer sheet.

I lightened the top third or so of the shoulder armor with thin layers of GW Wild Rider Red. Then I painted over all the red with a few thin layers of GW Casandora Yellow to even out the transitions between layers of red and to warm things back up a bit.  Ultimately, I did achieve some level of fade from light to dark on these shoulders; at least it's better than what I had last week.

With decals applied, I put some time into the base.  I started with a a thick cork sheet broken into a random shape. I glued the cork down with wood glue, then add "gravel" to blend it in with the base in general.

Next, I started to look in the bits box for fun little additions to bring things up a notch.  Some additional small rocks were added during this stage to break up the monotonous plain of the cork.

I used small Irwin bar clamps to hold things down and make sure the cork and one skull are firmly attached once the glue dries and not "floating' on a layer of glue with air pockets underneath.  I don't typically do this, but the base here is large and seemed to warrant the extra measures. Here's what it looked like after I took the clamps off.

Next, I'll add some Vallejo Black lava to the flat surface of the base (marking where the dreadnought will stand).  And once that dries, it'll be painting time.  I'll pin the dreadnought down once the painting is done, but before any weathering is added.  Check back next week to see how things turn out!  I should have the project in the DONE pile by then.

Best wishes to the many other DreadTober 2021 challengers out there.

Stay safe.

Cheers and Happy Gaming!