The Tale of Imperio: April 2022

So there is a super-awesome post on reddit about a re worked Karandas model from halfof1half.

My own model from the 90s does not look anything like this (see below) nor do I think I could even come close now.

But I want to give it a try as part of the Eldar restoration project.

The paint came off super easy compared to the plastic /metal models I've tried before (must be the lead content) one day in the detol bath and he was silver again. I've therefore dumped a trio of Dark Reapers in there who also need a desparate repaint.

In searching for a good colour scheme I ve gone through the usual sources, Google images, Pinterest. Kind of like this one all in green.

While he was sat on my desk waiting his turn to be rebased and primed he just looks so tiny compared to the new minis

So I got one of my spare 40mm bases (still not sure where they came from) and tried a DAS modelling clay sculpted base. I used clay as I didn't want to clip the metal stand so wanted it to slide into something.

I used Green Stuff to cover up the centre slide. Waking up the next day and putting the grit layer on the base I feel I made a mistake and the feet have been buried into the base too much.

There was a bit of play in the stand still so I tried to wedge some grit under the feet to raise them up a bit.

I'm kind of pressed for time on this bit as there is a break in the cold weather coming up that will let me prime my next batch of miniatures. The pile of shame is really mounting up. With Christmas on the way I've probably got enough painting to do to last me until June.

I get the priming done and I do like the way miniatures look when primed. Shame Black and white Noir is not a thing. Maybe I could scheme him more that way...

Colour scheme wise I went back to traditional green I went with a dark paint and thinned it with water to get some transparency so the brightness from the priming comes through. I wanted to avoid yellow. I've had success with my genestealer army but most other applications it's just gone horribly wrong. I tried using bone for the main helmet look. This would mirror the white of the priming noir.

The bone came out too white even after a shade with earth's-shade. To bring it down a notch I made a glaze with rhionx hide (brown)and laminium medium and pushed it into the cracks and pushed it over the shaded surfaces to bring down the tone.

For the metallics I went with gold but was a bit worried about the colour pallete particularly on the shurkien pistol of the claw.

I therefore adjusted the amount of gold on there by painting more of the gauntlet green amd then blending rakarth flesh into the gold edges to make it look worn.

The jewels also received more layers to bring them out.