Springtime for Martians and 15mm ey!
The Painting of the Martians
I started with the built and base painted Bigger War Tripods.
Firstly I gave them a coat of Army Painter Dark Tone with added Airbrush Flow improver after a tip from John on one of his live hobby blogs. I usually find it patchy and prefer GW Agrax Earthshade but have been running low during the lockdown so took Johns advice and it works.
This was followed by an overall dry brush of Army Painter Gun Metal.
The ridge on the hood, the face ‘nose’ and the heat sinks( or whatever) on the sides were block painted GW Retributer Armour, also the ridge of hood on the command Tripod and other odd bits of detail.
The Rest of the face and the inner bits of the upper legs were given two coats of GW Reikland Fleshtone and this was also added to the previously painted Retributer Armour areas for shading.
These parts were then highlighted with GW Auric Armour Gold.
The nose bits on the face I wanted to give a look of the 1953 film martian eyes . A layout also used on their probes.
This I tried with varying success on both the War and later Scout Tripods
War Tripod
ScoutI then just put a red circle and painted a rough yellow star on the heat ray muzzle and the model was finished.
Great looking tripods, you’ve done a cracking job and incorporating the look from the 1950s probe was inspired. I love the original movie and the addition of the film reference to the models is great to see. ??