Dreadball Spring Clean Hobby Challenge 2022

With the teams varnished and put away, my work pile is looking a lot more manageable.  Only 41 models, and a lot of them already have colour on them.

With the last of my teams finished, it’s time to do something a bit more fun so I thought I’d finish off a few Giants that I’d already started.

First up, the Chovar Psychozoan.

Helmet

Base: P3 Pig Iron
Shade Wash: Januinevision’s Magimix
Highlight drybrush: P3 Cold Steel
Go Faster Stripes: Vallejo 72.008 Orange Fire

I don’t have the recipe for Januinevision’s Magimix to hand right this second, but I’m pretty sure it’s 6-8 parts GW Nuln Oil, 6-8 parts GW Agrax Earthshade, 1-2 parts GW Athonian Camoshade and 6-8 parts Lahmian Medium.  It creates more of a dirty grimy colour than just a black or brown wash, and is a little thinner.  Thanks, Januinevision.

Then the base was pained black, and they were put on one side to be bulk varnished later.

Then I saw the Iron Ancestor and Sann-Gar staring at me.  The Iron Ancestor was mostly done anyway, so why not paint the black on both at the same time?

Black

Base: VMA 71.054 Dark Grey Blue
Very Light Highlight Drybrush: P3 Frostbite
Shade Wash (San-Garr only): GW Nuln Oil

I was going to wash both, but I quite liked the Iron Ancestor as he was so didn’t bother.

Next, I painted the iron and the eyes on the mech, and the flesh on the shark at the same time.

Iron

Base: P3 Pig Iron
Shade: Jan’s Magimix, but just around the joins
Highlight: P3 Cold Steel

Green Eyes

Undercoat: Lightly thinned white
Base: VMC 70.737 Green Fluo

Shark Underbelly Flesh

Base: 1:1:to taste P3 Bastion Grey : P3 Midlund Flesh : enough white to lighten without turning it pastel

Shark Top Flesh

Base: P3 Bastion Grey
Wash: P3 Greatcoat Grey
Highlight Drybrush 1: P3 Bastion Grey
Highlight Drybrush 2:  P3 Cryx Bane Highlight
Eyes: Any black

Toe Nails

Base: P3 Cryx Bane base
Highlight: P3 Beast Hide
Wash: GW Nuln Oil

Once the flesh was done, I picked out the silver:

Silver

Base: Vallejo 72.053 Chainmail
Wash: GW Seraphim Sepia
Highlight: TBD.  probably a drybrush of more Chainmail, and then something lighter?  Perhaps VMA Chrome if I’m feeling brave?

I think I need to revisit the orange and give it a bit more depth.  Some pin washing with the darkest colour from the base range, and some careful drybrushing with the lightest colour should help.