Bot War Painting Challenge 2020

Day 3 of painting Loader – Finishing touches

Time to wrap this bot up (for now anyway)

Edge highlights were added to the green using a mix of Reaper MSP Dungeon Slime and Vallejo Model Color yellow green

Purple edges were finished with MIG Ammo Purple

Grey edges finished up with Reaper MSP Foggy Grey

Tires and gun were finished with Secret Weapon Rubber and rubber highlight

Visor was first based in vallejo extra opaque heavy red, then highlighted with model colour magenta, and a small amount of Arctic Mist blended in for a bright point.

Considering the time spent on him, I’m really proud of what I have accomplished.  I still have the base to texture, and also weathering/rust to be added, but this guy rocks IMO

…. 1 down, 4 to go, then the big bot

Bot #2 day 1 – Dozer –

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Bot #2 day 2 – Dozer –

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The group so far

Bot #2 day 3 – Dozer 

Today I wrap up the 2nd of the Builders by applying edge highlights to make everything pop and refining the black lining.

For the green edges I used a mix of Reaper MSP Dungeon Slime and Vallejo Model Color yellow green. This gives a vibrant highlight that works well with the P3 Noctite green without going to fluorescent or yellow.

The purple (well violet) was edged with MIG Ammo Purple, these work well together as they’re from the same set, and the redness in the purple doesn’t get too lost in the darkness of the Violet.

The grey is edged with Reaper MSP foggy grey, this is a nice off-white which works well with the vallejo bluegrey as it has a very faint blue tint to it

So at this point in the Project I have pretty much finalised my paint scheme and have all of my paints identified, so thought it would be a good time to show these off in case anyone wanted to replicate it, or should I want to look back at that time I went crazy Green instead of my usual desaturated schemes.

Day 1 of Bot #3 – Roller

So today is basecoat day.  I began by touching up the airbrushed green basecoat with P3 Wurm Green, there’s also a few spots where the models pose or limbs meant the airbrush couldn’t quite reach so going back in with a hairy brush is almost always a necessity.

Next up, it’s blocking in the grey.  I really do like the Vallejo Game Colour Extra Opaque range for applying a totally different colour over the original basecoat, the coverage is great, it’s smooth to apply, and the slightly satin finish is fine for me to work up from.

These bots need a good contrasting colour to the green and in 80s in your face fashion this is delivered via MIG Ammo Indigo.  I came across both this and the highlight Purple when I was doing a custom paint job on a gunpla kit for a Twitch competition. This range of range is perfect for airbrushing, but applies great with a traditional brush as well. Like the Vallejo Game Colour Extra Opaque these apply very easily and very smooth.

Tyres and some of the other details have been blackened with vallejo model colour black before getting a basecoat of Secret Weapon Tyre Black. This has a slight blue tint which works so well for building up black details.

This bot had some small glass. Details on its feet (these would be door windows in its vehicular form) so they along with the eyes were given a basecoat of Vallejo GC extra opaque heavy red as this gives a nice base to work up into magenta layer on.

These bots haven’t had any metallic paints used, and I haven’t been interested in doing NMM (remember only 31 minutes a day) and wanted to explore working straight into heavily weathered looking metal details.  As with the tracks on the previous bit this started off my taking it back to black, then giving it a coat of vallejo extra opaque heavy sienna, a great rusty basecoat to work up from.

And that’s it. Times up for day 11.

Some more refinement on Roller’s main colours through glazing on layers , black lined some of the details, and added some more depth to the mace with secret Weapon Sewer Water washed vallejo extra opaque blue grey highlights.

Will spend one more 31 minute session on this bot tomorrow to add the edge highlights and final shadows then he will go into the done pile.

Roller is finished.

Today was (probably) the last day working on this bot. I still have the base to do but I’ll be removing the Bot from the base to do that as I near the end of the project. I do want to go back and work on each bot to add on some weathering and refine other details should I have time, at the moment they’re all sitting at 90% which I am fine with, but I’d like to do some weathering effects on each bot after I have based them should I have time left.

For now, though this bot will join Dozer & Loader in the done pile.  3 of the Builders are now “done”, 2 left to go, then the big bot, and as that’ll technically only be 6 I will break out another to make it 7…. But that’s still 18 days away