BigGrim Does Boarding Actions!

A quick update today! Gave the newly darked walls a gentle drybrush highlight of Maccragge Blue. The silver was drybrushed with Leadbelcher.

Overall, I’m pretty happy with how this is looking so now, I reckon it’s time to do the detail work. First up, GW Contrast Nazdreg Yellow over certain pieces for a gold effect. Then block in screens and do things like dial needles and the like.

Not doing skulls. On a GW kit, that way lies madness!

With the Leadbelcher blocked in, I took an evening to give the walls an all over wash of slightly stronger black ink wash. These are images 1 & 2.

The next night I did the same with slightly stronger brown wash, images 3 & 4.

I am leaving them to dry overnight again and I’ll see if the blue needs highlighting before highlighting the silver. Further updates soon. 🙂

Finally got around to blocking in details using GW Leadbelcher. I picked a slew of particular sections to paint. It’s all down to personal preference. I chose places that broke up the vast swathe of blue. There are no right or wrong answers here in my opinion.

Today I drybrushed the walls blue. All paints today are GW.

First, an all over drybrush of Maccragge Blue. Once dry, a coat over the top half of the walls with Altdorf Guard Blue. Finally a light drybrush of Teclis Blue over the very top of the walls and we’re done with blue.

The walls dried and now I’ve given them a heavy wash of brown homemade wash. They are now drying…

Pillar Caps have now been drybrushed. First a coat of Retributor gold, then Stormhost Silver. Finally, they’ve been varnished with Colour Forge Mat Varnish.

The blue walls have now been given a heavy wash of homemade black wash. As mentioned previously, the wash foaming up is no bad thing as i can burst and deposit the ink in the recesses.

Here are the golden pillar caps with one heavy wash of home made brown ink.

And here they are a second heavy wash of brown ink. Once dry, I’ll give em a light drybrush of Retributor Gold and then a super light dusting of silver. Probably GW Stormhost.

When it comes to terrain, I do not use GW inks and washes. That way lies madness and bankruptcy. Instead, I make my own.

I mix a 50/50 ratio of de-ionised water and pledge multi-surface floor polish in a small kilner jar. To this I add between 20 and 30 drops of Liquitex acrylic ink. For brown I use Transparent Burnt Umber and for black, I use Carbon Black.

Give it a mix and slap it onto the terrain with a big ol’ paintbrush. (Y’know, the kind you use fer your walls.) I use a 30. Don’t worry that the wash foams up. This can actually be a plus, as it hangs around and deposits the colour is various nooks and crannies.