Fire Wings w/ mounted Beelphagor Part 19

Here is another long awaited update on my progress on the dragon...

I got sidetracked with some other pieces for JerseyFest this year and honestly this step took several painting sessions to complete in the time that has passed since my last post on this project. So to get us caught up to where we are today...

I have base coated all of the dragon scales using Lumiere Indigo. The Lumiere series of metallics are super vibrant and this really makes the dragon scales pop which I expect to give me a lot to work with once I start adding in the shadows. I also put the base coat down for the bone protrusions and spines using Scale75 Warfront Grau.

I still have the spines on the tail to go, but you kinda get the idea.

To be continued...

Legion of Everblight Army (Bases)

I posted the start for painting my Legion of Everblight starter Battlegroup one year ago today. Needless to say, this follow on post which I promised back then is a bit overdue. To be fair, I did paint these bases months ago, I just have not put the time in to post the photos until now...

Step 1, prime the base Black.

Step 2, base coat with Scale75 Amarth Blue.

 Step 3, wash the entire base with Citadel Drakenhof Nightshade. This wash starts to bring out the detail in the base which we are going to build on as we go.

Step 4, dry brush with Scale75 Hiril Blue.

Step 5, dry brush with P3 Frostbite.

Step 6, dry brush with Scale75 Purity White.

Step 7, paint the ring around the base with a mix of Scale75 Elandil Violet and Scale75 Decay Black. This mix is 5:1. I went this route because I didn't want the ring to be pure black and this mixture ties into the color a lot better, while still basically appearing black.

Step 8, add the ice effect. I combined a couple of steps in the photo below due to the fact that it was hard to see the ice effect by itself. For the ice effect itself, I used Ranger Clear Distress Crackle Paint. The ice effect was done by putting on a single pass of the crackle paint which covered the entire painted portion of the base. This product is self leveling, so you want to put on enough to cover everything, but not quite so much that it spills over the edges.

The crackle effect itself is achieved because the clear paint shrinks as it dries. One minor issue I had with my first attempt at using it was not using enough glue for the original basing material and as the crackle dried it essentially pulled the groundwork up from the base as a single piece.

After letting the crackle paint dry (overnight) I did a dry brush layer with P3 Frostbite followed by another pass with Scale75 Purity White.

Step 9, finishing touches. For this step I did a wash with Citadel Drakenhof Blue over the entire crackle layer and then did another layer of dry brush with P3 Frostbite and Scale75 Purity White.

I did this same process for all 5 of the bases from the Starter Battlegroup and I intend to repeat this for all of the bases for my entire army. I was blown away with how vibrant the bases turned out in the end and trust me, they pop a lot more in person once natural light starts to hit them.

The final step for these bases will be to use Secret Weapon Realistic Water and Crushed Glass to add a snow effect to each of the bases. However, I'm holding off on that part until I get each of the figures done.

Fire Wings w/ mounted Beelphegor Part 18

Welcome back :) After setting this project aside last year, I have finally returned to making some progress on it.

This post is going to show the work that I did on the inside of the mouth. First of all, the mouth really consists of 3 pieces, the upper head, lower jaw and tongue. I painted each of these separately and they won't be completely finished until I do the final assembly. If it were not for the bit which actually goes under the tongue, I would do the assembly now.

On to the mouth...

The mouth was basecoated with Scale75 Harvester Flesh and then glazed with a couple of coats of GK US Transparent Dusty Pink. The GK transparents are airbrush paints and they dry rather glossy when you paint them with a brush by hand. To combat this, I mixed the transparents as 1 drop of paint, 2 drops of matte medium and two drops of a mixture flow improver, slow dry and water. I really liked the results of this formula as it removed the glossiness and also gave me a glaze that I could layer to my liking.

The teeth were painted in a similar fashion, using P3 Sickly Skin as the base and then glazing with GK US Transparent Nicotine Yellow.

And the following is a mock up of what it will look like assembled. The bit will go under the raised middle of the tongue.

I'm very happy with the results so far, but the next step will be basecoating the dragon scales which will give me a much better idea of how the mouth will really look in the end.

To be continued...