Oh just finish already!

I know, I know, Im working on it. Here is some more progress on the Stompa model.

Heres where I'm at right know:

I finished the back piping, rusted and weathered nicely. On this part I used pastels thinned with testors paint thinner- not as easy to use, but gives a little different look. It has its uses.A shot of the patina, came out well I think.

Back of his head

His mug shot, soon to be on imperial wanted posters everywhere...

Not finished with gun yet, heres my progress so far.

Your still working on that?

Yes I am. Sad I know. Been working on a milliion non- game projects lately, but I did find some time to do some more painting on my Stompa.

This is the finished fully weathered close combat arm. Although after looking at these pics for a while I think I need some dark circular scrapes on the round blade. Ok so its 99% finished now.

Here he is with most of his pieces on. His head, upper cc arm and gun arm are only about 50% finished. Speaking of his head...

Here it is! I really was pleased with the way the eyes turned out.

Two more shots showing the weathering/ rusting that I've done with this guy so far.

Questions, comments?

Stompa project- quick update

Hey all,

a quick update on the Stompa project- I've got about a third of it weathered. Its a long slow process, but it is progressing. Thats all for now.

More stompa goodness...

More details painted, it seems every time I look at this model I see another detail piece I missed...

None of the weathering is started yet, and ther is a lot to do.

Thats a lot of yellow...

I started painting the Stompa the other day, and thought "Wow that's a lot of yellow".

I'm gonna break it up with metal panels (some are masked off under the paint) and weathering, but its always just a little scary to commit to such a bold color. I've been expirimenting with different painting and weathering techniques, heres a quick tutorial of one of them:

I first paint over a black undercoat with fiery orange, scorched brown, and vermin brown. (vallejo colors). I use a combination of a large brush an a foam brush. You could also use blister package foam, or offcuts from any of the foam from army storage cases . Dab all over, use lots photos of rust for reference.

Using the foam brush again, I dabbed on liquid latex everywhere I thought damage and paint chipping was most likely to occur. Since this is one of the feet, I figured it would get the most damage on the bottom and the leading edges as the Stompa smashed his way along.

After it dried I sprayed scarfulous (?) brown all over. You can use a regular brush if don't own an airbrush. I actually did on his other foot. Just thin it so you don't remove the latex. Yet.

This time I'm using orange yellow and spraying it on as a first layer of highlights. Centers of flat panels, top edges on the outer foot, ect. Don't go to the edge or spray over areas that should be in shadow. Again brushes are welcome.

This step I highlighted more, this time with bad moon yellow. Don't cover all of the orange yellow, this is the final highlight so use it on the edges, the very center of flat panels, ect. Yes, you can brush again.


Ok, now the fun part! Using your finger, a rubber eraser, a toothpick and tweezers, gently rub the liquid latex off. The paint will flake and chip, thats what you want. The end result will expose the first layer (the rust). Use the toothpick and tweezers to pick off all the little bits of latex and paint chips. Get all the spots of latex, you didn't forget where you put them, did you?

Last steps! Using the foam and regular brush, I painted boltgun metal over areas that were just exposed. I Didn't do all the areas, just ones that I wanted to look like they recently were chipped or have wear. I then used brown, flesh, and sepia inks to put in final shadows.

Ork Stompa damage markers

Hey welcome to my geek blog! Time to jump right in...

I'm building a Stompa for my Warhammer 40k ork army. As you might well know, superheavy vehicles and titans are fire magnets. With armor 13 the Stompa is tough but not invulnerable, so its gonna take some damage during a game. I figured what better way to represent this than to have a few damage markers:



These are magnatized from the inside, so there are no visible magnets on the outside of model.



To make these, I glued a magnet to a small button, then glued Woodland scenics clump foliage to the button, building up and off of it in a smoke pattern. When the glue is dry, prime in black and paint in shades of yellow oranges and reds, with greys and browns for the smoke. (remember: white is the hottest, followed by yellows, oranges, and reds.)