"These iron behemoths were very powerful, thanks to their magic immunity, [and] poisonous breath attack..." |
Amongst the strongest types of Golem, the figure was originally treated to a couple of coats of “Vallejo” Heavy Sienna and subsequently dry-brushed quite heavily with “Citadel” Ironbreaker. I then drenched the entire animated object with “The Army Painter” Strong Tone Quickshade. This helped blend the brown and metallic paints together so as to create a rusty, time-worn look to the large creature.
"Nolzur's Marvellous Miniatures" WIPs - The Iron Golem was primed, dry-brushed and washed |
Where I was unhappy with the stain’s final result, I went back in with some “Vallejo” Heavy Sienna and then simply (re)dry-brushed these tidied-up areas with “Citadel” Ironbreaker. I also had the chance to try out my new Psycho brush by “The Army Painter”, courtesy of applying an incredibly thin line of “Vallejo” Dark Vermillion into the Iron Golem’s two very narrow eye slits. Finally, because I wanted to try and draw attention to this area, I then applied a line of “Citadel” Ironbreaker to the construct’s eyebrows…
"In times of war, the mages will raise the husks and remains of the creatures that inhabited the dunes..." |
Primed with a double coat of “Vallejo” Iraqi Sand, the two-piece creature was shaded with The Army Painter” Strong Tone Quickshade and dry-brushed using (more) “Vallejo” Iraqi Sand. I then gave the critter a much lighter dry-brush of White, before picking out its collar with a combination of Gold and Strong Tone Quickshade. According to an old "Mantic Games" 2009 news post entitled "Pet Wars!", the skeleton is meant to be a dog, but as my Undead force will have a distinctly Egyptian feel, I figured it could be a cat…
Great work on the iron Golem Simon, and the animal skeleton looks great too. A handy piece on the frame indeed, as would be great to add to character bases or edges of movement trays for extra detail
ReplyDeleteThanks Dave. I love getting my “Mig Productions" Extreme Rust Wash out, so had to pick up the Iron Golem when I saw it on the shop's shelf. The fact I can count the dead cat as part of my Skeleton unit makes all the little additional pieces of the Skellie sprue well worth checking out imho.
DeleteSome nice stuff to welcome in the new year.
ReplyDeleteCheers Phil.
DeleteGolem looks really good in the end. The rust colour works well.
ReplyDeleteCat! Love it - needs a pharaoh beard too!
Thanks Dai, LOL!!!
DeleteLooking great!
ReplyDeleteCheers myincubliss! Much appreciated :-)
DeleteSome excellent painting, my friend. The Iron Golem looks superb, your rusty metallic effect is a triumph! The animal skeleton is also excellent! I really like the way you paint bone as it looks too notch. Also hats off to Mantic for such an excellent addition to the sprue.
ReplyDeleteThanks Undercoat. I'm really happy with how both these minis turned out, and as you say, the skeletal cat is an excellent addition to the skeleton sprue by "Mantic Games".
DeleteSplendid new freshly painted models on show this post. They are both outstanding, though the rat got the most of my attention.
ReplyDeleteCheers Wouter. Nolzur’s Marvellous Miniatures range is definitely one I'm going to be keeping my eye on in the future :-)
Delete54mm tall! That's one imposing figure !
ReplyDeleteThe 'cat' skeleton is great and unuusal mini - veyr nicely done.
Thanks Joe. The Iron Golem is indeed a nice sized model, and hopefully I'll get the chance to paint up a few more skeletal animals for my Empire of Dust army in the future - as they're nice fillers for the movement trays :-)
DeleteCool! Love the rusty look
ReplyDeleteCheers Louis. Glad you like the paint-job. I'm a big fan of “Mig Productions" Extreme Rust Wash. I use it all the time these days as I think it greatly helps the look I'm going for.
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