



- Raggy, signing out

Last month I left you with this picture: ( in this post So the next step is of course to cover all that work!Why? Well because I wanted to get the weapons done and like with the helmet - there was enough risk of overspray that I wanted to protect the rest of my work on the model. This was my first real effort at NMM through airbrushing having done a bit more of a hand-waving effort with the helmets (see last week). The weapons really needed to read like metal so to get this I started dark and then brought the colours up lighter and lighter:Started with a coat of VMA BlackWith VMA in the cup I would add some Stynylrez whiteEach pass would see more White introduced for about 4 layersThe final layer was a very light grey rather than 'white' this allowed me to go in and do a final highlight by hand of the brightest points.Do get a metallic sheen, Highlights were often done as radial streaks on the curved weapons by moving the airbrush quickly back and forth perpendicular to the blade edge, focusing in on a smaller and smaller area as the colour got lighter and lighter.That spelt the end of airbrushing. All that remained was some brush work and tidying!Basecoats on the smaller details:VGC Dark Fleshtone for LeatherVMC Prussian Blue for ClothAnd Washing:GW Reikland Fleshshade on the fleshGW Nuln Oil on the weaponsGW Agrax Earthshade on everything elseFrom here it was just a case of bringing out the details, some final drybrushing of the hair, the base. Also the pure white highlighting for the helmets and weapons and then adding the eyes in.