It has been a while since my last post, like all artists will do at some stage I found myself in a creative rut.
Finding my way out of it now I present my test model for the colour scheme of my Iron Hands. It is based off of Forgeworld's own, using a base of rub 'n' buff pewter. The next stage was to dull the metallic sheen, for this I used black Brusho crystal colour, a powder based pigment ink. This gacve the model a slight blue hue, not too dissimilar from Forgeworld's painting style used on Ferrus Manus. Next Rark reaper was used to highlight the edges of the armour, enhancing the blue hue.
Now onto the metallics, a very simple method, starting with Ironbreaker as a base, the Brusho was used again as a wash. The metallics were then highlighted again with Ironbreaker.
The whites were the final addition, these were built up using thin layers a top on another, again a simple yet in my opinion effective method. I found the Brusho blended with the white even after it was dry to give this fade to blue in the darker recesses where white was used.
Going forward with painting I will be keeping the scheme almost identical. The bolter however may be painted differently, perhaps white in the style of 'eavy metal. Alternatively either black or perhaps make the metal darker, using Leadbelcher instead of Ironbreaker.
Basing the model will be covered in a later post, I feel with the ideas I have it is worthy of entire post to itself.
