Darcstaar vs. Bones 1 ep. 3 Oxidation Beast

[Darcstaar]

This was a bastard sword from one of the Reaper weapons sprues (Metal).  I cut off a lot of the handle, and 1/3 of the blade (center).  I used a file to make the cut end more rounded and gouged as if eaten away by rust.

 

 

Sadly, I didn’t think about mold lines on this bit.  I will try the brush on sealer trick.

[Darcstaar]

I’ve been tinkering with NMM on the blade.  Not too happy with how it went.  I think I am going to go over it with metallics to see how it looks.

[Darcstaar]

Just need to touch up some black on the base, and calling it done.  The rust effect is layered stippling of Mahogany Brown, Crimson Red, Rusty Red, Hearth Fire, and Golden Yellow, in two passes.

[Glitterwolf]

Looks good!

[Stonebred]

I thought your NMM looked good! 

 

By the way, I love this concept. Really cool idea. Great work.

[vhaidra]

Cool. This bright blue eyes and the blue at it`s antenna`s are just great. This makes a very cool contrast. Love it!

[Darcstaar]

Thanks everyone.

More progress on the metal version.

 

 

I got the top primed and put two coats of HD Crimson Red on it.  I trimmed and FILED the katana, and just laid it in to see if this is a good spot.

 

 

Next, to really deepen the cracks between plates, and to pull the red down to brown, I washed it with Agrax Earthshade.

[Darcstaar]

 

Two thinned layers of Gory Red.

[Darcstaar]

 

2 thinned layers of Fresh Blood.

[Darcstaar]

Final highlight of Holly Berry.

[Darcstaar]

Added Solid Black stippling.  I used my “liner” mix which is water, retarder, and flow improver to thin the paint, and use a good 0 size brush with a sharp point.  I’m quite pleased with the look: I was worried it would be a little strawberry or ladybug-ish, but it came out pleasantly surprising.

 

And that’s it for today.

[Glitterwolf]

Nice colours!

[Darcstaar]

Thanks!  Black and red are always good together.

[Darcstaar]

Haven’t had much Painting time.  Here is some progress.

 

 

I feared it would be hard to get to the medial surfaces of the antennae once glued on, so I painted that surface prior to assembly.

 

 

I also painted the eyes prior to assembly:

Green Liner, Peacock Green, Grass Green, 1:1 Grass Green:Alien Goo, Pure Alien Goo, then a dot of Pure White.

 

 

Post assembly.  Ugh, the lower surfaces of the antennae are really close.  Painting these will be tough.

[Glitterwolf]

Looks fine so far.

Good choices for the colours and the stippling.