Ambition hits Pride | Lorgar Aurelian of the Word Bearers (XVII Legion)

Well, it didn't turned out as much as a wip-blog as I have hoped. Two months ago I got hold of the model and got it painted in only two sessions (both sessions had about two months between 'em, but who cares).

So Mr XVII of them Space Marines of the chapter of the Word Bearers I have finished. Lorgar Aurelian, the Gold Man, the Keeper of Word, the Beholder of blahlbahblah. Heretic. Persona non grata. Zealot. And ... a very awesome bold guy.

The armor is a dark red mixed with Khorne Red (Citadel) and small touches of Xereus Purple (Citadel) and Trollblood Base (P3). When the basecoat has dried I gave it a good wash with a mix of Charcoal Black (P3) and Alien Purple (Warpaint) and a single little drop of flushing fluid as a flowing agent.
For highlights I painted a mix of Khorne Red and Evil Sunz Scarlett (Citadel) and slight touches of Heartfire (P3).

The gold parts are basically Sycorax Bronze (Citadel). This I shaded with a mix of Beaten Purple (P3), Bastion Grey (P3) and Kantor Blue (Citadel) - again with a flowing agent. The highlights were painted with at 1:1 mix of Sycorax and Runefang Steel (Citadel).

The eyes were painted plainly white with Ivory (Vallejo) and got several thin shades of Enchanted Blue (Citadel) mixed with Pallid Wych Flesh (Citadel) and lots of water (ratio of 2:1:8).

That's it basically. The base was painted in a dark grey (some old paints with no label) and drybrushed with Rakarth Flesh (Citadel) and Screaming Skull (Citadel). The glowing effect was achieved by adding umpteen thin layers of a mixture of flowing agent, water, Moot Green (Citadel) and Warboss Green (Citadel) in a ratio of 1:8:2:1.

I hope client will be as satisfied as I am. It didn't turned out to be my "best model ever" as I have intend. Since I stood there in my shelf and was begging for attention I wanted to finish it ASAP. But still it's my highest standard I can achieve right now.

New Project: Mr XVII

Yesterday I took hold of Lorgar Aurelian, Primarch of the XVII Legion, Word Bearers. 

Also called: the soreheads, Prima Donnas, and the beleidigten Leberwürste. 

Mr XVII - when amibition hits rejection

When daddy ain’t approve the over-the-top worshipping that was strictly forbidden due to lack of logic, why don’t just betray him and drag his most beloved warmaster-child into despair and heresy? Billy Joel didn’t start the fire, they did!

And now I shall put paint on the Urizen. This model comes in 12 pieces + a 3 piece diorama base. It’s worth £55 and worth about 400 points. That means: a lot on both fields that matter. Once again this is a commission and I shall make this my best Warhammer model yet!

The armor will be started with a bright and warm red. Starting from this the layering will go in both ways, highlighting and shading by wet in wet layering. I learned this recently on a workshop (thanks to Pascal from Trier Spielbar) and I really dig it. The cloak will be a cold blue or gold bluish-grey that contrasts finely with the armor. Lorgar’s head will be painted in a pale complexion with glowing eyes (he’s a psyker-wizard, so he shall have the warp on him). 

Me is now excited for him. On pictures he seems to be a lame model due to non-existing dynamic. But the model radiates both pride and dignity, what makes it a great model. He shall have more pride and dignity once he stands there full of colour and dark ambitions.

Dark Apostle Erebus & Black Cardinal Kor Phaeron

Another assignment done, once more two overwhelmingly fine detailed models from Forgeworld. 

I admit that painting Erebus’ power armor was quite troubling. The scribbles on his armor were not put on the model but engraved. So where actually ink would be put on the armor, the scribbles were nothing but cavities. I hated it that way. 

The two douchebags responsible for Horus' corruption

The contrast of red and gold is pleasing to the eye. Therefore I tried to work with a dark but warm red and a bright but cold gold. The gold has its fair share of silver (Silver Air | Vallejo Model Air) to get a bright complexion, slightly washed with a blue-purple glaze (Naggaroth Night | Citadel & Kantor Blue | Citadel & Thinner Medium | Vallejo). Kor Phaeron’s armor, however, was supposed to be much warmer and much brighter. That’s why the gold has no parts of silver and was washed rather dark (Reikland Fleshshade | Citadel & Matt Black | Warpaints & Thinner Medium | Vallejo) and it’s much warmer.

The armor is both painted in layers, from the dark tone (Khorne Red | Citadel) up to the brightest (Evil Sunz Scarlet | Citadel). In all layers of red I mixed a single brush tip of dark grey (Mechanicus Standard Grey | Citadel) for reasons of opacity and flatness. 

On the base I started to work heavily relying on the overall praised pigments. Therefore it was plain grey (Mechanis Standard Grey | Citadel), washed in black (Nuln Oil | Citadel) and brown (Agrax Earthshade | Citadel) and drybrushed several times with grey and brighter paints (Rakarth Flesh | Citadel). Afterwards it was washed with pigments (a 1:1 mix of Dark Yellow Ochre & Dark Red Ochre | both Vallejo) very generously. After drying the base got drybrushed once more with Rakarth Flesh.

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Painting time (Erebus): approx. 8h
Painting time (Herold): approx. 7h
Main Techniques (both): mere blending, using washes for metal parts, slight wet in wet for the faces.

Both are commissions for [more than I ever expected].