For my birthday I got the super awesome Model "Dozer & Smigg" (Privateer Pres | Hordes | Trollbloods), because what else as a nice toy can you make for someone who turned 29?
It's a Character Heavy Diretroll that got nice rules for Gunnbjorn and Diretroll Blitzers - which both I do not like to play. But Dozer & Smigg also bring the fun for Diretroll Bombers and the Trollkin War Wagon - both which I love to play! This Model will fit nicely into my Attrition Alpha Strike Ambush list for Jarl, and also I r*e*a*l*l*y want to paint it.
So here we go, primed and ready.
When painting I do it by a 3-step principle:
1 - Base before everything else;
2 - Imprecise before precise techniques (like drybrushing/stippling before blending);
3 - Inner before outer areas.
For the base I mix a BASEcoat (you can laugh if you like to) consisting of Dryard Bark (Citadel) and a tiny bit of Cold Grey (Vallejo | Game Color).
For first drybrush step I heavilly add Skrag Brown (Citadel).
For the second step drybrushing it's rather pure Skrag Brown.
Followd by lighty drybrushed 'Jack Bone (P3).
Now it's time to wash the entire Base. A mix of Agrax Earthshade (Citadel), Reikland Fleshshade (Citadel), Glaze Medium (Vallejo) and Water (about 1:1:2:2).
When the base is finished I start with almost everything that is made of iron and metal: armour, bombard, and the likes of it. I take from every step a picture form the front, from top of the gun and the left hand armour.
The basecoat for all metal parts ist Cold Iron (P3) and Coal Black (P3) in a ratio of about 7:1.
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Next I need to paint the fixtures, made of gold with a mix of Glorious Gold (Vallejo) and Coal Black, in a ratio of about 5:1.
The first wash needs to be rather dark; therefore I use Coal Black, Agrax Earthshade, Glaze Medium, and water in a ratio of 2:1:2:5.
To the second wash I add much more Agrax Earthshade.
Now comes the fun part. I ripped off a small part of the blister foam and dipped an edge into pure Cold Iron. Just like with drybrushing I put off a lot of the color on a paper towel and stared to dab random areas. Important at this step is to dab in a up-and-down-move and not to pull the foam over the surface, because this would cause undesirable effects.
Since I am very unprecise with this technique a huge part of the gold parts was dabed with metal, but I take care of that later.
After the dabed areas have dried, I apply a wash of Reikland Flesshade, Glaze Medium and Water, in a ratio of 1:2:2.
One more time I dabed all areas, this time with Cold Iron mixed with Silver (Vallejo Air).
Now I need to reconstruct the gold. I paint lightly again all areas that were painted gold before, but I leave some areas still silver.
After this I prepare a wash of Glaze Medium, Reikland Fleshshade, Atonia Camoshade (Citadel), and water, in a ratio of 1:2:1:2 and apply this wash only to the golden areas.
Now for the final weathing effect. I mix black and orange pigments (both Vallejo) with Water and Glaze Medium, in a ratio of 1:1:3:5 and apply it in a very thin coat on all silver areas with special attention to all rivets.
For the gold parts, there is no rust but verdigris. I mixed Nihilac Oxide (Citadel) with Glaze Medium and water, in a ratio of 1:1:2 and put it on all golden rivets.
The next step is to paint the bombard partly red, to make it easy to intenfiy as looted Khadoran wargear.
