This Monstrous Creature is finally finished. I chose to blend by hand instead of using my airbrush because I felt the limbs were probably too small for the airbrush. I’m really pleased with the finished result. More pictures after the jump.
This cool model includes interior detail. By removing the abdomen you get to see the Scarab Hive. This is a really neat touch.
The hardest area to paint were the legs. I glued them in place and they took hours and hours to paint all the edge lines. I think it was worth the effort though. I will probably do the same for the Triarch Stalker now instead of using my airbrush.
There are quite a few glowing orbs and I bathed the surrounding area with a light OSL glow. You can read in detail how I did this in my tutorial.
I couldn’t resist a group shot of the Spyder with her babies. Here you can see the six Scarab bases I painted last month with three bases I already had in collection. It’s shots like these that make the hard work worth it. I love it!
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Man, that's a cool paint job 🙂
Thanks dude 🙂
Wow that's so cool I had no idea the spyder had scarabs modelled inside what a neat touch. I seriously think this is the first time I have seen anyone ever mention it!
It was in White Dwarf when they released the model, but you're right it hasn't had much coverage. The model isn't in the paper codex either because it was a second wave release. It is in the iPad codex though which is cool (360º spins FTW).
This has inspired me to purchase the mega force! love it!
I think it's sold out isn't it? The Mega Forces are only a splash release at Christmas. You can still get the battle force box sets though, but I find the contents in those a bit dull.
I didn't realise that! There's been one on the shelf since christmas at my FLGS, still had the $300 price tag on it and all. It will keep me busy for about a year! I look forward to seeing your triarch!
Unusual theme, excellent execution.
Thanks for sharing!
My pleasure.
I love the paintjob, but the group shot at the end made me flash back to opening the family cottage this spring. So…many…spiders… O_o
I love spiders. I think I'd have seen all the spiders and wanted to paint a Goblin Forest Spider army 🙂
Epic beyond compare…
That's so nice of you to say 🙂 Thank you.
Nice work and interesting colour scheme.
It's got a touch of Iron Man about it hasn't it.
Red seems to be the most prevalent colour in my armies. Red Tyranids, I've painted Blood Angels and now Necrons. I've never painted red with blended edge highlights though so it's been a nice challenge.
Beautiful!
I've said it before, and I'm sure I'll say it again. Your work is the inspiration for me pushing myself to make myself neater and neater.
That thing is just beautiful – very spectacular. And the OSL almost hurt my eyes.
I honestly believe some of the most powerful and convincing OSL is the OSL that doesn't look like it's painted. It's way too easy to go mental and slap paint everywhere and most OSL looks like a paint ball gun has backfired and exploded over the user. Less is more.