Hey all 🙂 This is the second Imperial Knight that I painted up. I painted him in the color scheme of the House of Raven.I decided to give the model a roughed up damaged look compared to the Imperial Knight from the House of Terryn that I posted last. To achieve this I used the hairspray technique. I have put a video below showing how this works. I also made stencils using masking tape that I airbrushed segments of the model to make sharp borders for color changes. This is also showed in the video. What do you think? Would you like to see more Imperial Knights?
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Agree great model. I believe your style here as well as your darker weathered style is excellent. These models are not supposed to look like they are straight out of the factory. They have been through hell and should look like it.
Inspirational as always mate.
Doug.
Hey Cheers guys 🙂 The model was a lot fun to paint and try out some new techniques 🙂
Despite the other comments I think you did a superb job!
Keep up the good work:)
I agree – there is a difference between a bad paint job (which is certainly not the case here) and personal taste on weathering/battle damage/etc.
Surgical Spirit? What's that in Yankee English?
I think in the US its mineral spirits or basically any type of pur alcohol.
Surgical spirit is Iso proly alcohol, (IPA) or "rubbing alcohol" in yanky.
Minerals spirits is different is the US name for White Spirits.
Nice tutorial! I agree this knight doesn't look as good as your previous paint jobs, but you are dealing with the two hardest colours to deal with – red & yellow on one model. It's also clear that you are stepping away from your usual style too with this one so there is always going to be an adjustment period as you get used to that. Still a far strong job than i have seen on many knight titans. I think more angles would likely show off the paint job better too. Keep up the great work 🙂
Yep, I think it's a step in the right direction of adding more color to TEN's models. The stencilling part of the video was rally helpful. I haven't delved in to this yet but I really feel like I could now.
TEN, have you tried using sand paper on mold-lines? It really makes it easier. Also, any gap lines can be filled with a little superglue, then filed down with sand paper once dried. Developing this skill will really improve your work and make it look more professional.
Another point I'd make is to consider adding more color modulation (highlighting and shading) to the metals.
hey thirdeye.
i hate to say this. but this model really does not look that good. it could be the pictures, but i really dont like the roughed up damage. it looks more like misplaced paint. also on the left shoulder it looks like a mash up of paint.
i'm sorry to say this but it does not really represent your previous outstanding painting jobs.
i could be mistaken but tha is the feeling i geth looking at the photo's
cheers
tim