The first WIP shot of my second batch of Gretchin. I’m feeling good about this project so far, it’s moving along at a tremendous pace. Today’s interesting tip is the rusty guns. I used stippling to achieve the textured look. I took an old paint brush and cut the bristles down to around 4mm in length to create a stipple brush and then dabbing Rhinox Hide, then Ryza Rust then Runefang Steel onto the gun and helmet with my stippling brush in that order I’d achieved the effect I wanted. To finish it off and dull it down I use a thin wash of Nuln Oil. Thin this wash with Lahmian Medium.
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This 2nd edition project is an interesting exercise. If you could time travel back to 1994 or so and showed off these models (or the previous ones that were posted), minds would be blown. Folks just didn't have the vision for painting this dirty, rusty look back then, even though all of the technology (paints, brushes, etc.) was in place. The aesthetic was all about clean and bright back in those days. My early World Eaters look like happy cartoon characters (the original 2nd edition plastic minis).
Not that I could ever do this – I have the same set of 2nd edition grots (and most of the second edition starter) in my basement and I think they will just have to stay unpainted. Too much other stuff to be done, but I really admire this effort nonetheless. Good stuff!
Very nice effect indeed, though I think they could do with a very small pin wash of brown ink around some of the rivets and chains. Just to make them pop a bit more. Other than that, great effect indeed and loving how you have tackled these older models. I have 60+ of them at home, guess I should get around to painting them for a change!
This is all about consolidating steps to speed up the paint job. The black wash I mentioned above is applied to the red, black, brown and rust areas all at the same time as the same single step. It's enough to pick out the detail and add some depth to the models. A pin wash of brown ink to 40 models would add a considerable amount of time for an effect that would be lost in a sea of models. Nice idea, just not practical for me in this instance.
I will be applying this extra level of detail to the Ork Dreadnought for sure though.
Fair enough then on those points. How long is it taking you then to complete a batch of 10 at the moment? That would be curious to find out 😉
Around 4 evenings and 1 whole day. I guess 12 hours-ish