Sun 3 May 2009
There has been a wave of Warhammer 40K modeling and game playing sweeping my place of employment lately. A common scale is what is called “25 mm” and is taken as 1:72 scale.
I think the methods routine in this modeling genre can be really effective for HO modeling. I found a horse that no one wanted and decided to do some painting.
I went for a softer, to my eye, more realistic look. Here’s how I did it:
First I assembled and primed the model.
The detail in the castings is really impressive.
Next I roughed in the main colors.
I detailed the edges and details like the harness. I used a dark wash of Burnt Umber followed by highlighting with white or light brown (depending on what I was edging).
Lastly, I used Dullcote and Polly S “Dust” to flatten out the shine.
I did the eyes with a black ball-point pen.
This was really fun and took me about two hours not counting drying time.