Painting the Great Brass Scorpion part 3

Hello All,

Welcome to part 3. Remember when painting my Great Brass Scorpion (GBS) I generally followed the instructions presented in Imperial Armor Masterclass Volume 2 with a few exceptions.

The last installment seems like soooo long ago. 3 weeks. February has been a rough month for me since the last update I have had to deal with Staff reductions at work forcing me to work late hours. I had to buy a car because my 11 year old Honda finally gave up the ghost. I attended the first session of the NOVA Open 2016 terrain builds (this was a fun activity but a lot of hard work so it is in the tally) and to top it off I am coming down with a cold or Flu or something. 

As I stated last time I will be going over the brass banding and finishing off the plates.

For a refresher- Part 1 and Part 2 

Finishing the plates

The banding that surrounds each plate was base coated with Vallejo Game color Tinny Tin then GW brass scorpion. The edges were hit with Vallejo Game Color Bright Bronze. 

Once done and allowed to dry I went in with a wash made from Winsor & Newton Winton Oil Color Burnt Umber and Winsor & Newton Winton Oil Color Black (these are the level 3 “professional” artist quality oil paints I bought at Michaels) and artist grade paint thinner Mixed 1:1:3. This was painted over the entire plate and allowed to set for around 45 minutes or so. 

After this I took a cloth rag (actually an old shirt) and gave each plate a good rub down removing most of the oil paint except in the crevices where it dark lined the plates beautifully. 

It also mellowed the brass and the red a little giving them complimentary tones.  

Well that's it for now. Next up I will be attacking the main body  and all the lovely cables and corpses.

Till then

Later

RGH

Painting the Great Brass Scorpion part 2

Hello All,

Welcome to part 2. Remember when painting my Great Brass Scorpion (GBS) I loosely followed the instructions presented in Imperial Armor Masterclass Volume 2 with a few exceptions.

Part 1 can be found here

Products used

Sotar 20/20 – Airbrush

Vallejo Airbrush thinner

Vallejo Satin Varnish

Vallejo Gloss Varnish

Tamiya Acrylic Paint Thinner (X-20A)

Tamiya Clear red (X-27)- Glaze

Tamiya Clear Blue (X-23)- Glaze

Tamiya Clear Yellow (x-24)- Glaze

Glazing the Armor Plates

Using Tamiya Clear red I went over the plates. The Tamiya clear line have the consistency of cough medicine so make sure you dilute it to a good Airbrush consistency using Tamiya Thinner (not water.) I repeated this 4 times (More thin coats is better than fewer thick coats) letting it dry between each coat.

Next I went over each plate with a glaze of Tamiya Clear Blue same as above but only twice.

Next I repeated the above with Tamiya Yellow. Note the Armor class book suggested Orange but I felt yellow made it pop more.

Lastly A final layer of Tamiya Clear red was painted over the plates to bring it back to a red (It was starting to look orange.)

Next the plates were given a coat of Vallejo Satin Varnish to protect the layers of glaze and tone down the overall effect then followed up with a layer of Vallejo gloss Varnish (thinned) to put a little shine back in it. 

Tamiya paints especially those of the the clear line should be allowed to dry thoroughly. I allowed each coat to dry for about an hour and allowed each color change to dry overnight. It took four nights to complete the transition. 

Up Next The Brass Banding on the plates...

I hope you are enjoying this.

Till next Time

RGH

Painting the Great Brass scorpion Part 1

Not my scorpion 

Hello All,

Sorry for the delay. Between work difficulties, helping my mother in law get back into her home, and the snow storm that buried Northern VA in snow up to my knee I have been a little busy.

In my last post I talked about painting the Great Brass Scorpion. I have made some progress. I am quite happy with the progress and have been working on a walk through of what I have done. When complete I intend to make it into a downloadable document but I also plan to have it as a multi part tutorial.

This is Part 1.

Painting my Great Brass Scorpion (sometimes referenced as GBS) I  loosely followed the instructions presented in Imperial Armor Masterclass Volume 2 with some exceptions.

Products used

Sotar 20/20 – Airbrush

Vallejo Airbrush thinner

Vallejo Satin Varnish
Black Spray Primer

Vallejo air Hull Red- Airbrush Paint

Venetian Gold (Folk art?)- Craft paint

Vallejo air Silver- Airbrush Paint

Tamiya Hull red- Paint

Tamiya Flat Red- Paint

The Basics

The undercoat was primed in black. Contact points were taped over with painter’s tape to make attaching the parts easier. 

The entire model was base coated in Vallejo Hull Red with an Airbrush. 

The Armor plates and any obviously metal parts were then painted with Venetian Gold which looks a more like Brass than gold. This is actually a craft paint that has good pigment for a “Michaels special.”

I was also working on an Imperial bastion with a similar starting point so worked them together.

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A swirling pattern was painted on the armor plates and obvious metal parts using Vallejo silver. (I originally went a little crazy with the silver and had to paint over some of the cables and pipes. 

Using a combination of Tamiya Hull red and Tamiya Flat Red (50/50) I painted a wavy pattern On the Armor plates. I then added some hull Red to the mix and painted inside the already established lines to give them depth. And then added a little more hull red and repeated making the lines smaller each time till finally I was using pure Hull Red. Make sure the silver and Gold can be seen in places. 

When finished I allowed it to dry then coated it with Vallejo Satin Varnish to protect the paints and make the next step easier.  

Up Next Glazing the armor plates

Let me know what you think

Till next time

RGH

It's Back!

Hello all,

Back in 2012 I started a project that ended up getting back burnered mostly due to my fear of screwing it up. A few months later I went back to it for a while but the test pieces convinced me that I needed more practice. Well a few years and a lot of models later I finally feel that I am ready to tackle

The Brass Scorpion!

Last week I decided to pull out the parts and DO This!

Here are a few early pics.

Base Brass for the armor plates

Brass for the Brass god!

I also added some silver and started the Hull Red pattern that defines the style as seen in imperial Masterclass Volume 2.

The front claws

More to come...

RGH