Armorcast Chaos Warhound: Banners Finished

Greetings once again InterWebs!!! I had a little time this weekend to pop into the hobby room and I decided to work on some Dark Mechanicus Banners for my Armorcast Warhound Soulforged Titan.

The process of getting the banners done

A long time ago I learned how to make 15mm banners out of Wine Foil (the stuff that seals the cork in) and I thought it would work well for the larger banners I wanted to make. I use the foil instead of paper because the foil is very bendable, easy to paint, takes 'damage' well, and is heavier than paper; the only thing paper has going for it (in my opinion) is it can be burned to give a scrotched effect.

Time to gather some supplies from the closet:

You will notice that the foil coming off the bottle is a bit wrinkly so it needs to be flattened out before use. I made sure to not cause it to roll up while flattening it out.

Now the piece is all nice and flat:

At this point I drew out the rough shape of the banner:

Another nice thing about this type of foil is that it can be easily cut with standard household scissors (not shown for some reason) and clean up of tight areas are done with a hobby knife:

The banners were then primered and painted up. Here is the front-side of the three Chaos/Dark Mechanicus Banners:

 I hate painting 'free-hand'! I am not an artist by any means......

I thought the back-sides of the Banners. I wanted to do something and gave a try at some flames. Again I am not an artist and will be the first to admit that these could have turned out better. I hate free-hand painting!

Here are a couple of shots of the Banners installed on Canis Messorem:

I think the Warhound is complete. I could do some battle damage on the legs but I think it is time to move on to other projects (of which there are tons).......
Thanks for stopping by and taking a look! Take care!

Armorcast Chaos Warhound: Canis Messorem Finished?

Greetings once again InterWebs!!!!! Now that I am done with my GenCon 2013 coverage it is time to turn back to some actual 'hobby' stuff. Before I left for GenCon I had been working on an old Armorcast Chaos Warhound which I have named 'the Reaper's Hound' or Canis Messorem if you prefer the Latin. This weekend actually saw me spending some time in the 'man-cave/hobby-room' which allowed me to finish up the painting on the Warhound. I am not sure if I will do any 'freehand' work on the legs or not but this is were the little beast stands at this point.

An overview look:

Top down look:

A miniature (from the to-be-painted shelf) for scale:

A slightly closer look:

The 'Legion' Icon:

 The 'Soul Forge' Icon:

These two shots are from 'ground level':

Now for a bunch of close-up shots:

Well, now I am just waiting for a chance to seal the miniature, the weather has not been the best lately for sealing minis. After the final sealant coat (which is a flat coat) I will go in and apply gloss varnish to the eyes and the nose which will make them look wet. I am now working on the three Chaos Soul Forge Banners for the beast but I thought I would show you all the progress so far. Thanks for stopping by and taking a look! Take care!

Armorcast Warhound: Canis Messorem PiP

Greetings once again InterWebs!!!!! Well it has been an incredibly busy time around here lately, work has picked up again, the weather has cooled off a bit, and GENCON is this week!!!!! GenCon is an incredible time filled with SO MUCH TO DO and it is a time that I get to hangout with friends from all over the world! I can't wait! I did manage to sneak in some time in the hobby room between packing for GenCon and everything else demanding my attention. In preparation for my trip down to Feast of Blades I continued to work on my Chaos Warhound Titan from Armorcast. If you remember the Warhound Canis Messorem (The Reaper's Hound) sat in this state when I left it so I 'got stuck in' and started laying down the paint.

I thought long and hard about what color to paint a Chaos Titan that would stand out from all the other Chaos Titans out there. I did not want to take the easy route and paint it Red and Brass as that is all I really see these days, I did not want to paint it Black (Legio Mortis) or Greenish (Nurgleish)..............

Here she sits all prepped for paint. I took the advice of several people and added banner holders:

So the internal debate continued about the color until......................

To begin the fading to black:

Fading to black continues:

I continued to work on the purple/black fading but also decided that I needed to add some other colors around the main body colors to see what the main color would actually look like. I neglected to snap some shots of the further work in the painting process that got the Warhound to this stage. Here is where Canis Messorem sits at this point before I jet off to GenCon:

Oh....Who is the good dog with his big wet black nose.......

I think the upper carapace is coming along nicely:

Here is Canis Messorem (Reaper's Hound) put together to see how the whole thing is looking:

I still have a bunch of work still to do with this piece: Bone, Chains, Icons, Banners, etc. I am pleased with how everything is coming along. What do you think? Have I brought some 'fight' back into this old model? Thanks for stopping by and taking a look! Take care!