Greetings from Terra!
I have an extra special treat for your today,
fellow wargamers! By now I'm sure most of you seen the concept art for
the Golden Throne from the inside cover of the 5th Ed. 40k rulebook.
If
not, then just follow the
link!
This
art was so icon, so inspiring, that I felt moved to create a
mini-diorama depicting the scene. I've seen one or two of these
floating around the web before, but I'm not sure any have been as truth
to the imagery as this one.
Now,
bear in mind that this isn't a gaming piece. Although, i suppose, you
could cook up some sort of 'Assault on the Imperial Palace' scenario and
attempt to play it out. That's an apoc game I'd like to see!
The
figure was constructed from a variety of scenery pieces from the
Warhammer 40k Terrain line. For the Emperor himself, we used a zombie
torso and arms, a servo skull for the head (then sculpted a jaw and some
lower teeth), and finally we used a spare Valkyrie ejection seet for
his lower body. For his legs, we sculpt the robes and stippled them to
appear mottled.
for
the cables, we made dozens of cables out of grey stuff using a
specialty tool we picked up, let them dry, and then fit them into
place. We probably could have made dozens more tubes, but we didn't
want to over due it, even though the concept art in face has what looks
like hundreds of tubes! This is simply an interpretation , after all.
Painting
wise, we stuck to a limited palette, building up various shades of gold
for the throne, toning it back down with glazes and washes, and then
highlighting it back up gradually. For the Emperor himself, we used a
similar process, starting with dark flesh tones and working our way up
to pure white for the final highlight.
A
little red OSL on a few places, like the diode to the left of the
Emperor helped add a little color to the model. We choose note to use
OSL on his lens, since we wanted the Emperor himself to appear seemingly
lifeless. We stippled on a little silver here and there to create a
look of worn metal, chipping with time. In retrospect, we should have
been more selective with it's application and stuck to edges instead of
open areas. A little rust effect would have also gone a long way, maybe
a few streaking lines here and there. There is also room for
improvement . . . and jello.
Which begs the questions . . .can you improve Jello?
Overhead
Hail to the King, baby!
My name is Caleb and I run and operate
White Metal Games, a miniature painting and assembly service. For inquiries, email us at info@whitemetalgames.com
So what do you think? Did we nail it, or did we fall short? Think you can do better?
PUT YOUR MINIS WHERE YOUR MOUTH IS!!!!!
