This week's Hobby progress sees my Deathwatch Dreadnought finally get painted up.
With 8th edition now released, I wanted to get my Deathwatch Dreadnought completed to try out his new awesomeness on the tabletop.
On a side note, the blog has been a bit sparse of content recently. Don't worry, with the release of 8th edition, expect that to change. I have plans to get reviews up on the new rules for my different armies, as well as a whole host of battle reports in 8th edition with my various forces. I'll initially be focusing on my Deathwatch, as I will be attending Caledonian Revolution in a couple of weeks. They will be using 8th edition, so I'll need to try and learn the army quickly and get a few practice games in before I go.
I did things a little differently with the Dreadnought. Normally, I would start with the edge highlighting on my Deathwatch, then move on to the bulk colours. However, the Venerable Dreadnought featured a lot of silver and gold, so I decided to paint these areas first in case I made any mistakes and would need to colour over the edge highlights again.
I painted the metal parts Leadbelcher, followed by painting the gold areas Retributor Armour.
These were then given washes of Nuln Oil and Agrax Earthshade, respectively. I then did the edge highlighting of the Dreadnought, followed by picking out the red areas and highlighting the silver and gold with Runefang Steel.
I painted all three weapons options for the Dreadnought to give me a bit of variety.The base was then painted to match the rest of my Deathwatch force.With that, I was done. This was really easy to bat out, taking only 3 nights of light painting to complete.
I will be hopefully be getting my first 8th edition game on Sunday, where the Dreadnought will get his first game.
I did things a little differently with the Dreadnought. Normally, I would start with the edge highlighting on my Deathwatch, then move on to the bulk colours. However, the Venerable Dreadnought featured a lot of silver and gold, so I decided to paint these areas first in case I made any mistakes and would need to colour over the edge highlights again.
I painted the metal parts Leadbelcher, followed by painting the gold areas Retributor Armour.
These were then given washes of Nuln Oil and Agrax Earthshade, respectively. I then did the edge highlighting of the Dreadnought, followed by picking out the red areas and highlighting the silver and gold with Runefang Steel.
I painted all three weapons options for the Dreadnought to give me a bit of variety.The base was then painted to match the rest of my Deathwatch force.With that, I was done. This was really easy to bat out, taking only 3 nights of light painting to complete.
