Been awhile....

So it's been a little longer than I anticipated with the blog.  2 weeks is far too long for anyone reading my posts to have to wait.

Today were going to talk about my Sons of Horus. 

I have been working on them slowly since my return from AdeptiCon this year.  Last night I was able to finish my first squad and HQ choice.

Lets start out with the finished products:

 

The squad is boasting 1 more special weapon than it should but my next 6 will even things out just fine from that angle.  With that though let's take a look at the process and I can show you some pics along the way as to how we got here.

 

First once they were assembled we mounted them on corks and hit them with a grey primer and airbrushed on a base coat of Vallejo Model Air Black Metal.

From here I took the Vallejo Model Color Brass to all the details that will eventually be gold.  I then added a heavy dry brush of Army Painter Greedy Gold over the same areas.

 

 

At this stage we do a quick once over checking for spots where the brass got over painted and use a Vallejo German Grey to cover it.  We then hit those same areas with Black metal again.  The German Grey allows for a decent base coat as the Black Metal is a beautiful but thin paint and the dark under colour helps.

 

After the touch up we hit the loin tassels with a layer of Chaotic Red Army Painter.  After coating it we give it a wash of Secret Weapon Ruby Red.  This will give the tussling a healthy sheen.

 

We will continue this walkthrough in my next entry...