The base of Fulgrim

Just a short update. Once I finished the Liaisons for my Forge Lord I started painting on Fulgrim. I am not really sure what to think about this model. Appearance wise it looks cool, but it is very difficult to break it down for painting and this makes it a bit of a pain to paint. But once the colours are down the result is very nice. My main issue is the snake body. As it coils around itself there are some places that are very hard to reach but are still highly visible from some angles. I decided to go for a blue purple colour for the main body with a pale, skin toned underside. Blending the colours were not easy and I hade to try some new techniques which is nice. I am still not fully done with the body as the fins need some more attention and the scales on the back are still not painted. I am at a bit of a loss on what colours to make them. Either I keep them blackish or I go for a bone colour. The later would tie in nicely with the base.

The model also do not come with a scenic base as most newer large scale demons do. So I had to build something so that he does not look so out of place with the other ones. I played around with some ideas of ruins etc but in the end I decided to go for a more simple platform. This was painted in rusted metal with some marble inlays. Once again I had to try some new techniques to get the marble effect I wanted. I am not sure how much of this will be seen once Fulgrim is on there, but it was nice to paint.

Once the body is done I will need to move on the the wings and try to colour match them to the snake body. Lets se how that turns out.

Forge command

So it is a new year, and I hope it will be a better year than last, but I have my doubts.

The first entry of the yea is actually the last project of last year. I had hoped to finish these guys over Christmas but that did not happen. These are some models that I have been looking forward to paint as they are all full of character but I have been stalling for inspiration. Most of the models comes as surplus models to my titans and knights and they make up the strategic advisory board (SAB) to my forge lord. The board consists of the liaisons to the; fleet, titan legion (Northern Ghosts), knight house (Northern Knights), legio cybernetica and the skitarii forces. The board is also joined by the ever present secretary taking notes.

Fleet Liaison

Legio Titanica Liaison

Legio Cybernetica Liaison

Knight house Liaison

Skitarii host Liaison

Ever present secretary.

The models coming with the titans are what appears to be hand sculpted resin cast models, and they feel a bit out of place compared to the high detail plastics of the knight pilot and the skitarii general. But I think they make an interesting group. Paint wise I stuck to how I have painted my other titan crews and mechanicum servants, so not really any new stuff. For some reason the models look a bit shiny, not sure if it has anything to do with the resin. I have seen similar stuff on the titans where the paint almost look wet, but that have not shown up until a few months after painting and some warm weather.

Next up on the painting table is Fulgrim. He is a present from my wife and I hade hoped to have been painting him over the vacation, but I decided that finishing the SAB would need to be done first. Lets see if I can keep up a more stable flow of posts this year.