Back to HH Blackshields! FW Warlord Titan. Also Dark Mechanicum/Battlefleet Gothic.

Next step was to darken the gaps between the tiles. So I used raw umber paint, peed it down to wash consistency and spent the next two hours carefully pin washing the lines in. Just adds some depth to the tiles and covers up where any paint went in the gaps from stippling. Before and after pics included.

Had a bit of spare time so decided to have another go at my gaming board. Decided to go back over the tiles using a sponge stippling method as opposed to dry brushing it like I did the first time. Just mixed the colours dark first and gradually added more white on each layer with a tiny amount of yellow in each mix as it takes away the monotone greyness. After I’d finished the stone effect, I let it dry and applied water to the whole board and dabbed on brown paint and stippled it to weather the stone.

Well the ordinatus arrived, went through all the parts with a fine toothed comb. As the money you spend on a kit like this, you want it to be top notch casting. Mould lines are part and parcel with resin miniatures, but mould slip* can be an absolute nightmare to repair. Luckily I only found two parts that I thought were more effort to fix than I thought reasonable. I have fixed parts like that before, but they usually involve resculpting that section with greenstuff and I just can’t be bothered lol. So sent an email off to Forgeworld and I await a reply.

* For anyone that doesn’t know, mould slip is when the mould hasn’t settled into its neutral position during casting, so parts and details don’t line up. Unfortunately, you can’t tell until you’ve already cast the piece.

Only went on there to buy paint ? how’d an Ordinatus end up in my basket for my Dark Mechanicum ?

Just started the dark Mechanicum support fleet to go with the iron warriors. Two different coats of bronze drybrushed over a black undercoat and two heavy coats of Agrax Earthshade to really age up the hulls on the ships. Got an old pot of boltgun metal, so painted all the guns with that. Next step will be nuln oil wash on any parts I painted silver, then red gore spot colour.

Well, finally got them all assembled. Next to undercoat.

Well, three years certainly went quick Mr Bligh, still think fondly of our chats at warhammer world and at various GW events. Always made the time to talk to everyone and eagerly answered questions. Even questions you probably shouldn’t have answered ? RIP buddy.