I didn't work on my Doom Angels army this month. But I still worked for the End of The World Challenge: I had to paint a Forge "mini" for a friend. He already has a 3000pts Eldar army, but urgently needed his Cobra MkII to be painted and asked me to do it.
Painting a Forge mini always starts with hours of preparation. File, drilling machine, sandpaper, Greenstuff, cutter and much elbow grease will be essential for you… And do not count on the note to help you, an Ikea piece of furniture is simpler to go up with!
I hadn't any constraint for painting: I just had to clearly show that the Cobra came from Ulthwé. For the remainder, free for all.
The Cobra is an antigrav tank all in length (30cm) having an asymmetry: the main gun is shifted to the right. From the beginning, I had in idea to paint a color band running all along the tank. (so 80' S)
Whereas I wanted to start on a three bands cross, I quickly realized that the structure of the Cobra did not allow it. I' had to simplify the drawing.
I' started by under-laying in ivory before tracing the bands with masking tape. Then, black underlayer. And like you can see on the photograph, the gun's ventilation cap presents a perfect default...
I' also had recourse to the underlayer, practical to paint large surfaces in little time. The lower part has been realized with a Boltgun Metal underlayer bomb.
The result being very dark, I didn't need to to pass black ink. I painted all the corners in Chainmail to give relief.
The engines were painted separately. Then, painting of all the numerous gems. And, believe me, there are many!
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| Click to see the animal in large size ^^ |
The rest is traditional: bands were painted in P3 yellow, while the gems were painted in Nécron Abyss. I chosed to paint the gems in blue instead of red to reinforce the cold aspect of the cobra. A little stain, but not d' impacts of balls, that remains Eldar.
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