Finished! Cygnar Stormwall

Big Blue in all his finished glory.

Gallery view

I've blabbed enough about this guy in the numerous WIP posts I put up before Gencon. At this point, he's safely on his way to Canada. Safe travels Blue, you're my boy.

Touch the sky!

Leading to Gencon Part 2

The tension is mounting and I'm already having dreams of being unprepared. Luckily, everything is painted at this point. There are other details that take a little time, like building a pair of icicles the long way, drop by drop.

But the banner is looking good. I might paint more on it as I'm seeming to do but I like where it is.

And look! Patches has made his way into full color.

Soon to be safely avoiding the Stormwall's advance. You can also see my checklist under the base. Never forget, if you do though, make a checklist.

What have I been listening to? This time I'd like to recommend a podcast, The Dollop. It's an American history podcast that proves we used to be a lot more funny..

WIP Stormwall Part 4

Finally! He's standing on his own two legs. After keeping this project in pieces for so long, I could finally start assembling :) The base finally passed that awkward, bald state and now has a variety of foliage which brings it to life a little more. I had been nervous about the base, I usually make things much more broken but I had little different vision for this one. Can pink flowers be described as bad ass?

WIP Stormwall Part 3 (white lines)

It's a long road when you can see every step ahead of you. But in order to get this model past the shitpoint I had to embark on that long, white, mazelike highway. I wanted to capture more of a reagal look befitting of cygnar. Not wanting to mess with symmetry I pulled my focus back and decided to add the spirals and swirls to specfic armor plates. My past employment at a tattoo shop designing stars and swirls definitely paying off here.

Once the mile of so of ivory lines were laid out, I set about the first of three series of highlights. Which were then battle damaged with a shred of foam.

I also started the electricity banks. A rough sketch that will come together with some more highlighting and washing.

White lines

WIP Stormwall Part 2

Now that everything is blocked in, I began the lengthy process of shading the metallics. If the phrase "I've been painting the color black for 4 hours" is appealing to you, then this is your heaven.

I also spent some time on the base. To me it looks a little too red to have as much foliage as I have planned but by washing in some more tan and deep brown I think I'll achieve the desired result.

The next objective will be smoothing out the blues and plotting a course for the freehanding I plan on adding. Large projects like this are usually a little touch and go and this one is no exception. You must keep pushing, past the shitpoint and on to glory!

WIP Stormwall Part 1

For the last three years I've painted up a colossal for the P3 contest at Gencon. This year I plan on doing the same and this time I chose the Stormwall. I like the Cygnar scheme but wanted to deviate a little from the norm so I aimed for more of a warmer turquoise blue.

Once the airbrushing was done I started blocking in the metallic areas.

For the base I wanted to make something a little less wartorn and muddy. I had the idea of a more serene walking garden area in mind. Which will look a little plain until I add the foliage. I traced out the footprint on a piece of corkboard and went to work. All those botched banners I've been saving were finally going to be put to some use.

I also rolled up some pillar shapes from some milliput. They don't need to be perfect as I'll add some moss and vines to cover up the simplicity.