Well, how did I do?
I did something every day, I participated in the challenge of #dreadtober, and I used a new technique - a variation on the thing that is taking the internet by storm; SLAP CHOP (I am calling mine "Shamwow").
I think I bought some models...
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Lots of work today finishing off #Dreadtober. Next post will reveal the final images!
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Getting towards the end of the time allotted ... and there is a lot to do! Base is complete (complete with flowers), pilot is painted, and the body of the carapace is done. Left to do are some details on the pilot compartment, the drones, the towers, some details on the torso, and the weapons.
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Only a single picture but I did work each day on the castle on the rear of the Knight.
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A little bit of work on the pilot, and a slapped-down coat of brown on the base.
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Started work on the pilot, using the variation of the SLAP CHOP method I have developed which I am calling SHAM WOW.
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The bell assembly is finished and the base gets, well, the basics.
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The bell assembly gets a bit of love.
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The sacristans are complete and ready to be scattered about the model.
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The next stage of slap chop is to apply Contrast paints, so I did that.
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I started work on painting the Sacristans, using a variation of the slap chop method. Undercoat white, wash with woodstain, drybrush white.
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The cathedral is finished and the base coat went down, and the armor plates and shoulder weapons were glued in place.
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I did not manage to get a lot of work done on the model (I think I did glue on some pieces, but very little really) because I had a long shift at work but I did manage to do some work on the background for the pilot of "Hagia Sophia" the Knight-Titan, Gui de Lusignan.
The platforms were trimmed out with some strips of plasticard.
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More work on the cathedral and the platforms for the sacristans to stand on ... and the sacristans themselves were converted!
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More work on the Hagia Sophia, constructing the cathedral on the back.
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The Civitas Imperialis pieces arrived and I started hacking up and and assembling the cathedral-for-ants on the back.
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Silver spray and Contrast paints!
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Some conversion work on the shoulder pads. These originally had a winged fleur-de-lys, which is sort of a combination of the designs on the Sororitas pauldrons. I trimmed some details off and scratch-built an Imperial ][ design.
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Work continued with attaching anchor points to the carapace and mocking up a design of how it is going to look, and getting some bright colors on the minaret dome drones! There will be a cathedral built on the rear of the carapace, with the pilot visible within a glass cage.
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The chest and head armor is completed - full disclosure! The unique Sister of Battle faceplate I had with the rest of the Legio Models kit was flushed down the sink when I washed it! So, I used a regular one ... which I thinks works better with the backstory of the Hagia Sophia.
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Not a lot of painting - some reds and silvers on the drones - but mostly some planning and assembly of the carapace details.
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Made a small conversion to the model's knee to show the narrative of Sapientia's knee being damaged at the Battle of Ha'tin, and glued on all the armor for her lower half.
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Lined the armor plates and washed them with gray Contrast, to give the look of leading in stained glass, and glued the armor in place.
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Work on the shin armor; Contrast over a silver base to look like stained-glass.
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Some more work done - the toes! A base of silver and Contrast paints, trying to get a stained glass look.
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Inspired by the October challenge of #Dreadtober (a thing with legs on a larger base) I grabbed the components for the Hagia Sophia Knight-Titan and started work. Today, some rattle-can undercoats, a few details picked out, and a series of grimy washes!
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