#63 Painted, Malifaux, The M&SU, Ramos, The Arachnids

Malifaux, The M&SU, Ramos, The Arachnids

Introduction

Well I had an idea of what I wanted and it was a gold silver mix, I had searched up some pictures of brass to get an idea for the brass arachnid and figured they could share the scheme. I also wanted the models to look a little grimy, they would be scuttling around on the ground and would natural get dirty they would also be oily.

Painting

Step By Step

Models

1. Prime Models: Black (Vallejo, Surface Primer Black)
2. Rough all over dry brush: Silver (Army Painter, Gun Metal)
3. Edge dry brush: Bronze (Citadel, Balthasar Gold)
4. Top dry brush: Gold (Army Painter, Greedy Gold)
5. Ink: Brown (Army Painter Ink, Soft Tone)
6. Eye: Red (Reaper, Brilliant Red)
7. Eyelets: Blue (Vallejo, Electric Blue)

 Bases

1. Prime Models: Black (Vallejo, Surface Primer Black)
2. Rough dry brush of the dirt: Brown (Reaper, Ashen Brown)
3. Rough dry brush of the dirt: Brown (Reaper, Golden Brown)
4. (Only one base) Pipe: Silver (Army Painter, Gun Metal)
5. (Only one base) Pipe Ink: Brown (Army Painter Ink, Soft Tone)
6. Rough dry brush of the Rock/Wood: Grey (Vallejo Game Colour, Sombre Grey)
7. Rough dry brush of the Rock/Wood: Grey (Reaper, Concrete Grey)
8. Edged: Black (Army Painter, Matt Black)

Basing

The bases needed some fiddling because 3 of those spiders had a hard time fitting onto one medium base. The others were going to be fine on their own single bases. I decided to add a little height to the medium base and get around the spacing issues that way.

I ended up using a bit of a plastic straw for a pipe on one model, rocks and tanbark on the others, all embedded in wall filler. The bit and pieces were picked up on a walk to the local park, I dried the wood in the oven before using to prevent any water from becoming a breeding ground for mould.

Conclusion

I feel like I really hit the mark with these guys. They were what I was aiming for and the bases worked out better than I thought they would.

8/10