Iron Warriors. Horus Heresy. Kratos. Part2.

Continuing right after part1. I ended the blogpost after I had added the transfers and hazard stripes.

Next I add scratches and battle damage to the hazard stripes with a hobby knife.

After this I mix a thin oil wash of black, burnt Umber and orange and mineral spirits. Just like I did for the tracks, but now it is all mixed to a thin and even consistency. I pin wash between all panels and in all crevices. This is super simple and easy. If I get and wash where I don’t want it, I simply use a cue tip or a paper towel to clean it up.

When the wash have dried I use oil paint to add rust streaks on the battle damage on the hazard stripes and on some other selected areas.

After this I start to add some of the glow effects from the volkite weapons. Because all of the guns can be changed, I don’t want to do OSL on the tank it self. But I do it for the lights.

I use oil paint for this. It is very easy to apply the paint, spread it out to where you want it and to remove if you added to much or in the wrong places. This process is soooo easy with oils, I can underscore this to many times. You have full control with zero risk of messing up.

Weathering the bottom of the tank is also done with oils. Simply mix your paint to the color you want. Without thinning them, paint the bottom of the tank on the color. Like this:

Take a bigger (dry) flat brush. Dab the paint upward the tank side. At the end brush the final edge of the paint upwards.

When all oils have dried I paint a brighter acrylic orange on the coils of the volkite weapons and add some heat colorization on the end of the gun nozzle.

None of the methods or tools have been hard or advance so far. If you haven’t used oils before, you might want to try them on a test model before you go crazy. But trust me, it is so easy and simple. And you will start adding more and more to your existing schemes and methods.