Warhammer 40K: Anrakyr and Orikan Touch Up

While waiting for the end of the month and a supply of some specific paint, I took some time out during the weekend to work some improvement on Anrakyr's warscythe after getting some opinion from other painters. Some of the other illuminated parts were also given a slight touch up.

 

 

 

Orikan also was given some minor improvements on his Staff of Tomorrow and his headgear.

 

Some side models once I completed the two above.

Teleporter Homing Beacons!

Warhammer 40K: Venerable Deradnought, Asmodai, Anrakyr and Orikan Completed

Took time during the holidays yesterday to finish of the models.

Venerable Dreadnought

 

 

Just some minor touch up on some parts that could use some paint. When you cannot think of anything else to paint, you are basically done with it. That is the case with the dreadnought.

Asmodai

 

 

 

The pain with Asmodai is his Blade of Reason which was very hard to pin since the groove was not deep enough. It took me several tries and prayers for me to to screw it up. I will be adding some minor touch up later on the black parts since I was working on all my models since morning.

Asmodai Masterclass

Anrakyr the Traveller

 

 

 

On the surface, Anrakyr was looks easy to paint. Somehow, the illumination effect comes out wrong. I will probably revisit this unit to see if I can improve it, especially his warscythe.

Masterclass Edition. A long way more to go

Orikan the Diviner

Compared to Anrakyr, Orikan came out well. Instead of drybrushing, which I did on Anrakyr, I used more layering technique to create the illumination on the green and blue parts. A surprising result I should say. Still alot more room to improve anyway.

Masterclass edition

While drybrushing is a cool technique, it seems that I need to start picking up on blending technique as the masterclass models seem to use that on their metal and illuminated parts. Back to class then.

Warhammer 40K: Venerable Sneek Peek

Just a shot of what went on over the last week as I did not spend much time over it.

Anrakyr the Traveller

Facial close up to make sure no details are lost

 

 

 

Orikan the Diviner

Currently headless

 

Venerable Dreadnought

I decided to use the panels as seen above as I am not exactly like the text that was on the unit.

Dreadnought encased. Thanks to Darren of Wira Games and Hobbies who pointed me to the direction for getting the cases cheap.

Warhammer 40K: Venerable Dreadnought Part 2 and Orikan the Diviner

I started working on the venerable dreadnought as I am currently looking out for a specific black paint to use with Asmodai, Anrakyr and Orikan.

Venerable Dreadnought

 

 

 

The dreadnought is based with Ushbati Bone since this unit will be assigned to my Deathwing Company. I attempted to recreate the same scheme as my first two Deathwing Terminators from my Dark Vengeance box set.

1. Basecoat with Ushbati Bone
2. Wash with Seraphim Sepia
3. Drybrush bright are with Ushbati Bone

As you can see, I have yet to finalise the parts I want. The arms will be removable, as intended. However, the decorative pieces are still undecided.

Orikan the Diviner
Over the weekend, I was back over my hometown for a wedding. I made a trip over to Red Comet to check out the site and their wares. I got myself Orikan the Diviner since they are out of Deathwing Command Squad. The fact that most of the units I am looking for (Azreal, Belial, Ezekiel, Imotekh the Stormlord or Trazyn the Infinite) requires to be ordered directly from GW. It is a pity that despite being key units, the quantity available for anybody to walk in and purchase is extremely limited. The HQ units I had so far (Asmodai, Anrakyr and Orikan) were chance purchases that I saw available at the shops I went right away. I wonder if Official GW stores have this limitation also?

Anyway, I got myself Orikan due to the fact that he is an HQ unique to the Necron army, plus his cool ability of powering up caught my eye. Since he was available, I grabbed him right away.

 

 

Face close up

The white stuff is basically white blue-tac which I got from the local store. I have been using them for quite a while since the positioning of the arm makes some parts of the body a pain to paint. Lesson learned from the Dark Vengeance set.

And yes. I finally decided on the base colour for my minis. I decided just to go back to basics since I got tired trying to look for the right shade of grey. I used Steel Legion Drab for this.

While I still do find this a little plain, it is better then nothing at all.

Next Step:
- Venerable Dreadnought detailing