Minotaurs - Dreadnought - Badab War - Finished

All done!! Here is my mighty Dread in all his glory! After the previous post all that was left to do was the details. I added some weathering and battle damage to the red armour only as I felt this area needed some interest. I painted up some Scorched Brown areas on the sides and other places that would see wear and tear, followed that up with some Boltgun Metal to simulate the chipping etc then finished off with a wash to some of the damage to show the difference between newer and older chips. ( see picture below )

Here are the rest of the pictures, enjoy.

I am really enjoying building up this army and next up will be what should be an awesome unit in 6th edition BIKERS!

As always leave a comment below.

Vitor

Minotaurs - Dreadnought - Badab War - Part 2

More progress on my Mighty Dreadnought, still a pretty mean machine in 6th Edition! Hell who cares its one of the Space Marine iconic units so its cool!

I have added a black wash to the metal parts and a green wash to the red parts. I have also painted up the scrolls and front eagle to bleached bone.

Some more shots below from different angels.

Next up I have been layering up the red areas with Red Gore and Coat d' Arms Vampire Red to get that nice rich red colour. I have also added a blue wash to the Multi Melta barrel to give it  that heated look. I did some more work on the pipes etc on the sarcophagus.

In the shot below I have added a black wash to the barrel to finish off the burnt heated look.

That's as far as I got for now, stay tuned for what should be the final part.


Vitor

Minotaurs - Dreadnought - Badab War

Next unit to be inducted into my Minotaurs army is the mighty Dreadnought. I cleaned this guy up with Dettol as he was painted up in my Aurelius Legion brass and black colour scheme. After cleaning I primed him with black primer and gave him a thinned down coat of black paint. Next was a coat of Tin Bitz followed by Brazen Brass and a Thraka Green wash, next up a dry brush of Brazen Brass again followed by a wash of my own mix of Verdigris wash. Another drybrush of Brazen Brass to finish off the armour. I then painted the red parts of the armour with a base of Scab Red followed by a layer of Red Gore. The details like scroll work etc was given a Scorched Brown base coat. ( picture above )

Here I have base coated the mechanical parts with Boltgun Metal as well as some details that are metal but not armour.

The one thing I did decide to do was paint the feet and Claw / Fist Red, I think it gives the Dread a bit more of a nasty look. What do you guys think yes / no?

More to follow.

Vitor.

Creating Your Own Chapter - Aurelius Legion - Merry Go Round

My project of creating my own Space Marine Chapter was put on hold several months ago mainly due to the fact that after many incantations I still wasn't totally sold on my colour scheme ( see picture below ). Recently I have been working on my Minotaurs project and after painting up the bronze armour I thought that maybe I could apply it to my Aurelius Legion as a replacement for the yellow ( see picture above ). For the Bronze process see my Minotaur posts. Overall I think this is an improvement over the yellow and will repaint the rest of my force to see how it works .


 

 I decide to try this out on my Dreadnought and here are some WIP shots.

The final product.

Let me know if you think its better or worse.

Vitor

Creating a Space Marine Chapter - Aurelius Legion Dreadnought Fully Painted

Slight change in the posting schedule, I decided to show the Dreadnought instead as this would then complete the AOBR set i began my journey with.

Here are some more pics for you to enjoy.

I know, the bit of static grass hanging on the back is annoying but I hear it helps with the aiming of enemy troops.

Please let me know what you think with a comment or two.

I think I will show the AOBR Orks  in the next post as I used them to experiment with, little conversions and painting camouflage. Also in line with my army fluff it was natural to use Orks as the enemy they were fighting at Blood River as they came together in the same box. So stay tuned.

Vitor

PS : Next Post - AOBR Orks