Dark Lords of the Sith
Vader - Part 1
Now I know that Vader is almost entirely black! However I wanted to make sure I added whatever details I could. A quick image search for reference shows a few silver elements to Vader’s costume. Most notably sections of his chest armour, his nose and the greeblies on his respirator. There are also a few silver and coloured switches on his chest plate and belt pouches.
I used Lead Belcher to pick out any metallic elements, including the fins and emitter of the lightsaber handle. Again the blade was given a coat of Skull White. Mechrite Red was the used on the eye lenses of the helmet.
As with Dooku I decide to put what few base colours were needed on at this stage. In Vader’s case I wanted to get those bits out of the way so I could tidy up the inevitable over painting before tacking the black. Armageddon Dust was painted generously onto the base after the rocks had been painted Vallejo German Camo Pale Brown.
Next I used Abbadon Black to tidy up any areas I had hit with colour by mistake and some of the hard to reach places where the black spray hadn’t fully covered the Khaki. I appreciate that very little of this can be seen in the below photo!
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