Bot War Painting Challenge 2020

7 bots were required for the painting challenge as a minimum, and whilst I never like to do the lowest bar I feel I made up for it by painting Destroyer which technically is 5 bots in one, so to finish off the requirement I went with the smallest bot I own which also happens to be inspired by my online avatar, Rumble.

For Faultline I wanted him to be a purple bot (like Rumble) but not the same purple as I used on the other bots, he should be more lilac and purple than indigo and purple.   To achieve this I first primed the little guy black, then a top down coat of white. Due to his small size I sued Badger Stynelrez primers which are self levelling and give a solid undercoat to work with.  Next, for the first base coat I simple Airbrushed Secret Weapon Purple wash over the whole model, letting the pre-shaded undercoat do its work and starting off my highlights.

1. The next stage was to blackline all the crevasses with vallejo model back to make the joints pop, then all purple surfaces were given a coat of Scale75 Psychedelic Purple (which actually reacts under UV). The edges were then highlighted with Reaper Sorcerous Mist before all purple panels getting a thin coat of Secret Weapon purple wash diluted with citadel lahmian medium to smooth out the highlights.

The grey portions used my standard workup of Vallejo Game colour extra opaque heavy grey, which was the. Edge highlighted with Reaper Arctic Fog.

The drill arms were first based in vallejo Game color extra opaque heavy sienna, then highlighted on the edge of the drills with Reaper Arctic Fog and then washed with secret weapon Sewer Water.

For the visor I wanted something different to the other builders’ magenta, so went with a base of Extra Opaque Heavy Orange, then a highlight of Reaper Candlelight Yellow