Bot War - C.O.I.L.S Vengeance
Day 21 - Blades
How it startedAnother Bot gets added to the done pile. Another split painting session today and i decided to take some shots of my Bot painting process.
I generally approach a bot by dabbing on spots of the main colour to the various armour panels I come across. I use this step to familiarise myself with the bot and all of its shapes. The dabbing gives me a good idea of how much armour there is and how much under armour needs to get painted. If it doesn’t look a good balance I choose to make some parts armour, or some parts under-armour, or in some situations split it using blacklining to essentially separate a piece into 2.
Once I’m happy with how much armour there will be I then layer on the basecoat to give a solid colour, then move onto the under armour and do the same.
Next I block in any metallics for rivets and weapons, and then touch up any messed up strokes.
And that’s it, the basecoats are down, I’ve got a good idea how the model is made up so know where I want to highlight, and have 3 main work ups to then progress after applying a shading wash.
I do use a small hairdryer to speed up the drying time for layers and glazes, and for washes I move the paint around to try and prevent pooling before hitting it with the hairdryer.
Anyway, one more Bot to go.
Bot basecoat painting steps
How it ended.... Blades ready for battle
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