Hobby Lab: Siege Tower – Highlighting the Metal and Rope
May 6, 2019 by johnlyons
Adding Gleaming highlights To The Metal
Moving on to highlighting the metal details first, we use Army Painter "Plate Mail Metal" for this step.
All we need to do here is touch the top of each rivet and bolt with the paint. This lets the lower details remain the darker metallic colour with its shading while giving something brighter to draw your eye to, even form a distance.
See How The Wheel Rivets Gleam
At this point, we decided to make a small change to my plans. Originally the plan was to leave the wheel edge brown but once all the other metal was done it became apparent that the wheels wound just look cooler painted as if they had metal strapping to help bear the weight of the tower, so they got a coat of the Plate Mail Metal too.
Highlighting the Rope
As for the rope, we use Army Painter "Brainmatter Beige"
Using the texture of the rope made by the printer, we apply the Brainmatter Beige on the raised details to give us a well-used pale-looking rope.
Tabletop ready, but we can do more!
The overall effect is great, it draws the eye to all the detail work we have done while giving the whole model a heavy, used look. At this point, we can happily field the Seige Tower on the Tabletop.
However, next, we will make something to add a big flash of colour to our war-ready tower!
