I think I have come to the point of completion with the Domaru now - I have made a few subtle tweaks and tidied a few areas, but I think he is now done. I will get a plinth for him sorted out at some point (I have my eye on one from BNS Miniatures) and am still mulling over modifying the rocks on the back, but sometimes you just have to know when to stop...

Here are those better pics of the Domaru - no extra weathering, but the photos are a lot better! (and a picture of how my ideas are formed...)

Well, I have done some more tidying to some of the lines on the base and straightened the top edge (which was wonky) and then started to add dirt and grime. You will also notice that I have re-attached the arm.... this time with Dev-Con a 2-part epoxy glue which is bloody strong, and slightly flexible so should hold a whole lot better than the superglue I had used before.

More weathering to come, and some better photos too!

Managed to get some good painting done yesterday and have really progressed with the Domaru Butai. The base is now pretty much complete, apart from some weathering and maybe some freehand Japanese numbers on the outside.

Well, I have started on the base now, and have gone for a blue grey wall with purple shadows to contrast nicely with the warm yellow armour on the miniature. Here is a very quick WIP shot from my phone:

I have attached his weapon now and started working on some object source lighting from his eyes, wrist and part of his gun. Still thoroughly enjoying this model - going to have to start on the base soon

Konichiwa! A week since my last post and my Domaru Butai now has some colour.

I have gone for a yellow and blue scheme on him (I changed my mind from the red and white I mentioned a few posts ago - he's gone from the Marlboro Man to Bananaman...) and am pretty chuffed with how he is turning out so far. Lots and lots of layers, to gradually build up the colour, but it seems to be working. Yellow is usually a bit of a bane of mine (I suspect thats one of the reasons I chose it - just to torture myself) so I thought I'd mention a few of the colours I used in more detail.


I have tried to use a little colour theory here and had a go at shading with a contrasting colour. In this instance, the opposite to yellow on my colour chart is purple, so I started off my base coating most of the armour in GW Foundation Iyanden Darkson, and then added progressively more Vallejo Model Colour (VMC) Purple to the mix. Each stage I would layer on a few more layers getting deeper into the recesses.


Once I got to pure purple, I started working with Reaper Master Series (RMS) Redstone Shadow and applied a number of glazes deep into the shadows. Adding the very dark orange into the deepest shadows here takes me back towards yellow again but should also give me a nice contrast with the dark blue I will be using elsewhere.

At some point I blocked in some dark blue, just to see how it was looking. This was mainly curiosity, but it also meant that some of the dark colour was already in place so when I come back to it there is less likelihood of me daubing dark blue paint over a lovingly shaded and highlighted yellow suit of armour...!

I then highlighted by adding VMC Light Yellow to the Iyandon Darkson and gradually built up some highlights on the upper edges of the model. Both the shading and the highlighting was done with a zenithal method in mind with a diffuse overhead light source. The last thing I did was glaze a super-thin wash of the VERY old GW yellow ink over all of the armour. This brought all the colours together and smoothed out any rough highlighting. I do intent to re-highlight in Light Yellow and also apply some spot white highlights to some sharp edges to really make it 'pop'.

Here are some more photos:

The Infinity model I am doing is called 'Domaru Butai' from the Yu Jing faction... I dont know much about it, but its a damn nice model...! Its come together really well apart from the usual issue of trying to line up two arms at three points - both shoulders and one wrist - whilst allowing the arm with the gun to stay detached for painting. faffed with that for ages. But its done now...

Talking of 'done', the base is complete and also ready for a lick of paint. Here are the next set of piccies.

And now for something completely different... my first Infinity model!

I am trying to do a really high-scifi base with the typical Infinity staples of engraved panel lines and hexagons. The back of the piece will also have a detailed outer section. I am thinking of going quite wacky with my colours on this guy and do a Marlboro style red and white colour scheme - basically a white triangle on a red background over the whole model rather than picking out specific panels which appears to be the traditional way.


If the experience of painting this guy goes well, I am thinking of doing a small Infinity warband...