Alaitoc Wraithknight Reporting for Duty!

[Bigred]

I can (still) paint!

Now to magnetize the CC arms...

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[desert_hack]

Indeed you can! Lovely stuff!

[energongoodie]

Boom Town!

Love it Bigred.

[Monkey Tom]

Love it. Great job! :)

[Bigred]

I'm torn on the back fins.

The model is dripping with "gems" but if you paint them all it will look like a leopard.

On these large sized models, the sheer size and simple color schemes tends to work better than trying to fill the entire surface with detail, so I'm going slow and adding detail only where I think it needs some contrast.

But I'm uncertain of how far to push it with the yellow gems on the rear fins.

[Tyrendian]

that one looks mighty nice! great job! certainly better than mine... :)

[DarkLink]

I'd say if you painted blue gems, they'd still stand out as nice details without looking too overboard the way yellow or red gems would.

[energongoodie]

I'm with darklink. I think blue gems could be a cool compromise.

[Deadlift]

Purple gems could look good.

Nice paint job BR, I must admit I'm kind of intimidated by the model painting wise. Still I should give one a go. How was it to build ?

[Bigred]

You can do it Deadlift.

It really is a beautiful model - and feels like an action figure instead of a miniature.

It was easy to build, but take your time. It's no harder than a Riptide.

I recommend not attaching the torso ever, so its easier to paint and travel with. Also a hint is to not attach all the "trim color" pieces based on your scheme, and paint them later and attach them last. I did that with all the yellow plates for instance.

Darklink & energongoodie I will try some blue gems on the fins and see what happens. Thanks for the idea guys! More pics soon.

[Bigred]

TA-DA!!!

Ok, we have the alternative CC arms, and the fins now have blue gems. I think its a decent compromise. You can see there is detail on them now, but it doesn't draw the eye to themselves. Yay!

What do you think?

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[Wrath of Azkaellon]

Works really well, it looks great! :)

[Deadlift]

I really like it, I think with the sword and shield the model looks far more imposing. I'm getting one this weekend. Has to be done really :). How did you do the base BR ? I generally use cork, but your rocks look great. What do you use ?

[DarkLink]

Nice. I claim all the credit;).

[Bigred]

Deadlift, my basing is super easy - it just takes a day of drying time.

1) glue on cork layers to give height as desired.
2) cover entire base (minus the edges) with drywall spackle applied with a toothbrush.
3) press in any debris, thematic bits into the spackle (glue if they are large)
4) lightly sprinkle on ballast/pebbles as desired
5) let spackle dry overnight
6) spraypaint the entire thing to "seal in all in"
7) drybrush as desired
8) apply flock

For large models like this, I then drill pilot holes into the base and the feet of the model. The screws are then screwed up from the underside of the base, through the cork, and into the model's feet. That Wraithknight isn't going anywhere!

You can see fancier versions of this basing technique on my titans here:
http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2007/05/size-matters.html

Darklink, you can officially put my Wraithknight on your gaming resume :)

[Deadlift]

Thanks Big Red, I will be giving that a go. Thanks for the tip :D unfortunately my flyer base has been started, but the next big base will be done this way.

[Bigred]

Here's a much better post on the basing technique with way better pictures.

My Tau Wreck diorama:
http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2008/12/terrain-wreck-dioramas.html