leviathan Mortis

[wacca]

So after painting the first leviathan crusader up as soon as it came through the door. I have decided to take my time on the next batch of them.
I'm fairly happy with the first one but i did rush it a bit. I painted it up in fairly standard Grey knight colours.
So for the next batch, 2 crusaders and a mortis, I want to use a fairly light colour and weather it up fairly heavily.
I'm still un-decided on the final detailing but that will come in a flash one late sleepless night.

Decided to break the painting into manageable chunks. all the armour plates have been undercoated grey and will be painted and shaded with Vallejo heavy skin tone up through sand with an almost white high light.
Later this will have oils added in various methods.

Some of the leg plates and shoulder plates, which i'm planning on adding a real heavy whether and battle damage to, I've painted in a couple of shades of brown/rust ready for hairspray and chipping.

The Final chunk consists of the legs, power plant and guns etc. These are all undercoated black, given a heavy dry-brush of silver and then i'll add washes and stuff later.


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[wacca]

So quite a productive night tonight, Hair spray has been applied and followed up by a light coat of bone white.
These are all the high wear areas so have received quite a heavy amount of chipping.

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This isn't the finished effect by a long shot. oil washes, pigments and rust effects will be added later.

[wacca]

I haven't had a great deal of time to paint this week but I've managed to get a bit more work done on the legs of the Leviathans.

All the pistons, metal work and feet have been completed. really happy with this as it clears some space on my desk now they are assembled. It also means that I have been able to sort out the pose of the three sets of legs as well.

the Crusader legs are ay the stage where I will give them a filter to help add some shading and then I can battle damage them and add rust effects etc.

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I did a bit of research and looked at old diggers to see how the hydraulic rams where effected by damage and wear and tear, surprisingly, whilst the body of the ram gets a lot of paint chipped off it the pistons, due to the constant movement and hydraulic fluid seem to stay polished.


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[wacca]

The Mortis legs are now complete (almost, I'll probably add some engine oil effects) with rust effects.

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[wacca]

So I've managed to get on with the 3 leviathans, and i'm now concentrating on each in turn to get them finished.

Leviathan Mortis.
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Obviously the base still has a way to go but it's got to the stage that I've been working on it that long I can't see the wood for the trees. I'll need a break to paint some 28mm models and come back with fresh eyes to see what still needs doing.

The Scythe is 90% done, I'm just waiting for the wife to get home so I can steal her hairspray. I kinda left the Scythe until last and have noticed that the hydraulics would be better with the cream worn effect like the legs have.

[wacca]

One job that I do know needs doing is soot effects on the smoke stacks

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I'll also be adding cotton wool for smoke like I have done for my first Crusader.
I've added some OSL glowing from the generator bleed offs. I think I'll add some Bronze/gold to the Power packs, I think they look a bit like batteries.

Here is a close up of the legs, I've tried to give it a dynamic pose, as if it's running to deliver the killing blow.
The way I see these chaps operating is as forward scouts, using their speed and agility to get close to larger Titans and super heavy vehicles.

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I'll be using these as Knight Titans and they show their Titan allegiance on their left shoulder vanguard.

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[wacca]

Leviathan Crusaders.

Next up we have the two Leviathan Crusaders.

Number 23 Annhilalatum, a close combat variant.

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[wacca]

And Number 46, Justus Mors, a long range tank destroyer.

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My thinking is that they display the Titan Household on their breast plate and their personal heraldry on their left arm.

[wacca]

Here is my Completed Leviathan Mortis.
Its painted up as a Knight Titan form the House Adventa, deployed to Pandorax in support of Legio Crucius (Warmongers)
I hope you like it. Any comments or adjustments you can think of please leave a comment.

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[interrogator_chaplain]

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DANG MAN! Those are freaking sweet! Especially that last one! I got nothing, those things are fantastic!

[Bigred]

Wow - that is IMPRESSIVE!

[dirkspair]

awesome work!

[FastEd]

Gorgeous work, man. Absolutely gorgeous.

[wacca]

Thanks for all your positive comments. I should have the second leviathan (crusader) done later this week