Sons of Horus Praetor (WIP)

[bailey03]

I've just started working on one of the awesome Forge World Praetor sculpts. Since they just released Horus I thought I'd paint this guy in the Sons of Horus color scheme. It'll be good practice for when the Warmaster finally arrives. Not a whole lot done so far, just a few hours of painting the last two nights.

http://www.coolminiornot.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=27093&d=1397529275 http://www.coolminiornot.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=27094&d=1397529286

I'm working on the head separately, it's hard to paint around that neck armor. I still need to finish the implants and service studs before I'm ready to permanently attach it to the body. I've left the arms off as well so I have easier access to some of the details on the main body.

http://www.coolminiornot.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=27095&d=1397529298 http://www.coolminiornot.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=27096&d=1397529309

I hope you like where I'm headed with this figure. I'll post more updates as he gets further along.

[Cpt Codpiece]

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[Wolfshade]

That head alone is spectacular.

[bailey03]

Thanks, guys. Well, I finished up the rest of the head and I'm slowly making progress on the armor. At first I was tempted to go with the sea green style armor for the Sons of Horus. But after some more thought a Justaerin color scheme makes more sense. So the armor will be mostly black with some red. What do you think?

http://www.coolminiornot.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=27149&d=1397701619
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[primeministersinister]

Can you go though the process of your blacks please? They look so rich on the leg and chest.

[bailey03]

I'm still working on the armor, been updating the black sections.
http://www.coolminiornot.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=27222&d=1398049943 http://www.coolminiornot.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=27223&d=1398049958

Black is a color I've had trouble with. I'm still experimenting with my mixes. This time I wanted to try more of a blue-black. Although I took a bit of inspiration from the regular Sons of Horus uniforms and substituted a verdigris color for my blue. I worked in several layers up to about a 3 parts black to 1 part blue-green mix (that's just a rough estimate, enough so it's a medium blue-grey color). Then I switched over and started mixing in a skin tone to create my highlights. Again, stopping around a 3 parts black/blue-green to 1 part skin. Maybe 2 to 1.
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[primeministersinister]

Thanks that's really helpful. I'll try this recipe on some Iron Hands soon.

[bailey03]

So I'm continuing on with the Praetor's armor. Overall I'm really happy with how the black has turned out. The red leather strips still need a lot of work, but I think seeing that little bit of color there helps.
http://www.coolminiornot.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=27502&d=1398911500 http://www.coolminiornot.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=27503&d=1398911519 http://www.coolminiornot.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=27504&d=1398911530

Also a mini announcement, I've started up an official blog. It's a nice way to keep all of my projects, tutorials, and other posts in one place. You'll see a lot of the same pictures, but hopefully the descriptions will go into more detail. You can also check out the tutorials section
http://powellminipainting.blogspot.com/

[flufflogic]

That is some amazing layering you've got there. The details in the face are stunning!