BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!

Hello Everybody,  

Following the apparently monthly posting schedule, I have decided to create a new post. Also, I have decided to add a lightbox to the blog. To work it, you simply have to click on the images and they will (hopefully) open up in a lightbox on the same page. This effect should have been applied to every image on the site, but be advised that the results will not be optimal as all of the previous posts use MUCH larger full sized images than this one. I will continue to tweak the final image size to ensure that you can get enough detail in the larger sized view. 

And now, time for the post!

I have recently finished painting my Bloodthirster and naturally I have still to base him. It was acquired by Ryan from a local Half Price Books for super cheap ($7.00). After putting him together and priming him shortly after the previous post I decided to finally paint him and am quite happy with the results.

After priming him black, I laid down a coat of Mechrite Red. After that I went back over the armor and anything else that was not flesh with Chaos Black.

Not shown in the above pictures, I also went back over the webbing between the wings in Chaos Black. After finishing up with the initial black basecoat, I decided to start work on the armor. The dark iron chest piece was done using a drybush of Tin Bitz followed by a drybrush pass of Boltgun Metal. After wards, the armor was washed using Badab Black. The armor was finally trimmed using Dwarf Bronze followed by a wash of brown ink.

Another interesting bit of painting done on the model was working on the webbing in the wings. First it was based in Chaos Black and then given a very light drybrush of Astronomicon Grey. After the drybrushing, the wings were given a wash of Baal Red in an attempt to give the webbing the appearance of having very dark wings.

The final bit of interest in my opinion are the horns, hoofs, and talons on the wings of the beast. They were first base coated in Chaos black and successively drybrushed Bleached Bone in successive layers starting with a layer going most of the horn starting from tip to base. This was continued in successive layers to blend the black and white colors going covering less and less of the horn to make the tips brighter. Finally, the horns were given a brown wash and drybrushed one final time with bleached bone. This 'technique' was continued on hoofs and talons as well.

Finally, the pictures you are probably more interested in.