Finally, my flying techno-dragon is complete!
Considering this was one of the first 40k models I bought - it may even have been the model that nudged my choice into heretic Astartes - it's quite shameful that it's taken me the best part of a year to finish it (a salutary lesson in allowing yourself to play with base-coated units)
Told you I was on a roll.
Considering this was one of the first 40k models I bought - it may even have been the model that nudged my choice into heretic Astartes - it's quite shameful that it's taken me the best part of a year to finish it (a salutary lesson in allowing yourself to play with base-coated units)
In my defence, I was progressing nicely at the beginning, then I realised I'd painted the wings the wrong shade of blue - and that is a lot of little panels to face re-painting, washing and layering all over again.
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| Beautiful model, but all those panels can be a pain in the ... exhaust pipe. |
Anyway, I'm glad I pushed on and finished him. It let me fall in love with the model all over again, and it looks even better in proper Thousand Sons blue.
- Exterior armour: Retributor Armour base, Reikland Flashshade wash, Golden Griffon drybrush
- Panels: Thousand Sons base, Nuln Oil wash, Thousand Sons layer, Thousand Sons layer
- Underbelly: Leadbelcher base, Nuln Oil wash, Ironbreaker drybrush
- Underside vents: Celestra Grey base, Nihilakh Oxide wash, Coelia Greenshade edges
- Pipes: Ironbreaker base, Waystone Green glaze
- Flesh: Rakarth Flesh base, Nuln Oil wash
- Claws: Ironbreaker base, Charcoal Grey base
- Mouth: Averland Sunset base, Cassandora Yellow wash, Yriel Yellow highlights, Screamer Pink tongue.
- Eyes: Stormhost Silver base, Soulstone Red glaze
For ease of transport, and because I'm a glutton for punishment, I put magnets into the 'ball-and-socket' of the wings. Because the wings are so large, the only magnet big enough t support it is *'just* big enough to fit the ball and socket. It works, and you even get a few choice of poses too.
This was quite an undertaking a year ago, though I've since got a few more large-sized daemon engines under my belt, so I may shake my phobia of titan-scale models yet!
In-game, I like them. They don't tend to survive long (and if they do, your opponent is in trouble), but they work really well as an early-pressure unit. With its huge movement and durability and *potentially* devastating flamer (it only seems to be devastating when I lend it to someone else), it's a useful tool when the Thousand Sons have to slog upfield and get into close-range.
That's me all caught up on my updates, so you can stand easy. I'll be back to my usual sluggardly painting self soon enough.
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