Hi folks,
Here is a short update on my Iron Snakes Sternguard project.
For the past couple of session I have been working on the torsos and helmets of
the marines, which I am aiming to finish off this week. I also spent two hours
completing as much of the sergeant as I could:
The model is from the Forgeworld Minotaurs range; Ivanus
Enkomi. I will be using it to represent a Sternguard special character who is
particularly hard to kill. The paint scheme required me to make some difficult
choices, as the miniature itself is quite busy. The bones on the chest armour
looked best painted white, which will impact the style of shield I make for
him. The combination of white shield, shoulder pad, skull helm and torso would
be a bit too much I think. I had (and am still having) trouble highlighting the
helm, due to a previously unnoticed ding laying straight over the detail I want
to put a hard gold edge over. Curses!
The other decisions all related to maintaining the limited
pallet of my test miniature, despite the added detail (such as the skull on the
knee pad and lambda symbol on the greaves). The only exception was the purity
seal, which I did in the same style as my Dark Angels. It adds just a tiny
unifying piece to the model; I could imagine Interrogator Sapphon blessing his
ally's armour and affixing the seal, in the absence of an Iron Snakes Chaplain
to perform the rites.
See you across the table,
M4cr0
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