It only took half-a-year, but I've finally gotten all the 'starter models' done, including the couple added models to bring the game up to 'full-size'. Finally!!! The last one was for the Radiant faction and was definately going to be the most... colourful as this warrior wears a flying exo-suit that happens to be the kind of pink that made 80's kids lose their mind (guess what I am!). Much like purple, pink is not one of my 'forte' colours so this was a bit daunting.
Just like all the previous models, I did the 'zenithal' style of priming with black and white, hoping to get the highlights and shadows accentuated already. Unfortunately, this model is not great and I even had to do some putty-work to complete the upper-arm rods and constantly felt like I needed to melt and twist the model. Once I got the primer and zenith highlight on there, this feeling settled a little. Between the massive amount of pink and the model itself, I was not enjoying her already. Two thin coats of Pink Horror and it was on!
I actually found an evening with the perfect sunlight angle and decided to take pictures to work on where to place the shadow wash. The three pics above were very, very useful in that way- allowing me to lay down a blue wash over the shaded areas and really accentuate the high-tone areas with those shadows. Still learning...
Now that the wash was applied, it was time to work on the most important part of any Relic Knights model- the flest! I used the Basic Skin Tone and Light Flesh (trying out some of these Vallego 'Face Painting Kit' colours- and I loved them as always! I tried to work it up through fades and even highlighting with white mixed in, but there just wasn't enough exposed skin to really take advantage like I wanted to. It still came out looking good!
Then I got to the pink. Pink Horror plus a bit of white worked up and up until it got to the highlights that I wanted. Ironically, the pink isn't bright as I wanted in non-natural light. But it didn't take me long to do, so I'm not complaining. Her uniform and glowy bits got the gray treatment (not trying to do non-metal in this case) and blue for the glow. The wings also got a wash of Agrax Earthshade and then Stone Gray edge highlights. Again, this was very quick and I was pretty happy so far.
Next was the metal grill bits and intakes, and her hair. The same grays and white used for her uniform were used (and this time was with the non-metal technique) and the blue hair was just layered up with Royal Blue mixed with white over and over. This is where the model was different from the unit's card. On the card, Cordelia has long, flowing blue hair. Instead, she's got a 'bob' on this one and that was disappointing. Surely that was for modelling reasons! Oh, and the lipstick was added.
After all that finally came the big giant huge gun of hers. Black and gray mixed to edge highlight, and then a thinner line highlight of gray ended the based black stock, and white was coated into the glowy parts to get that same effect from her uniform. A splash of Nighhaunt Gloom and a white dot or one goes a long way to the tabletop-ready glow in only seconds.
To finish, the model go the same blue crystals and static grass clumps as the rest of the radiant team and the base ring was painted black. She was done! Cordelia is very... pink. The model isn't my favorite, but she looks a lot better with colour than I thought she would, so I'm satisfied. Let me know what you think, especially of all the pink!
As always, Happy Hobbying!
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