Gun servitor - finished!

It's finally finished! I'm really happy as this mini has been in the making for some years now (ok it was pretty much abandoned in an undercoated state a couple of years ago but I was contemplating finishing it, honest). However what really makes this mini important for me is that it represents my vision of how a Servitor should look like and it's the mini that has gotten me into converting and re-imagining the Inquisition. I hope you like the finished result:

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Gun servitor update - big guns

Yeah big guns never tire. And my servitor is hapier now he's got a big gun to play with. I was a bit unsure about what colour to paint the gun casing. At the end I used Khemri Brown as a basecoat which turned out well IMHO.

Gun servitor update - heavy metal

Had some fun trying out a new technique for aged metal using an 'Eavy Metal tutorial from UK White Dwarf 369. I think it turned out OK and will tie in with the overal weathered look of the servitor. So what do you think?

Gun servitor update - not so shiny...

See, it's better now. A couple of scrapes here and there and it shows you're not a friendly showroom robotic servitor thing but a no-nonsense machine built for war.

New project teaser

Servitors are cool. And tanks are cool. So...

Sanguinor mega tutorial

I believe I've promised some time ago that I'm going to collect the mini tutorials for the various parts of this mini in a glorious mega tutorial sort of post so here it goes.

NMM Gold:
- Grey basecoat ( I had used a medium grey primmer on this mini so it served as the basecoat)
- 2 washes of Gryphone sepia
- Highlight with Bleached Bone
- Highlight with Skull White

NMM Silver:
- Basecoat with a 1:1 mix of Adeptus Battlegrey : Astronomicon Grey (depending on how dark you want you want your mettalics you can add more or less of each colour and even use straight Adeptus Battlegrey or Astronomicon Grey)
- 3 washes of Badad Black
- Highlight with Codex Grey
- Highlight with Fortress Grey
- Highlight with Skull White


Blue glow on jump pack thrusters:
- Basecoat with Astronomican Grey
- Wash with Asurmen Blue
- Highlight with Astronomican Grey (I think that Fortress Grey would work as well if not better due to less pigmentation)
- Highlight with Skull White
- Glaze with a mix of 1:2 Asurmen Blue:H2O
- Highlight with Skull White

Wings:
- Basecoat with a 1:1 mix of Adeptus Battlegrey : Astronomican Grey
- Wash with Asurmen Blue
- Highlight with Codex Grey
- Highlight with Fortress Grey
- Highlight with a 1:1 mix of Fortress Grey : Skull White
- Highlight with Skull White
- Paint recesses with a 1:1 watered down mix of  Chaos Black : Necron Abyss
- Touch up highlights with Skull White

Scrolls and purity seals:
- Calthan Brown (shade)
- Talarn Flesh (basecoat - painted everywhere except in deep recesses)
- Highlight with Bleached Bone

- Highlight with Skull White

Gems:
- Tausept Ochre basecoat
- Highlight with Sunburst Yellow

- 2 washes of Baal Red
- Highlight with Sunburst Yellow
- Highlight with Skull White
- Round gems also received white reflective dots

Blood vial:
I just followed the 'Eavy Mettal tutorial for Sanguinor from UK White Dwarf 364.

Sword Blade:
I just followed the 'Eavy Mettal tutorial for Sanguinor from UK White Dwarf 364. A word of caution though! If you're going to use that tutorial foi the sword blade keep in mind that you will end up with a different colour than that shown in the tutorial pictures. The paint mixtures are quite off and even though I lightened my base colour mix it still ended up darker than that shown in the pics. Also keep in mind that you might have to blend more than the tutorial suggests.

Sanguinor - FINISHED!

This is it my friends: the grand finalle! And what a ride it has been. I can now safely say that this is my best mini so far and the mini that has taught me the most things about painting. It's by no means perfect but it has helped me improve as a painter and given me the courage to tackle more complex techniques. However I shouldn't be rambling here. On to the pics: