All of the gargoyles were finished up with the same paint scheme, which took a LONG time. Several full days of painting, including one vacation day and one full weekend day. About 20 hours for 19 gargoyles to get them up to that level. The vanes were a pain to get just right, because the wash and recesses wasn't deep enough to hide any sloppiness. I probably should have done nothing on the underside of the wing, and shaved 7 hours or so off of the project. Who is going to look at wing undersides? Dumb. The clock was ticking, and I had most of an army left to paint at this point. The riders are being ignored so I can move on to the rest of the army.
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The first test article on cleaning up my genestealers. I wanted to combine the classic paint scheme with the bright coloration of the nice hybrid units and now gargoyle unit I had, so all the grimdark black-with-poorly-done-drybrush had to be completely updated. Front and back look great, using the exact same paint scheme as before. Claws must be done on these guys, though, because they are such a prominent feature of the model.
Claws are iron oxide brown to start, then painted suntan flesh, then painted dheneb stone. The painting is done with a medium sized brush, splaying the bristles apart so you get the jagged look to the separation lines between the colors. They are way too small (and numerous) to do blending, and drybrushing looks cheesy and uninspired. Painting with the jagged interface is not much harder, and looks WAY better. This test article has drybrushed dheneb stone, and I don't like the look. Everything else on this guy is win.
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Ignore the mold lines; I didn't carve them off of the test articles (too much work for models that risk being turned into fodder for the boy). This one ends up being a keeper. All the other stealers in the "real units" are cleaned up already waiting for paint.
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