In Midnight Clad

Well, it's taken a while, but work on the first Night Lord is, for the most part, complete. And here he is:

There's a few corrections I want to make- seeing the photo blown up I noticed a few slips I want to go over- but for the most part I'm pleased with how this went.

Painting lightning bolts is harder than I remember. It's something I used to do quite a lot, particularly on weapons, but worsening eyesight and an over-reliance on caffeine have served to erode my abilities. They didn't come out too bad though, bearing in mind there's three shades of blue there (not counting the armour behind).

The blue armour looks lighter in the photo than it actually is- the downside of flash photography and a slightly glossy finish. I used a deep, dark blue over a black undercoat, with a turquoise glaze over the top- it's the only glaze I still have and as luck would have it it's exactly the shade I was looking for.

I'm undecided on whether to use my normal anti-shine varnish over it, or the standard GW matte varnish (which still has a tiny bit of shine in it)- I quite like the way the light catches it.

Whatever I do I still need to find a fitting base to put him on. It's normal to use a 25mm base (as shown) for models this size, but I'm tempted to use a 40mm scenic base for him- he's going to be a centrepiece character, after all.

Anyway. Now that he's done, and now that we're into February, it's time to pick up some more miniatures and get to work on the next unit. I'm still waiting for some custom components to build some Crusade-era Terminators, so the choice has come down to a tactical or an assault squad. It's probably going to end up being tactical, given that A) I'm going to need to do quite a few of them to make them rules-compliant and B) the assault squad's more expensive. So, coming soon: Third Claw, VIII Legion (Night Lords) 10th Company.