Finally I complete the descent into the Chambers of Challenge and my offering at the Altar of the SnowLord is the lord of hell himself -- Lucifer Morningstar!
Once again this is a Ludus Magnus Studio Black Rose Wars figure -- nominally it's 38mm scale but Lucifer is actually 54mm tall and the overall figure is about 12cm top to bottom and side to side. It's a technical tour de force with barely visible assembly marks or mould lines and accessibility for painting throughout despite the intricate inter-twining of snakes and clothing -- a real pleasure to paint. This WIP shot gives you a sense of scale relative to Citadel paint pots. I also really loved the attention to detail on the wings -- the upper set (the webbed ones) are actually greatly expanded hands with five grossly distended fingers and webbing between them.
The weakness of the model was his sword which was both bent and also broken at the joint to the hilt. After thinking about glueing it back on I elected instead to make a new blade from brass strip I use for labelling my 10mm tanks! Overall I think it came out OK -- sorry the etched (ok scratched with a knife) design on the blade doesn't come out too clearly in the photos! For more on Satan's sword I recommend you check out "Rachel Rising" by Terry Moore -- a great story by one of my favourite artists and writers.
The fun thing in this paint job was to choose how to paint the snakes. The eagle eyed among you should be able to identify the following: Russell's Viper; Yellow Lipped Sea Krait; Black Mamba; Eastern Coral Snake; Tiger Snake; Boomslang; Green Pit Viper and a Brazilian Rainbow Boa. All of these bar the last are exceedingly poisonous so good choices for Beelzebub himself!
Wings were modelled on a crow and the leathery wings were originally green but repainted half way through to the finished ochre. I finished the ribbons of clothing with Citadel Spiritstone Red as it gave them extra energy and glow -- the jewels all over the wings have the same finish.
Overall I've really enjoyed navigating the Chambers of Challenge and believe it has really pushed my painting forward so congratulations to Carl and all the minions for a superb job organising everything this year and I can't wait for AHPC XII!
Very nice
ReplyDeleteThanks Dave, I think old Nick might take exception to being described as “nice” 😉 😈
DeleteFantastic looking Louis Cypher, he looks great!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
Thanks Iain, I think he and his snake support came out very well 🐍
DeleteOMG, you made a new blade and painted the snakes up to represent exact species.
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Well if you have eight different snakes 🐍 then it’s a chance to make them
Deletepretty 😍 and he looked like he liked to look good (down to his purple nail varnish!) and the sword 🗡 kind of let him down before so all in all he deserved it!
Oh, this is superb. That blade is especially impressive. Bravo Simon, well done and challenge met! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Curt. Turns out polished brass is awfully hard to paint, I need to work out how to get a decent undercoat on it if I’m going to use it again in the future. Luckily he looked fine with a goldfish blade given a quick sheen of the ubiquitous spiritstone
DeleteA worthy dark offering!
ReplyDeleteThanks Barks! Good to stay on the right side of the powers that be 😉
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