For todays post I give you all a very non-Kingdom Death, Kingdom Death model. What on earth do I mean by that??? Well, this is a KD model that has no nudity, tentacles, testicles, vaginas, boobs, babies, extra hands/limbs, etc, etc, etc. Meaning it is actually a safe for work, rather normal looking model which is really strange for a KD model! So all you KD haters out there, might actually like this model!
I have had this model for at least a year or two and was never sure what to do with it, as I was a little leery about the huge as plain cloak on him. With such a big surface I was not sure about getting a smooth and realistic looking blend / shade on it, so he sat. Then it dawned on me, why the F$#& am I not painting with oils and doing a complete wet blend on it??? So, I pulled out the red, blue, black and white oil paints and got to work. 20 minutes later and I had a perfect (in my not so humble opinion) blend on the cloak, and was left wonder why the F$#& I don't use my oils more often as it was such a fast and easy way to get silky smooth transitions.
With that in mind, I went on to paint all the blue inner jacket, fur, quilted leather, belts and bandages all with oils! Only to find out there are limitations, especially with small surface areas. The blue and quilted leather worked awesome, however the bandages and belts were very problematic and probably would have been better done with acrylics, but hey, I gave it a shot!
After all the oils were in place and sealed, I went on to painting all the metallic armour panels. I used the awesome vallejo metallic paints, then sealed them and washed them with a thinned down oil paint so that I could use makeup sponges to clean up everything that left the recesses. This is a great process and I highly recommend everyone give it a try at least once. Washing with oils is night and day better and easier than acrylic washes, if for no other reason than you can clean up any overflow super easily and cleanly.
With that the Black Knight was done and ready to terrorize the battlefield in Kingdom Death, I can not wait to face him! I have included a picture with him next to a standard 40k model to show just how big the KD monsters tend to be. I am once again claiming 25 points for him as a 40mm monster.
On a side note, this is probably my last post for at least a few weeks as I finished him last week, and by this time will have gone back in for surgery on my ankle and will be unable to sit at a desk for any length of time for a few weeks. This is to correct some issues from a surgery earlier this year when I was hit by a car going 70, while on my motorcycle at a red light. Hopefully this will be it and I will be back up and fully mobile in about a month (and back riding this summer)!!!
Byron - wow - this is quite a piece of work. I can only admire the blending with oils here as you will never catch me messing with that hell-spawned medium. This giant knight looks incredible, you've really done some awesome work here. Twenty-five points for your tally!
Dallas
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