I already had the models prepared, assembled, and based. I primed them black and base coated the bases with brown spray paint. Before I started painting, I did an image search on Google to find some visual references. I printed the following image and got to work at the painting table.
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| Turkey Vulture |
Looking at the picture, I decided to build up a couple layers of drybrushing on the body. I started with a mix of equal parts Ceramcoat Cape Cod Blue and Black. I drybrushed this over the whole model. Then I added a little more Cape Cod Blue to the mix and drybrushed the whole model again. Finally, I added a bit of Ceramcoat Quaker Grey to the mix and drybrushed them a final time.
To get the red color on the head, I painted a thin coat of Games Workshop Red Gore over the head and then highlighted it with a bit of Games Workshop Blood Red.
For the claws and beak, I base coated them with Games Workshop Bestial Brown and highlighted them with a bit of Games Workshop Bleached Bone.
I finished the base with successive drybrushes of Games Workshop Desert Yellow and Bleached Bone. I painted the edges of the bases with Games Workshop Bestial Brown. Finally, I painted the eyes and the rods holding the figures black.
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| Painted Vultures |
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| Closeup of the Liberi Vultures |
These figures were a joy to paint and really look great with just some drybrushing to pick out the texture of the feathers. They came together in about 45 minutes. If I had done fewer steps on the drybrushing, I probably would have finished them in about a half an hour. Again, I can't get over how easy the Fanticide models are to paint! These models are definitely designed with gamers in mind.
Next up are the Liberi Centaurs and then some terrain.
I'm not sure, but the feather tips and underside are slightly white while in flight. While I love the all black, when one of these effing things was flying around by my place on the way home, this was the most menacing things I had seen in a long time. The white was what really messed me up. I thought, oh look how OH MY GOD THAT HEAD IS GOING TO PECK MY CAR INTO OBLIVION!!!
ReplyDeletehttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/Turkey_Vulture_(Cathartes_aura)_-in_flight.jpg
Vultures are frightening. When I lived close to the Brookfield Zoo, I used to go watch the condors. Every once in a while, one would land by the fence and pose and preen. Nothing like a carrion eater that's almost as tall as you standing a few feet away and flexing its wings!
DeleteThanks for the suggestion about the highlighting. I thought about doing the white highlights, but I didn't want to spend a lot more time on these until I get the centaurs painted. I may come back and touch them up later before I seal them.