With the figure now primed, undercoating will probably commence today.
But not before sharing with you my intended approach to this rendering--as much for your eluci- dation as mine!
I have spent a not-inconsiderable amount of time trying to figure out what precisely was Hammer- stein's colour scheme. Langley's colouration was a brilliant deviation from the copperish, terra- cotta finish of the subject's earlier iterations, especially as Hammerstein's exoskeleton was made from depleted uranium. BUT. . . did Hammerstein sport a bare metal ("alwhite") finish?
Or was his armour painted and/or chemically finished??
Or was his armour painted and/or chemically finished??
As I am not a big fan of "nmm", I do not have the option of reducing the actual textural depth of the various component layers to a single--albeit convincing!--chromatic melange. And since all attempts to plumb the source have gone for naught, I am forced to come up with my own "theory", and hope that it is vindicated by the end results:
- Undercoat: flat black. DONE!
- Basecoat: Overall variegated metallic finish using G-S Mr. Metal lacquers and Vallejo Metal acrylics.
- Painted variegated finish using oils to create the appearance of "blackened" plate.
- Weathering and final finish dictated by the results to date.
Let the game begin. . .
“When the cost of a hobby exceeds the fun and doesn't attract new people, the game is over.” -
Oscar Koveleski, August 2003
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