So here it is, the big surprise I promised you… a limited edition Sergeant Centurius, all painted up and finished… (well, needs varnish and grass but it’s almost done).
Limited Edition Sergeant Centurius model (1996).
I’m really quite happy with the way this one turned out. It was a bit of a learning experience and I tried a lot of new techniques. I used ‘Eavy Metal’s Anja Wettergren’s technique (see WD 361) of using a blue shade of black and stuck to the old ’90′s way’ of doing flames (i.e. wrongly) for the armour although not for the banner. I bought the mini from a guy on ebay about 3 years ago and it sat gathering dust until recently. I started to get inspired when I took a spare banner and decided to paint it up with freehand to see what I could accomplish (and if I totally screwed it up – no big deal). I was really happy with it and it stayed in my bits box for about a year or so until I finally got around to painting up some of my Damned on holiday. I have another 10 waiting to be painted so hopefully I can get that squad finished soon too. For the face I used grey mixed with various skin tones and then glazed it lightly with purles and reds around the ‘messed up bits’ of this poor guys face. The result makes him look quite zombie-like which is approximately what I was aiming for (i.e. quite sick). I also added a nice glow effect on the skull’s eyes using thinned down green washes. Here’s a close-up:
Too much beer and crisps I think...
Apologies for the image quality, it’s not exactly sunny at the moment but I’ll see if I can get some decent snaps of this (in focus) at some point.
I was a bit sceptical at first at using a purple glaze over the metal but actually I really like it now, it ties the colours of the model together nicely, it’s subtle but effective.
