Tor Megiddo "Grillet Box", part 2

I love this stage, when the undercoat and zenithal colour bring all the separate components together and for the first time it starts to look a little like it did in my head when I was planning it. 

Now comes a lot of dry-brushing, a few spot-colours (stencilled numbers and hazard stripes), a bit of sponging, then many many washes for rust/dust/filth weathering effects. Finally some details like computer screens and buttons.

And I definitely want to make 7 more of them to use them as a Kill Team board.

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Update 27/09/2020: some colour!

For the "stencilled" number I googled "stencil 6" then stuck masking tape on my phone and traced the shape. I modified it a little to look more "industrial". I transferred the masking tape to a cutting board and used a scalpel to cut along the lines and lift out the waste parts. I added some more masking tape to strengthen the thinner parts and to make the whole mask wider to prevent over-spray.

I stuck the stencil onto the floor of the box then sprayed it lightly with Greyseer. When it was dry I peeled off the tape then tidied-up round the edges, and sponge-chipped, with Mechanicus Standard Grey. 

The yellow hazard stripes were painted freehand with Wraithbone then Nazdreg Yellow Contrast paint and the black stripes with Black Templar Contrast painted over the base grey colour.

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Update 28/09/2020: Rust!

I dry-brushed Ushabti Bone all over the whole thing. 

When that was dry the sponging and washes started... I've used Mourfang Brown and Fireslayer Orange so far; both thinned down to about 1 part paint with 10 parts water (up to maybe parts water 20 in places!). I think it needs more layers of washing, with different shades of orange and brown, and maybe some Nuln Oil and Agrax Earthshade too.

There's still quite a lot of work to do but I'm really happy with where it's going!