[EN] Return of the Maqq (Haqqislam in blue and orange)

Thanks @zapp. It took some trial and error to get a hang of the oils. I used them on the remotes as an all over black wash. I had based and highlighted the blue and orange, and relied on the oil wash to provide the shade and panel line. To provide the shading, I needed a 'thicker' wash. To do the black lining I needed a 'thinner' wash. I was lazy/trying for speed, so used a thicker wash in only one pass. This was difficult - hard to manipulate the oils and get them to settle and clean up where I wanted. I improvised a lot to get an end result.

So for the Saladins and Ayyar I did it a little differently. Firstly I shaded the blue with a dark blue glaze (acrylic paint and glaze medium) before I started the oil washes, to put the shades where I wanted them. I then used a black with hint of green to wash the fabric. Black with hint of brown for the leather. Black with a hint of blue for the armour. These washes were messy and covered everything, and then I cleaned them up to keep my original highlights. After a couple of hours, I went back with a very thin black oil wash to do the panel lining, being more precise with application. This worked very well. A few more steps than the remotes, but very quick and simple process of application and clean up. So in the end this was quicker than the remotes, as there was far less thinking, back and forth, and adjusting to get the result to look good.

 

Q1 Masterglass entry!





And a converted old Khawarij and both Hakims. Khaki and leather were a lot quicker to paint than all that blue armour!





Still going for as much efficiency as possible to get through my remaining Haqq. The oil washes have helped, but I've noticed my colour choices are also becoming simpler, with less variation to speed things up. I hope the result is still good/interesting models.

 

Aaaaaand I've finished my vanilla Haqq! I think it came at a good time. Now I'm a bit more efficient with batch painting, doing lots of the same scheme was wearing out its welcome. So, I'm ready for a change. Time for some long planned Morats, and a change to the thread title accordingly. Hope you like the last of the Haqq! Of note is a warcor which is almost all done with contrast paints over an aggressive zenithal prime and white drybrush. Only the small chrome nmm details, pistol highlights, and hair highlights are done with normal acrylics.

 

Thanks @archangeleong ! I saw you transition from your Ikari, to IA, to Tunguska and that really inspired me to change up my models and enjoy some new sculpts and colours, as you clearly are. Here is the group shot, but I struggled lighting such a large area, as well as set up the minis in a presentable manner.

 

Thanks @maru ! I'll try the yellow trick next time. The tips you gave on values also took me down a good path :-) For the bike, I was having fun seeing what kind of colour gradients I could do with the airbrush. I see that the values are all over the place. And then I wanted to play it in a tournament a rushed the biker body a bit. I wanted to easily remember which twin was which by having the blueish bike be the EM ccw one!