Thursday 19 July 2012

Servo Skull Tape Measure - Painted

I bought the Servo Skull tape measure last weekend. It looked alright in its silver and red but I saw potential for it to look so much better. So I painted it. Didn't take long but I did need a few coats of bleached bone to begin with to get a nice even colour to start from.




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  1. Natfka20 July 2012 at 01:26

    What an excellent idea. Very cool.

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  2. Hollownerox20 July 2012 at 02:32

    Wow, would of never thought of that, really amazing paint job too. I think I might just paint it myself after seeing this. May I ask how you painted this? (Like paints, brushing techniques, etc)

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    1. Towers20 July 2012 at 12:03

      To paint the metal bits I just did boltgun metal, then cover it with devlan mud, the drybrush mithril silver.

      For the bone I did a basecoat of bleached bone, then cover it with devlan mud, then drybrush lots with bleached bone, then a lighter drybrushing on the highlights of bleached bone/white mix.

      The brass bits were painted with brazen brass (old gw paint) then devlan mud, then drybrush the edges with brazen brass/mithril silver mix.

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    2. Hollownerox20 July 2012 at 22:45

      Thanks for the painting tips, once again really great work. Now its time get my paint mode up and ready.

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  3. Natfka20 July 2012 at 08:13

    I was thinking the same thing Hollownerox. I just about broke down and painted mine today after seeing this. Great job Towers.

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  4. Inquisitor Lord Xemplaarmentaarius20 July 2012 at 20:38

    Dude you made it on to BOLS!! your famous!!!

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  5. Anonymous21 July 2012 at 20:28

    Thats awesome,
    Now why couldn't GW just have produced it like that in the first place, instead of the tacky looking rubbish they seem to have come up with?

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