As mentioned in a recent post, I have been working on the Mephiston diorama. Many of you know I am a bit of a freehand nut when it comes to cloaks (though I have an idea for a tank brewing) and so I wanted to create something a bit special. I have done galaxy’s and other motifs but this had to be something that pushed my skills, else there would be little point to doing it.
I decided to go with a deep red with a brocade pattern over the top. I am not the best at creating regular shapes, but I tried it anyway. This is how phase one turned out:
To achieve this pattern, I used Khorne red as a base coat and then did some very thin black glazes in the recesses to give the red a bit of depth. I then created the pattern – I may do a tutorial on this sometime in case other people want to give it a go. I used Ushabti bone for this. When it was done, I glazed it down with very thin Khorne red until it looked mroe natural. It took several layers but you can see the difference between the two pictures.
Now, I wasn’t about to stop there. When I painted Mephiston for my friend, I placed a flaming winged blood drop motif on the cloak, so I thought I would do something similar on this one. I also added a brown hem at the bottom. I did think about writing his name on the hem, however the creases in the fabric meant that it wouldn’t look right if I did. Here is the end result:
The billows of the cloak make this rather tricky to photograph properly, and I know this is not finished – he has psyker tubes and the lining to work on as well, but so far, so good!
Heretic Deb! 
Thats really nice Deb well done. Interesting that you used a glaze over it, really made a big difference. Do you think it would of worked as well using a contrast paint instead?
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I don’t think so. Contrast tends to have a bit of a sheen and a real density of pigment – great for textured surfaces or fur but not so much on flats because it puddles and looks uneven. I don’t know if the design over the top would have worked with contrast either – will have to try it some time.
The glaze took about 5 layers but it ended up even and gave the dulled cream the colour I wanted – that reddish hue seemed to work for me at least.
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That is very special- wonderful work.
Cheers,
Pete.
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Cheers Pete.
This is certainly one of my better cloaks for sure
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Very, very impressive
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Thank you
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That looks pretty dope – looking forward to seeing more.
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Thank you
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Wow, that’s truly amazing. How long did you spend on the cloak to get this result?
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Quite a while, 10 hours maybe? I am not sure as i didn’t time myself XD
Thanks.
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Lovely work. Love that freehand.
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Thank you
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