Chaos Bikers (Part 9)

 

Taking a break from painting my Deathwatch army, I decided to be a bit chaotic for a bit and finish off this guy who has been mocking me every day that I walked past the painting table. I had about 20 minutes to kill this morning and that was enough time to tinker on something light. I picked up this model and realized that there was very little left to do on it, so I knocked it out.  

Here's a work in progress shot of the console area. Tesseract Glow being my savior on getting the main screen the way I wanted it took. 

Main consol.

I finished the metallic filigree by washing it with red ink (that's the original '80's-'90's stuff for clarification), then lightly highlighting it with a modern color called Sycorax Bronze which I think turned out very well. 

 

Front faring details.

Then I added Mithereal Silver to high light the areas I thought would get chipped most often. Like the foot rests, handle grips, spikes and blades. Afterwards I mounted it to it's base.

I am sticking with the old skinny bases for my Chaos Bikers, mainly because having already down work on a number of them already I am not too keen on tearing them off their bases. Some of my other armies that utilize bikers, orks for example, I may move to the newer oval bases.

At this time I have decided to leave the rider unattached to bike as he fits so well and I like the option to be able to remove him.

Unlike the other optional champions I have made for  this unit, I have not been able to take him out yet for a glamor shot, but I intend to do so soon.