BoLS logo Today's Tabletop & RPG News
Advertisement

Knight Models Marvel Universe: Painting Rocket

5 Minute Read
Feb 8 2017
Hot story icon
Advertisement

000 Marvel Knight Rocket

Ain’t no thing like me, except me!

001 Marvel Knight Rocket

I’m painting up another member of my 50 point cosmic heroes crew. Thought I’d go for something a little furrier this time. Not sure why, but I started with his jumpsuit. I used a mix of colors some of you may have seen in a previous article. For the basecoat it’s Khador Red Highlight. This is shaded with Umbral Umber and highlighted with Menoth White Highlight.

002 Marvel Knight Rocket

I finish off the jumpsuit with some more stark highlights of Menoth White Highlight before I move on to fur. Bloodtracker Brown is my basecoat for this fur.

003 Marvel Knight Rocket

For the shading of the fur, I use a mix of Exile Blue and Umbral Umber. The reason for the blue is that the Bloodtracker Brown has kind of a warm orange-ish tone to it and the bit of cool blue should create some contrast.

004 Marvel Knight Rocket

Advertisement

I begin mixing increasing amounts of Menoth White Highlight into the Bloodtracker Brown and stipple it on for highlighting. The stippling is supposed to create a fur texture, but this guy is so tiny that it’s hard to see.

005 Marvel Knight Rocket

Next I focus on that racoon face of his. His snout and eyebrows start with a base of Greatcoat Gray. This cool gray is highlighted with Frostbite, then pure Morrow White. Again, the use of cooler tones to shade the white creates a contrast with the surrounding warm browns. I also paint his jowls black and his lower lip with Khardic Flesh.

006 Marvel Knight Rocket

I highlight the jowls with Umbral Umber then blend increasing amounts of Frostbite into it to make them really pop.

Advertisement

007 Marvel Knight Rocket

Next I move on to his belt, bandolier, and other assorted straps. I basecoat these with Thamar Black toned with some Bloodstone and Red Ink to give it a warm feel. This is highlighted with Coal Black. I also paint the claws black.

008 Marvel Knight Rocket

To complete the straps I add a little Underbelly Blue to the Coal Black as a final highlight.

009 Marvel Knight Rocket

Then it’s finally on to the part I’ve really been looking forward to: that big flarkin’ gun. This is another color scheme I’ve used before on another gun. I start with a streak of Thrall Flesh and immediately begin to wet blend it in to Coal Black on either side. I also blend a thin line of Menoth White Highlight into the Thrall Flesh to create an illusion of a really bright reflection.

010 Marvel Knight Rocket

Advertisement

Once I have everything blended on the way I like, I add thin lines of Thrall Flesh along every ridge.

011 Marvel Knight Rocket

Here it is once everything has been given a little streak of highlight. The clip and muzzle in were the areas I most focused on in this step. I thought the color scheme would end up giving this otherwise fairly modern looking gun a spacey sci-fi look, but in the end it just looks kinda like camo. But I still like it enough not to want to bother to change it.

012 Marvel Knight Rocket

Next I began working on the other gun. This was a go at more of a brassy feel. I started by wet blending on a gradient of Thornwood Green to Sulfuric Yellow to a light central streak of Menoth White Highlight. I also began working on the handguard of the other gun. I was trying to go for a copper with a Bloodtracker Brown basecoat with some Ryn Flesh and Umbral Umber blended in on either. It looks more wood than copper I guess, but like the gun itself I have no real problem with how it turned out.

013 Marvel Knight Rocket

After lining some of the hard edges of the pistol and stock, I wash them both with Agrax Earth.

Advertisement

014 Marvel Knight Rocket

It ended up a little darker than I wanted, so I had to go back and lighten certain parts again.

015 Marvel Knight Rocket

It was about this time I realized I had completely forgotten the tail. It’s the same colors from the earlier fur step again here.

016 Marvel Knight Rocket

I gave it a wash of agrax earth, then drybrushed it with Bloodtracker Brown, then Bloodtracker Brown mixed with a little Ryn Flesh.

017 Marvel Knight Rocket

Advertisement

Then it’s time for the stripes. They are a mix of Agrax Earth and Thamar Black. I wanted a little of the brown to show through.

018 Marvel Knight Rocket

I highlight them by carefully drybrushing on some Coal Black followed by Coal Black with Underbelly Blue mixed in.

020 Marvel Knight Rocket

Rocket’s little scenic rock didn’t seem to mesh well with the futuristic bases I wanted to use with my Guardians, but I decided it would be too difficult to get his tiny feet off of it now that they were painted. I ended up washing on some Trollblood Highlight and Umbral Umber in a few areas.

000 Marvel Knight Rocket

I painted the base in advance. I added a little sand around the rock, and painted on more Trollblood highlight – mixed with a little Underbelly blue this time. This makes it look “space-y” enough that it feels a little less out of place. The best solution would have been to try removing the rock in the first place and replacing it with something that seemed a little less out of place. I probably could have found something in one of these bits boxes I have around.

DSCN8041

Which painting article would you like to see next? 

Ben Williams
Author: Ben Williams
Advertisement
  • 30K: Using Allied Detachments in Horus Heresy