The Father Walks Among Us!

So to end my 11 day holiday, I decided to paint up my running Patriarch (I also have the throned one but not the throne itself).

This was another early Genestealer purchase for me - I actually found it in a 'bargain bin' of models and only paid something like 50p to 2 pounds for it (nowadays you might have to spend about £20 upwards on eBay). Unfortunately though it was missing one of its claws which I replaced with one from a Genestealer - perfect size, though not a perfect match (though it still doesn't look bad).

I painted it as I painted the Genestealer, but with a few extra layers of highlighting and a less bright blue to finish off the carapace.

Whilst the general result is not bad, I was initially a little unsure about the end result - the carapace has a very strange 'cracked' texture to it which I wanted to try and preserve but felt it may come across as a little messy and initially thought my final highlight stage was again too bright.

I also messed up one of my highlights by mixing the wrong colours, though the difference is barely noticeable.

Finally, I finished off the model with a resin base from the Citadel basing kit which really added something to the model (like most of the other pieces in the kit).