Army Undecided: Behemoth on Menoth Wreck Marker Painted

I spent some time this week finishing up the Khador Behemoth I had mounted on the Menoth Wreck Marker that I wrote about earlier. As I like both how the model looks and how it plays, I coudln't wait to get it painted up.

Like all warjacks painting up the Behemoth was a mix of infantry and tank painting techniques. I did end up painting it pretty close to how it's pictured in the book, I figure that because it's a character warjack it should look pretty close to the art, as there is only one of this guy out there pounded heads.

I went with a Grey primer, and I used multiple coats as this model contained so much metal.

I fired up the airbrush and put a coat of the Khador base red.

I then put a coat of the Khador highlight color on top of it. It's a subtle effect, and hard to see in pictures.

I then gave it a wash of Secret Weapon Miniatures "Dark Sepia". It really brings the color down, helps add in shadowing and make the model look more "used". I can't say enough about the washes that Secret Weapon makes, they are great. Good pigments, and amazing flow. After the wash I painted the metal bits with P3 Cold Steel. This was my first time using a P3 metal, and I had heard from the guy I learn most of my painting techniques from that they kind of suck, and I should have listened. Poor coverage, and very meh. The opposite of the rest of the line, while I have really been impressed with most of the P3 paints, the metals are clearly a weak link.

I then added some GW badab black to the metal bits, as well as painting the black bits.

Time for a bit of hobby magic. I added highlights and painted up the base.

I decided, after some feedback, that my "blue glowing" bits/gears was a bit distracting, and decided to change it to more traditional gears. I used some MIG pigments and Secret Weapon Miniatures pigments to add metal and black to it.