"Like a Brick Wall" - Brick

He's big, he's dangerous,

and he's not smart enough to understand fear.

- Mythic Games 

It's Friday! It's time for The Art of Caesura!

Today we're looking at one of the poster boys of Reichbusters, it's Brick!

This guy is the classic action hero - wielding two Vickers machine guns (which apparently required a 6- to 8-man team to operate) as if they were pistols! And as if that wasn't awesome enough, apparently one is loaded with armor piercing ammo while the other has explosive rounds! He's not subtle, but he sure will make a dent in a horde of zombies, or anything for that matter!

After cleaning the (minimal) mold lines, I drilled out his gun barrels before giving him a nice soapy bath to remove any mold-release fluid residue. 

I painted him similarly to Brad, but actually painted him efficiently this time - not in the hodge-podge order that I painted Brad in for some reason. 

Starting from a black undercoat, I base coated his skin with several thin coats of Cadian Fleshtone, his fatigues with Deathworld Forest, his beret and pouches and wrappings with Steel Legion Drab and the metal bits with Leadbelcher. 

I preceded to clean up some of the details, painting his hat Mephiston Red, and trim and shoes Abaddon Black. I painted his hair and base Doombull Brown. 

As you can see in the picture above, I then applied some contrast paints to filter the ammo into the brass range (Snakebite Leather) and the gun casings into a metallic black (Black Templar). 

Next it was time for washes.

I washed his skin with Contrast Guilliman Flesh (a trick that I think works much better than Reikland Fleshshade), his fatigues with Athonian Camoshade, his bullets and Steel Legion Drab bits Agrax Earthshade, his steel bits Nuln Oil and his hat Carroburg Crimson. 

Then it was just the fun matter of building up the highlights. For his skin, I glazed S75 Basic Flesh mixed with Pale Flesh. I originally gave him a bit of stubble (diluted Nuln Oil + Drakenhoff Nightshade) but ended up giving him a shave and painting over it again because I felt he suited the clean-shaven look. 

I used Death Guard Green to highlight his fatigues, first mixing it with Deathworld Forest, then glazing it on its own. 

For the backpack, straps and wrappings I first highlighted with Steel Legion Drab, then mixed in a bit of Ushabti Bone. 

I painted the bullet tips with Contrast Fyreslayer Flesh to differentiate them a bit from the bullet casings. 

Not wanting his beret to look too bright, I highlighted it by adding Cadian Fleshtone into the Mephiston Red, rather than using Evil Sunz Scarlet. 

I finished him off by stippling Stormhost Silver onto the raised metal areas. 

And that's Brick! Another hero ready to blast his way through a castle full of Nazi abominations!

Reading: Blackstone Fortress - Darius Hinks

Watching: Wandavision

Next Week:

Skitter...skitter...BOOM!