The Panzer name is a German word that means "armour".  It derives through the French word pancier, "breastplate",  from Latin pantex, "belly" - Wikipedia Welcome back one and all to The Art of Caesura! I hope you've all recovered from the blog's 6th birthday party last week ; if you haven't had a chance to check it out yet...I'll wait right here.  Okay, re-jazzed? Great! So, you might have noticed a rather large "mini" at the end of the birthday post; indeed, it was the blog's birthday present! Today, we'll be looking at that very miniature: Reichbusters' Vrilpanzer! Just like last year's Shrieker , this guy is another big bruiser from Mythic's Reichbusters. Completing him was a fun exercise in speed painting, but we'll get there. Let's start with prepping the model.  I started by indenting and then drilling the gun barrels. Not shown here, I later decided to further enlargen the barrel holes just by po

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE ART OF CAESURA! My my my, look at that, my little blog is turning six today! Six years old, lordy lordy lordy! It feels like just yesterday (or at most only a few months ago) that we were celebrating the blog's fifth birthday, but as we shall see, a lot has happened in the past year! Another strange year in the bizzaroverse in which we now live.  -~- Now, what's the best way to get a party started? Why, with an infographic of course! Depending on your device, it might be easier for you to see if you click on these cut-up images below. Let's take a little look-see at those hobby goals, shall we? Number 1) Tick. I somehow managed to keep on blogging through all of life's craziness. The Caesura has been living up to its name, and has been a nice distraction from some of this year's downers - namely the continuation of the global pandemic.  Number 2) SOOOOOO close to tick. I really thought I would get this one. As we'll see in a moment, I was r

There is no magic in magic, it's all in the details  - Walt Disney   Welcome back friends of the Caesura to another Friday on The Art of Caesura! We are deeply embroiled in looking at my Black Templars Marshall. Last week we looked at painting his face , and gave a brief nod to his base. Today, we're going to go back to look at some of the details on this model.  This guy has a bunch of details on him, from his power sword, decals, plasma glow and power pack. For this post, I'm going to focus on the latter two effects because I have previously detailed my decal process , and...I forgot to take photos of painting his power sword effect...oops.  Let's start with the plasma pistol. I began by painting the housing a dark red (Mephiston Red shaded with Nuln Oil) to give a good contrast for the bright plasma effect. From the black undercoat of the rest of the model, I painted the plasma coils white, allowing it to bleed over into the recess between the coils and the housing o