New Project - Magma Giant

I started building and painting the Magma Giant for Shadows of Brimstone.  The model was easy enough to build.  The pieces fit well, with only a few gaps.  But due to the lava nature of the model, it wasn't necessary to fill all of them.  They will just become pools where magma coalesces.  The painting is a challenge.  I primed it using my air brush in red primer.  This made it easier, on one hand, to get that lava feel.  But there will be a ton of dry brushing with black to make the parts where the magma has turned to rock.  I've completed one hand and the three plates that cover parts of the body.  Now to paint the main model and then assemble all of it.  The white lines are white primer where yellow will go to flesh out the rivers of hot molten magma.  I like the sound of that.  I am sure I could have used my airbrush to do the whole model.  That was my first thought, but I need more brush work and air brush skills (especially in thinning paint so as to not clog up the airbrush).  It is taking a long time, but I really am enjoying it.  I'm sure I will repaint parts of it once it is all together.  I know there had to be an easier way!