Horizon: Zero Dawn Rockbreaker
by
VoidOrc
After painting 14 other Horizon machines, I was inspired by a more experienced painter to stop putting off my bigger minis and just dive into it, to just have fun and learn. So, I painted this 120mm burrowing beast. There were multiple trip ups during the process, but I gained good experience! All things considered, I'm still kind of impressed that I managed to do this so early on in my painting journey.
Now, I had seen a Warhammer 40k White Scars army (on the YouTube channel PlayonTabletop) that had used painted, pulled apart cotton as the dust clouds being kicked up by their motorcycles. Being less experienced, I grabbed some stuffing we had lying around and didn't really think about the difference until after I finished the project. In other words, I wanted it to look like a burst of sand and dust flying into the air as the burrowing rockbreaker broke the surface, but the people I showed it to felt it was pretty "meh." Thing is, I still like it. Maybe someday I'll go back and try to replace it, but for now, it is what it is. 😊
Posted 1 week ago
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This is so cool! And way to step out of your comfort zone and try a bigger model! 120mm is huge. It looks awesome. I especially love the last pic with the green. I love the effect you got there! I can also completely see what you were trying to do with the dust cloud. Great job overall!
Eez BEEG! (It’s big lol) the big ones are definitely intimidating but it’s good to face the fear. Loooove the second shot of the underside facing stage right. Epic angle that helps to deliver the scale.
Unfortunately my favorite painted bits are on the backside lol. Love how you’ve done the armor. The dust cloud is a cool idea too. You might try how many advise for rendering fire and having it be darker in the center and lighter on the outer edge. Could help to give more of an impression of the cloud being most dense near the monster and more diffuse further away.