I just love music. On top of that, I love guitar music. And above all
else, Van Halen is, to me, the best band in the world.
Eddie's way to play has everything it takes for a music to call itself
"awesome": It perfectly balances Eric Clapton's melodic sense, with
Jimmy Page's creativity and technique. Heck, the man can play a baroque
piece or a solo with an electric drill and he will do that smiling,
jumping, looking like it's the most common and trivial thing in the
world while you just feel music oozing from the speakers, making the
world a small shell of concentrated, 100% pure awesomeness.
Among all things, Eddie is notoriously recognized as a guitar
conoisseur, bulding his own axes from scratch just to find the perfect
balance between tone and playability. His guitars are among the best
in the world, and with all the rights he deserves: Listed to
"Unchained". You can't have a tone like that anyway else. You have to
know what you want and how you are doing it.
To match his musical style, he always painted his guitar with random
stripes all over his guitars. The design were always there, combining
perfectly with the music coming from a chaotic flurry of raw talent.
And then I figured out.
My Chaos army is mostly painted Red, Black and White or Silver. Take
this for example:
The exact same colors of the almighty Eddie's Frankenstrat:
So, just as easy as you can say "Jump", I decided to stripe something to
show the universe that they can't just stand against the mighty will
of an overdriven guitar, specially the ones from the other side of the
Eye of Terror.
So without further delay, I present you the mighty Eddie Van Rhino:
I striped it the same way Eddie does on his guitars: Assembled it, Primed it with black spray, Then moved forward rolling tape randomly, Applied a coat of white spray, More tape, Then a coat of Red Spray for a good chaotic looking.
Remove the tapes, and you have you own personal Eddie Van Rhino, ready for battle.
I ordered two more Rhinos. I'm thinking of doing them all black and yellow now to sprinkle some Black Legion between my minions, just like this little beauty here:
There are some things you have to watch out, though: We're talking
about 3 layers of spay colors, so if you do this without the proper
care, you'll end up covering all the nice details you have in the
model, so it's not a bad time to remember: Small, quick, sprays from
one way to another will get you a long way. Don't stay too much on the
same spot. Allow them to dry before moving on! It's a work of
patience. Give a day of two between the layers.
The Rhino went so well I decided to do the Sammy Raider:
Again, same process, but this one turned out a lot better. I tried to
take a little more time, and dedicated it on doing some painting
imperfections, like dirt and rust.
After that, you are free to assemble the tank threads, spikes, pintle
mounted weapons (Havoc Launcher is strongly recommened!), and
everything else. Remember: The last things you want in Chaos models
are simmetry, pristine clean details, or these kind of irrelevant
stuff that makes you work look clean and good willed :-)
Chaos do it dirty, fast, creatively and raw, and... Van Halen-esque.
Happy painting!
PS: I don't wish in any way take this stripes pattern credit as mine,
neither I wish to profit on it! It's just an honest way to say a big
"Thank You" to Eddie and his music, made by an honest fan.
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