Word Bearers, Brazen Skulls Warband

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Word Bearers, Brazen Skulls Warband

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Recipe for my Word Bearers Legionaries Kill Team, based on this art by Alex Konstad.
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  1. Chaos Black undercoat.
  2. Brass Scorpion airbrush entire model.
  3. Khorne Red on all red areas.
  4. Eshin Grey on join corrugation and corrugated pipes
  5. Word Bearers Red light drybrush stabbing on read
  6. Mephiston Red light drybrush stabbing on red
  7. Nuln Oil in recesses of red
  8. Wazdakka Red Highlight on red
  9. Steel Legion Drab on Cloth, handles, skulls and leather.
  10. Abaddon Black on all black areas.
  11. Dark Reaper light stabbing on black
  12. Leather: Mournfang Brown with Skrag Brown highlights.
  13. Skulls: Morghast Bone [complete the Nuln Oil wash in next step covering skulls then come back to this] another layer of watered down Morghast Bone (so the nuln oil shading is still visible) followed by 2 coats of Reikland Fleshshade
  14. Nuln Oil on entire model.
  15. The legion icon: Averland Sunset on fire, then Abaddon Black to pick out the daemon skull. Yriel Yellow at flame tips. Multiple layers of Casandora Yellow on base of flame followed by mixing I tiny bit of Baal Red 1:1 Contrast Medium into the wet Casandora Yellow final layer
  16. Knives, blades etc: Leadbelcher 1:1 Abaddon Black , then streaks of Leadbelcher and finally streaks of Stormhost Silver
  17. Eyes: :dead white 72.001 followed by Warpstone Glow and then Moot Green , followed by watered down Abaddon Black pooled into crevice around eye lense to get good shape.
Citadel Painting System 24
Base 8
  • Abaddon Black
  • Averland Sunset
  • Khorne Red
  • Leadbelcher
  • Mephiston Red
  • Morghast Bone
  • Mournfang Brown
  • Steel Legion Drab
Shade 3
  • Casandora Yellow
  • Nuln Oil
  • Reikland Fleshshade
Layer 10
  • Brass Scorpion
  • Dark Reaper
  • Eshin Grey
  • Moot Green
  • Skrag Brown
  • Stormhost Silver
  • Warpstone Glow
  • Wazdakka Red
  • Word Bearers Red
  • Yriel Yellow
Technical 1
  • Contrast Medium
Spray 1
  • Chaos Black
Contrast 1
  • Baal Red
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