Calcifer

Calcifer

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    07 Oct 2025
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A friendly fire demon from Howl's Moving Castle (Howl no Ugoku Shiro)

Base coat

  1. Spray all the miniature with Fine Primer Grey Spray

Planks

  1. Base the planks with Grey-Brown well diluted with water in order to create shades
  2. Draw wood lines with Mournfang Brown
  3. Fill the grooves with AK16011 Brown Black ink and also the pieces of wood in contact with fire
  4. Darken the wood touching fire with Abaddon Black

Shovel

  1. Base the shovel with a mix of Ironbreaker and Abaddon Black
  2. Drybrush with Ironbreaker
  3. Add some rust with some Dark Rust and smaller areas of Medium Rust

Bottle

  1. Base the bottle with Olive Green
  2. Add some shades with Athonian Camoshade
  3. Add some light with Alga Green , Moot Green and Greenish White
  4. Darken the underside of the bottle with Dark Green-Grey
  5. Base the label with Silver Grey
  6. Add some writings with Alga Green , Xereus Purple , Dirty Red and Abaddon Black

Stones

  1. Base the fireplace with Basalt Grey
  2. Drybrush with Middle Stone and Silver Grey

Calcifer's body (flames)

  1. Base with Radiant Yellow
  2. Add some diluted Deep Orange on the whole body except the face and the inner parts
  3. Add a glaze of Deep Red from the top of the flames
  4. Make a gradient with Deep Orange
  5. Enlighten the face and the inner parts with AK Primary Yellow ink
  6. Mix the other colors with AK Fire Orange ink

OSL

  1. Drybrush the surrounding areas with Deep Orange then Fluorescent Orange and Volcanic Yellow

Eyes

  1. Base with Ice Yellow
  2. Draw (freehand) the eyes with Abaddon Black
  3. Enlighten them with a dot of Offwhite
AK Interactive
Spray 1
  • AK1010 Fine Primer Grey Spray
AK Interactive 3rd Generation Acrylics 18
Standard 16
  • AK11002 Offwhite
  • AK11005 Greenish White
  • AK11006 Silver Grey
  • AK11021 Basalt Grey
  • AK11036 Ice Yellow
  • AK11042 Volcanic Yellow
  • AK11046 Radiant Yellow
  • AK11081 Fluorescent Orange
  • AK11095 Dirty Red
  • AK11103 Medium Rust
  • AK11107 Dark Rust
  • AK11124 Middle Stone
  • AK11125 Grey-Brown
  • AK11133 Dark Green-Grey
  • AK11147 Olive Green
  • AK11152 Alga Green
Intense 2
  • AK11080 Deep Orange
  • AK11088 Deep Red
Citadel Painting System 6
Base 2
  • Abaddon Black
  • Mournfang Brown
Shade 1
  • Athonian Camoshade
Layer 3
  • Ironbreaker
  • Moot Green
  • Xereus Purple
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