This guide is a work in progress for now. I will update all of the recipes used as I go bit plan on finishing up each of the models when I feel inspired.
Skin
- Basecoat with 2:1 Cadian Fleshtone and Mournfang Brown .
- Increase the amount of Mournfang Brown in the above mix and shade the skin.
- Mix the base colour 2:1 with Ushabti Bone and add chunky highlights.
- Increase the amount of Ushabti Bone in the above mix, so it is about 1:2 now. use this for finer highlights.
- Mix in a little White and selectively highlight.
- Increase the amount of White in the mix, until it is a subtle off-white. Now pick out a few specular highlights.
When it came to the shaved portion in the centre of his head, I highlighted as normal, then mixed a little Dawnstone into the initial highlight colour. With this mix, glaze the section then highlight if needed. This should add a subtle grey.
Yellow Cloth
- Basecoat with Balor Brown .
- Mix Balor Brown 1:1 with Mournfang Brown and use this to shade folds.
- With pure Mournfang Brown , further define highlights. try to stick to fine lines and use this to separate sleeves from the body, plus where the cloth meets other materials.
- Add chunky highlights of Averland Sunset .
- Apply fine highlights using a 1:1 mix of Averland Sunset and Ice Yellow .
- Selectively highlight with pue Ice Yellow .
- Finish with specular White highlights.
Orange Cloth
- Basecoat with 1:1 Deep Orange (or Troll Slayer Orange ) and Squig Orange . Feel free to lean more towards the Deep Orange , if you want a more vibrant colour.
- Mix the base colour 1:1 with Khorne Red and add shading to folds.
- Now, mix the above colour 1:1 with Black and further shade the recesses. At this point, I find it best to stick to the very deep folds and where the cloth meets other materials.
- Apply chunky highlights of Fire Dragon Bright to the cloth. With the crispness of the details on this sculpt, I first applied a standard edge highlight, before thickening the highlights with a series of downward facing lines.
- Using a 1:1 mix of Fire Dragon Bright and Flash Gitz Yellow , as fine edge highlights to the cloth.
- Mix a little White into the above colour and more selectively highlight edges, focussing on upward facing curves.
- Add even more White to the above paint, until it is an off-white colour. Now enhance your highlighting with a few very small/specular highlights.
Dark Wood Staff
- Basecoat with Rhinox Hide .
- Shade with Black .
- Apply scratchy highlights of Doombull Brown . I would recommend applying these as lines running down the shaft.
- Apply smaller highlights of XV-88 .
- Finish with a few very small Ushabti Bone highlights.
White Cloth
- Basecoat with 1:1 Celestra Grey and White .
- Glaze some shading in with Fenrisian Grey . be quite generous here, the result will be quite suble, so use it to bring out texture.
- With a 1:1 mix of Fenrisian Grey and Dark Reaper , shade the cloth more selectively.
- Carefully shade the very deepest recesses (and where the cloth meets other material ) with pure Dark Reaper . Be very selective here and keep your lines thin.
- Mix the basecoat 1:1 with White and pick out edges.
- Selectively highlight with pure White .
Dark Brown Leather
- Basecoat with Rhinox Hide .
- Highlight with Doombull Brown .
- Selectively highlight with XV-88 .
- Finish with very small/specular highlights of Ushabti Bone .
Shiny Black Beads
- Basecoat with Black .
- Pick out raised portions with Dark Reaper
- Add small highlights of Thunderhawk Blue .
- Selectively highlight beads that run over curves with highlights of Fenrisian Grey .
- Finish with a few specular highlights of Blue Horror . Do this within the "range" of beads highlighted in the last step, ensuring you highlight even fewer beads.
Blade
- Basecoat with Leadbelcher .
- Shade with a few glazes of Gryph-charger Grey .
- Highlight with Ironbreaker .
- Highlight more selectively with a 1:1 mix of Ironbreaker and Silver RLM01 Metallic .
- Finish with edge highlight of Silver RLM01 Metallic .
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