I settled on a mix of classic and modern style skin recipes for these sculpts. The plan is to have a few that are unique to the goblins, and some that show their relation to their Orc bretheren. I think they turned out well.
Classic Goblin Skin
- Basecoat with 1:1 Death Guard Green and Ogryn Camo .
- Shade with thin Castellan Green .
- Shade more carefully with Vulkan Green .
- If very deep or more hidden areas, shade selectively with 1:1 Vulkan Green and Rhinox Hide .
- Highlight with Ogryn Camo .
- Selectively highlight with Krieg Khaki .
- Mix some White into your Krieg Khaki and apply very small/specular highlights.
Modern Goblin Skin
- Basecoat with 1:1 Death Guard Green and Ogryn Camo .
- Shade with thin Castellan Green .
- Shade more carefully with Vulkan Green .
- If very deep or more hidden areas, shade selectively with 1:1 Vulkan Green and Rhinox Hide .
- Highlight with Ogryn Camo .
- Selectively highlight with Krieg Khaki .
- Mix some White into your Krieg Khaki and apply very small/specular highlights.
When the skin is done, I like to add a little warmth to fleshy areas by mixing appropriate colours into my penultimate highlight colour, glazing the areas and then re highlighting. On Knuckes, noses, elbows and ear tips I add Kislev Flesh and on lips, I prefer a pink, like Screamer Pink . When highlighting, I just mix Pallid Wych Flesh into the glaze colour.
Red Eyes
- Basecoat with Khorne Red .
- Highlight with Evil Sunz Scarlet .
- Highlight more selectively with Troll Slayer Orange in the centre of the eye.
- Finish with a specular highlight of Ice Yellow (or Dorn Yellow for Citadel purists.
Teeth
- Pick out teeth with Zandri Dust .
- Shade the teeth, either using thinned Rhinox Hide on large teeth or wash with a mix of Seraphim Sepia and Agrax Earthshade .
- Highlight with Ushabti Bone .
- More selectively highlight teeth with Screaming Skull .
- Add small highights with Wraithbone towards the tip.
- Add very small/specular highlights with White .
Black Cloth
- Basecoat with Black .
- Overbrush/highlight with Skavenblight Dinge .
- More selectively highlight with Stormvermin Fur .
- Add small highlights of Administratum Grey towards points and corners.
- Mix some White into your Administratum Grey and add specular highlights, where needed.
Dark Brown Cloth
- Basecoat with 1:1 Rhinox Hide and Mournfang Brown .
- Shade recesses with a thin mix of 1:1 Rhinox Hide and Barak-Nar Burgundy .
- Highlight with a 1:1 mix of the base colour and Gorthor Brown .
- Selectively highlight with Gorthor Brown .
- Finish with small highlights of Baneblade Brown .
Light Brown Cloth
- Basecoat with Gorthor Brown .
- Shade recesses with a thin mix of 1:1 Gorthor Brown and Rhinox Hide .
- Highlight with Baneblade Brown .
- Selectively highlight with Karak Stone .
- Mix some White into your Karak Stone and add very small/specular highlights, where needed.
Tan Cloth
- Basecoat with Steel Legion Drab .
- Shade recesses with a thin mix of 1:1 XV-88 and Rhinox Hide .
- Highlight with Baneblade Brown .
- Selectively highlight with Karak Stone .
- Mix some White into your Karak Stone and add very small highlights.
Wood
- Basecoat with 1:1 Dryad Bark & Mournfang Brown .
- Run some thin Dryad Bark into recesses. Don't worry about doing this on woodgrain, just deep recesses and where the wood meats other marterial.
- Highlight with a 1:1 mix of the base colour & Karak Stone .
- Selectively highlight with Karak Stone .
- Optionally, selectively edge highlight with 2:1 Karak Stone & Wraithbone if you want to go the extra mile.
Wrappings
- Basecoat with Rakarth Flesh .
- Wash with Agrax Earthshade .
- Mix some White into the Rakarth Flesh and highlight.
- Increase the amount of White in the mix and highlight more selectively.
Steel
- Basecoat with Leadbelcher .
- Wash with Nuln Oil .
- Enhance the shading with glazes of Basilicanum Grey . Mixing a little Black in and being more selective with a second pass.
- Highlight with Ironbreaker .
- Finish with selective Silver RLM01 Metallic highlights.
Brass
- Basecoat with Runelord Brass .
- Wash with Reikland Fleshshade .
- Shade recesses with small amounts of thin Wyldwood .
- Highlight with 2:1 Runelord Brass and Silver RLM01 Metallic .
- Finish with Silver RLM01 Metallic highlights.
Pale Gold
- Basecoat with 2:1 Retributor Armour and Silver RLM01 Metallic .
- Wash with Agrax Earthshade .
- Shade recesses with small amounts of thin Wyldwood .
- Mix a little extra Silver RLM01 Metallic into the base colour and highlight.
- Finish with selective Silver RLM01 Metallic highlights.
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