HeroQuest (1989): Chaos Warriors

HeroQuest (1989): Chaos Warriors

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Red Armour

  1. Basecoat with Khorne Red .
  2. Add some general shading with 1:1 Khorne Red and Incubi Darkness .
  3. Mix some of the previous paint 1:1 with Black and shade the deepest part of the recesses.
  4. Add chunky highlights with Wazdakka Red .
  5. Now apply fine highlights with 1:1 Wazdakka Red and Wild Rider Red .
  6. Selectively highlight with Wild Rider Red .
  7. Finish with very small/specular highlights of Jokaero Orange .

Brass Details

  1. Basecoat with 1:1 Balthasar Gold and Silver RLM01 Metallic .
  2. Shade with some thinned Cygor Brown , focusing in the deepest areas on a second pass.
  3. Mix some Silver RLM01 Metallic into the base colour and highlights.
  4. Finish with very small/specular highlights with pire Silver RLM01 Metallic .

Green Armour

  1. Basecoat the armour with Death Guard Green .
  2. With Athonian Camoshade add some general shading to the recesses.
  3. Mix Rhinox Hide and Caliban Green 1:1 and shade deeper recesses with fine lines. I keep this mix pretty thin to control it easier.
  4. Add chunky highlights with Ogryn Camo , with a little Death Guard Green mixed in. Probably around 4:1.
  5. Add smaller, fine highlights with Krieg Khaki .
  6. Mix some White into the Krieg Khaki and selectively highlight corners.
  7. Finish the armour with specular highlights of White .

Bronze Details

  1. Basecoat with Hashut Copper . Mix a small amount of Doombull Brown into it, to help to establish a solid colour.
  2. Shade with Agrax Earthshade .
  3. Further define the deepest recesses and around rivets with Cygor Brown .
  4. Mix some Silver RLM01 Metallic into the base colour and highlights.
  5. Finish with very small/specular highlights with pire Silver RLM01 Metallic .

Blue Armour

  1. Basecoat with 1:1 Kantor Blue and Teclis Blue .
  2. Add some general shading with Kantor Blue .
  3. Mix some Black into the Kantor Blue and shade the deepest part of the recesses.
  4. Add general highlights of Teclis Blue on all edges and exposed areas.
  5. Highlight more selectively with 1:1 Teclis Blue and Blue Horror =.
  6. Finish with very small/specular highlights of Blue Horror .

Gold Details

  1. Basecoat with 3:1 Retributor Armour and Silver RLM01 Metallic .
  2. Shade with some thinned Gore-grunta Fur .
  3. Further define the deepest recesses and around rivets with Cygor Brown .
  4. Mix some Silver RLM01 Metallic into the base colour and highlights.
  5. Finish with very small/specular highlights with pire Silver RLM01 Metallic .

Purple Armour

  1. Basecoat with Barak-Nar Burgundy .
  2. Add some general shading with Naggaroth Night .
  3. Mix some Black into the Naggaroth Night and shade the deepest part of the recesses.
  4. Add general highlights of 1:1 Naggaroth Night and Screamer Pink on all edges and exposed areas.
  5. Mix the previous stages paint 1:2 with Deepkin Flesh and add fine highlights to all edges.
  6. Mix the above paint 1:1 with more Deepkin Flesh and selectively highlight.
  7. Finish with very small/specular highlights of Deepkin Flesh .

Black Leather

  1. Basecoat with Black .
  2. Highlight with Incubi Darkness .
  3. Apply fine highlights with 1:1 Incubi Darkness and Deepkin Flesh .
  4. Selectively highlight with Deepkin Flesh .
  5. Finish with specular highlights of 1:1 Deepkin Flesh and White .

Black Leather (Neutral)

  1. Basecoat with Black .
  2. Highlight with Skavenblight Dinge .
  3. Apply fine highlights with Stormvermin Fur .
  4. Selectively highlight with Karak Stone .
  5. Finish with specular highlights of 1:1 Karak Stone and White .

Dark Brown Leather

  1. Basecoat the leather area with Rhinox Hide .
  2. Glaze most of the leather with thinned Mournfang Brown . Use quite a small brush and drag towards edges in rough lines. This should create some extra texture.
  3. Add a chunky edge highlight of Skrag Brown to all edges.
  4. Highlight everything again, this time with a fine line of Skrag Brown and Ushabti Bone mixed 1:1. This is a good mix to throw in occasional fine lines as scratches too.
  5. With pure Ushabti Bone , selectively highlight corners and exposed edges of the leather. Put a dot of this colour where the additional scratched above meet edges too.
  6. Add a little pure white (like Dead White ) to your Ushabti Bone and add dot highlights to corners.

Wood

  1. Basecoat with 1:1 Dryad Bark & Mournfang Brown .
  2. Run some thin Rhinox Hide into recesses, where the wood meats other marterial.
  3. Add lines of woodgrain with with a 1:1 mix of the base colour & Karak Stone .
  4. Selectively highlight within the previous lines with Karak Stone .

Wrapping

  1. Basecoat with Steel Legion Drab .
  2. Wsash with Agrax Earthshade
  3. Pick out edges with a careful overbrush of :Citadel/KarakStone, pulling your prush towards the centre.
  4. Mix your Karak Stone 1:1 with Ushabti Bone and highlight the central portion of the staff.
  5. Add a selective highlight within the previous stage with Screaming Skull .
  6. Optionally, finish with some very small White highlights, towards the top of the wrappings.

Horns

  1. Basecoat with Ushabti Bone .
  2. Wash with a 1:1 mix of Skeleton Horde and Contrast Medium , pulling pigment towards the base of the horn.
  3. Glaze XV-88 towards the base of the horns, coverring about one-third, but coverring more on downward facing surfaces.
  4. Repeat the above step with Mournfang Brown , coverring a smaller area.
  5. Finish with a small amount of Doombull Brown .

Steel

  1. Basecoat with Leadbelcher .
  2. Shade with glazes of Gryph-charger Grey .
  3. Mix a little Black into your Gryph-charger Grey , then further define the shading.
  4. Highlight with Ironbreaker .
  5. Finish with selective highlights of Silver RLM01 Metallic .

I used the same basic method for the axe of the greem armoured Chaos Warrior, but switched out the Gryph-charger Grey for some Agrax Earthshade . This was just to make the steel look dirtier.

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Citadel Painting System 40
Base 17
  • Balthasar Gold
  • Barak-Nar Burgundy
  • Caliban Green
  • Death Guard Green
  • Dryad Bark
  • Incubi Darkness
  • Jokaero Orange
  • Kantor Blue
  • Khorne Red
  • Leadbelcher
  • Mournfang Brown
  • Naggaroth Night
  • Retributor Armour
  • Rhinox Hide
  • Screamer Pink
  • Steel Legion Drab
  • XV-88
Shade 2
  • Agrax Earthshade
  • Athonian Camoshade
Layer 16
  • Blue Horror
  • Deepkin Flesh
  • Doombull Brown
  • Hashut Copper
  • Ironbreaker
  • Karak Stone
  • Krieg Khaki
  • Ogryn Camo
  • Screaming Skull
  • Skavenblight Dinge
  • Skrag Brown
  • Stormvermin Fur
  • Teclis Blue
  • Ushabti Bone
  • Wazdakka Red
  • Wild Rider Red
Technical 1
  • Contrast Medium
Contrast 4
  • Cygor Brown
  • Gore-grunta Fur
  • Gryph-charger Grey
  • Skeleton Horde
Vallejo Game Color
Base 1
  • 72.001 Dead White
Vallejo Model Air
Base 1
  • 71.063 Silver RLM01 Metallic
Vallejo Model Color
Base 2
  • 70.950 Black
  • 70.951 White
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