Craftworld Altansar Guardian

Craftworld Altansar Guardian

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    21 Jan 2024
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    22 Jan 2024
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Magenta Armour

  1. Basecoat with 1:1 Khorne Red and Screamer Pink .
  2. Recess shade with 1:2 Khorne Red and Incubi Darkness .
  3. Apply chunky highlights of 2:1 Wazdakka Red and Screamer Pink .
  4. Now go over all of hte previous stage with finer highlights of 1:1 Wazdakka Red and Morghast Bone .
  5. Selectively highlight curves and corners with 1:1 Wazdakka Red and Screaming Skull .
  6. Mix some White into the previous paint and pick out points where light would hit.

Bone Faceplate

  1. Basecoat with Ushabti Bone .
  2. Shade the recesses with Skeleton Horde .
  3. If you need to darken any areas, run a line of Agrax Earthshade into the deepest parts.
  4. Add chunky highlights of Screaming Skull .
  5. Now add fine highlights of Pallid Wych Flesh .
  6. Finish with selective highlights of White where needed.

Black Armour

  1. Basecoat with Abaddon Black or another Black of your choice.
  2. Edge highlight everything with a thick line of Dark Reaper .
  3. Highlight everything again, this time with a thin line of 1:1 Dark Reaper and Grey Seer . This colour is a good place to put in some scratches too.
  4. Increase the amount of grey in the mix to about 1:2 Dark Reaper and Grey Seer . Selectively highlight upward facing edges, corners and prominent edges. Stick primarily to edges where the light would hit and always drag your brush towards the brightest point. If you added scratches previously, reinforce them with a smaller, thinner line underneath.
  5. Finally, edge add small highlights to the centre of the previous highlights and corners with Grey Seer . Try to make them very small, dots if at all possible.

Black Weapon

  1. Basecoat with Abaddon Black or another Black of your choice.
  2. Edge highlight everything with a thick line of Dark Reaper .
  3. Highlight everything again, this time with a thin line of Thunderhawk Blue . This colour is a good place to put in some scratches too.
  4. With Fenrisian Grey , selectively highlight upward facing edges, corners and prominent edges. Stick primarily to edges where the light would hit and always drag your brush towards the brightest point. If you added scratches previously, reinforce them with a smaller, thinner line underneath.
  5. Finally, edge add small highlights to the centre of the previous highlights and corners with Blue Horror . Try to make them very small, dots if at all possible.

Black Tubing

  1. Basecoat with Abaddon Black or another Black of your choice.
  2. Pick out ridges with Eshin Grey .
  3. Selectively highlight with Dawnstone .
  4. Add small highlights of Administratum Grey towards the apex of the curve, where the light would hit.

Green Eye Lenses

  1. Basecoat with Caliban Green .
  2. Highlight the centre part of the eye with Warpstone Glow , pulling the brush towards the nose.
  3. Highlights a smaller area, closer to the nose, using Moot Green .
  4. Mix some Ice Yellow into your Moot Green and add a specular highlight right next to the nose.

Jade Spirit Stone

  1. Basecoat with Incubi Darkness .
  2. Paint the lower lefthand side with Kabalite Green . I'd recommend coverring about two thirds of the total surface.
  3. Now repeat, coverring a smaller area with Sybarite Green .
  4. Mix a little Ice Yellow into the Sybarite Green and add a very small highlight. Place this in the very bottom-left.
  5. Finish off the gem with a specular highlight of :white on the top-right.

Cream Cloth

  1. Basecoat with Screaming Skull .
  2. Wash with Seraphim Sepia .
  3. Shade deep recesses with Mournfang Brown .
  4. Highlight with 1:1 Screaming Skull and White .
  5. Selectively highlight with White .

Gold Details

  1. Basecoat with 3:1 Vallejo Metal Color Gold and Copper .
  2. Wash with Wyldwood , thinned with four times as much Contrast Medium .
  3. Mix a little Silver RLM01 Metallic into your base mix, and apply selective highlights.
  4. Finish with very small highlights of Silver RLM01 Metallic .

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Citadel Painting System 28
Base 8
  • Abaddon Black
  • Caliban Green
  • Grey Seer
  • Incubi Darkness
  • Khorne Red
  • Morghast Bone
  • Mournfang Brown
  • Screamer Pink
Shade 2
  • Agrax Earthshade
  • Seraphim Sepia
Layer 15
  • Administratum Grey
  • Blue Horror
  • Dark Reaper
  • Dawnstone
  • Eshin Grey
  • Fenrisian Grey
  • Kabalite Green
  • Moot Green
  • Pallid Wych Flesh
  • Screaming Skull
  • Sybarite Green
  • Thunderhawk Blue
  • Ushabti Bone
  • Warpstone Glow
  • Wazdakka Red
Technical 1
  • Contrast Medium
Contrast 2
  • Skeleton Horde
  • Wyldwood
Vallejo Metal Color
Base 2
  • 77.710 Copper
  • 77.725 Gold
Vallejo Model Air
Base 1
  • 71.063 Silver RLM01 Metallic
Vallejo Model Color
Base 3
  • 70.858 Ice Yellow
  • 70.950 Black
  • 70.951 White
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