This recipe is based on one of my favourite pieces of Drukhari artwork. Its pretty different to the studio version, but much more to my tastes.
Green Armour
- Basecoat with Dark Reaper & Lupercal Green , mixed in equal amounts.
- Shade recesses with Abaddon Black , mixed in with the Dark Reaper and Lupercal Green from your last step. As far as a ratio goes, I added roughly as much black as I had basemix left. So 2:1:1.
- Now add some Sons of Horus Green to the initial mix of Dark Reaper and Lupercal Green from the first step. Again, use a ratio of roughly 2:1:1. Apply chunky edge highlights with this mix.
- Now add fine edge highlights with Sons of Horus Green .
- Selectively highlight with 1:1 Sons of Horus Green and Ionrach Skin .
- Finish with specular highlights of Ionrach Skin .
Red Eye Lenses
- Paint the lens with Mephiston Red .
- Highlight most of the lens with Wild Rider Red .
- Selectively highlight the part closest to the nose with Fire Dragon Bright .
- Add a specular highlight of Ice Yellow (or Dorn Yellow ) right next to the nose.
Weapon Casing
- Basecoat with 1:1 Karak Stone and Ushabti Bone .
- Wash with a 1:1 Agrax Earthshade and Reikland Fleshshade .
- Edge highlight with Screaming Skull .
- Apply small/specular highlights with Screaming Skull mixed with White .
Tabbard
- Basecoat with Rakarth Flesh .
- Wash with Reikland Fleshshade .
- In deep recesses, add fine lines of 1:1 Doombull Brown and Rhinox Hide .
- Edge highlight with 1:1 Rakarth Flesh and Pallid Wych Flesh .
- Finally, add selective highlights of Pallid Wych Flesh .
Purple Cloth
- Basecoat with Naggaroth Night & Screamer Pink mixed 1:1.
- Shade recesses with thin Abaddon Black .
- Add highlights with Screamer Pink .
- Edge highlight with 1:1 Screamer Pink and Ushabti Bone .
- Add specular/seective highlights with Screaming Skull .
Black Leather
- Basecoat with Black .
- Highlight with The Fang .
- Enhance the highlights with smaller amounts of Blue Horror .
On larger areas of black leather, consider mixing the colours, just to ease the transition.
Steel
- Basecoat with Leadbelcher .
- Wah with Nuln Oil .
- Highlight with Ironbreaker .
- Highlight more selectively with Silver RLM01 Metallic (or Stormhost Silver if you are a Citadel loyalist).
Brass
- Basecoat with Brass Scorpion .
- Wash with Agrax Earthshade .
- Highlight with a mix of Brass Scorpion and Silver RLM01 Metallic . Again, you can use Stormhost Silver if you prefer.
- Finish with small/specular highlights of Silver RLM01 Metallic .
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