How I painted this stunning character from "The Outpost at Meerbridge" starter set for 1490 DOOM.
Light Green
- Basecoat: Loren Forest
Recess Shade: Rhinox Hide & Black 1:1
Chunky Highlight: Loren Forest & Death Guard Green 1:1
Highlight: Death Guard Green
Sharp Highlight: Death Guard Green & Wraithbone 2 1 Basecoat Elysian Green
Soft Shade: Deathworld Forest
Deep Shade: Deathworld Forest & Black
Highlight: Elysian Green & Ogryn Camo
Highlight: Ogryn Camo
Dark Green
- Basecoat with Castellan Green .
- Basecoat: Castellan Green
Wash: Nocturne Green
Highlight: Deathworld Forest
Highlight: Death Guard Green
Highlight: Krieg Khaki
Mid Green
- Basecoat with Loren Forest .
- Mix you Loren Forest 1:1 with Rhinox Hide and add shading to the cloth. This cloth is quite testures, so you can thin it and apply as a wash in some areas.
- With pure Rhinox Hide , shade the deepest recesses with thin lines.
- Basecoat: Loren Forest
Recess Shade: Rhinox Hide & Black 1:1
Chunky Highlight: Loren Forest & Death Guard Green 1:1
Highlight: Death Guard Green
Sharp Highlight: Death Guard Green & Wraithbone 2:1
Dirty White Cloth
- Basecoat with 1:1 (ish) Karak Stone and White , leaning a little more towards the white.
- Shade recesses with Agrax Earthshade .
- Define very deep recesses and points where the cloth meets other colours with thin lines of Rhinox Hide .
- With 2:1 White and Karak Stone , highlight the cloth.
- Finish with fine highlights of pure White .
Khaki Cloth
- Basecoat with 1;1 Karak Stone and Baneblade Brown .
- Add general shading with pure Baneblade Brown . The difference in tone is quite subtle here, so you can thin it and apply like a wash to all detailed/tucked away areas.
- Shade recesses with Steel Legion Drab .
- Define very deep recesses and points where the cloth meets other colours with thin lines of Rhinox Hide .
- Highlight with Karak Stone .
- Finish with fine highlights of 1:1 Karak Stone and White .
Brown Leather
- Basecoat with Mournfang Brown .
- Shade with Rhinox Hide .
- With 1:1 Mournfang Brown and XV-88 add chunky highlights.
- Apply fine highlight of XV-88 add fine highlights.
- Selectively highlight with 1:1 XV-88 and Morghast Bone .
- Finish with very small/specular highlights of Morghast Bone .
Dark Brown Leather
- Basecoat with Rhinox Hide .
- Highlight with Doombull Brown .
- Highlight more selectively with XV-88 .
- Finish with a few specular Screaming Skull highlights.
Wood
- Basecoat with 1:1 Dryad Bark & Mournfang Brown .
- Run some thin Dryad Bark into deep recesses.
- Apply chunky highlights with a 1:1 mix of the base colour & Karak Stone .
- Now apply fine highlights with Karak Stone .
- Finish with selective highlights of 1:1 Karak Stone & Wraithbone .
- I found the finish was a bit chalky at this point, so I added richness with a glaze of Reikland Fleshshade .
Skin
- Basecoat with an equal parts mix of Cadian Fleshtone , Kislev Flesh and White .
- Mix some Doombull Brown into the basecoat and glaze in some shading.
- Increase the amount of Doombull Brown in the mix and shade the deepest recesses.
- Mix some White into the base colour and highlight the skin.
- Increase the amount of White in the mix for further highlights, pushing them as far as you need.
Steel
- Basecoat with Exhaust Manifold .
- Add variety with glazed shading of Ratling Grime and Wyldwood to enhance it in the deepest recess.
- Highlight with mix some Silver RLM01 Metallic into the Exhaust Manifold and highlight. Do this roughly, with a mix of edge highlights and a few stippled marks.
- Finish with some small Silver RLM01 Metallic highlights.
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