1490 DOOM: Father Gregor

1490 DOOM: Father Gregor

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How I painted this legendary character from the 1490 DOOM expansion "The Gates of Rennes".

Black Cloth

  1. Basecoat with Black .
  2. Mix a little Ice Yellow into your Black and highlight. The ratio should be roughly 1:2.
  3. Increase the amount of Ice Yellow mixed into your :black to roughly 2:1 then highlight more selectively.
  4. Finish with specular highlights of Ice Yellow on corners.

Light Cloth

  1. Basecoat with Karak Stone .
  2. Add general shading with some thinned Steel Legion Drab .
  3. Shade deep recesses with thin lines of Rhinox Hide .
  4. Highlight with 1:1 Karak Stone and White .
  5. Finish with a few very small/specular highlights of White .

Grey Cloth

  1. Basecoat with Skavenblight Dinge .
  2. Shade recesses with a thinned mix of 1:1 Skavenblight Dinge and Abaddon Black .
  3. Highlight with Stormvermin Fur .
  4. Gradually mix Ivory into your Stormvermin Fur and highlight the cloth. Do this in multiple passes until you are finishing them with specular highlights of almost pure Ivory .

Dark Brown Leather

  1. Basecoat with Rhinox Hide .
  2. Shade the recesses with some thin Abaddon Black .
  3. Add chunky highlights of Doombull Brown .
  4. Add fine highlights of Mournfang Brown .
  5. Selectively highlight with XV-88 .
  6. Mix some White into the XV-88 and finish with specular highlights.

Wood

  1. Basecoat with 1:1 Dryad Bark & Mournfang Brown .
  2. Run some thin Dryad Bark into deep recesses.
  3. Apply chunky highlights with a 1:1 mix of the base colour & Karak Stone .
  4. Now apply fine highlights with Karak Stone .
  5. Finish with selective highlights of 1:1 Karak Stone & Wraithbone .

Gold

  1. Basecoat with Retributor Armour .
  2. Wash with Reikland Fleshshade .
  3. Gradually mix Silver RLM01 Metallic into your Retributor Armour and highlight.
  4. Finish with specular Silver RLM01 Metallic highlights.

Helmet

  1. Basecoat with Exhaust Manifold .
  2. Wash with Nuln Oil . Adding glazes of Agrax Earthshade towards deep recesses, and where more interest is needed.
  3. 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.
  4. Finish with some small Silver RLM01 Metallic highlights.

Visor

  1. Basecoat with Khorne Red .
  2. Shade around the edges with thin Rhinox Hide .
  3. Build up a gradient towards the centre with Evil Sunz Scarlet , Troll Slayer Orange and Ice Yellow , covering a smaller area at each stage.
  4. Finish with a dot of White in the centre..

Mace Head & Steel Details

  1. Basecoat with Exhaust Manifold .
  2. Shade with glazes of Gryph-charger Grey on the mace and wash the mouthpiece with Nuln Oil .
  3. Highlight with Ironbreaker .
  4. Finish with selective highlights of Silver RLM01 Metallic .

Bricks

  1. Basecoat with Karak Stone .
  2. Wash with some very thin Gorthor Brown .
  3. Mix a little Khorne Red into the Gorthor Brown and enhance the shading with glazes.
  4. Shade between bricks with thin lines of Rhinox Hide .
  5. Mix a little Wraithbone into your Karak Stone and edge highlight.
  6. Increase the amount of Wraithbone in the mix and selectively highlight corners.
  7. Finish with specular highlights of pure Wraithbone on corners.

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Citadel Painting System 21
Base 9
  • Abaddon Black
  • Dryad Bark
  • Khorne Red
  • Mournfang Brown
  • Retributor Armour
  • Rhinox Hide
  • Steel Legion Drab
  • Wraithbone
  • XV-88
Shade 3
  • Agrax Earthshade
  • Nuln Oil
  • Reikland Fleshshade
Layer 8
  • Doombull Brown
  • Evil Sunz Scarlet
  • Gorthor Brown
  • Ironbreaker
  • Karak Stone
  • Skavenblight Dinge
  • Stormvermin Fur
  • Troll Slayer Orange
Contrast 1
  • Gryph-charger Grey
Vallejo Metal Color
Base 1
  • 77.723 Exhaust Manifold
Vallejo Model Air
Base 1
  • 71.063 Silver RLM01 Metallic
Vallejo Model Color
Base 4
  • 70.858 Ice Yellow
  • 70.918 Ivory
  • 70.950 Black
  • 70.951 White
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