How I painted this legendary character from the 1490 DOOM expansion "The Gates of Rennes".
Black Cloth
- Basecoat with Black .
- Mix a little Ice Yellow into your Black and highlight. The ratio should be roughly 1:2.
- Increase the amount of Ice Yellow mixed into your :black to roughly 2:1 then highlight more selectively.
- Finish with specular highlights of Ice Yellow on corners.
Light Cloth
- Basecoat with Karak Stone .
- Add general shading with some thinned Steel Legion Drab .
- Shade deep recesses with thin lines of Rhinox Hide .
- Highlight with 1:1 Karak Stone and White .
- Finish with a few very small/specular highlights of White .
Grey Cloth
- Basecoat with Skavenblight Dinge .
- Shade recesses with a thinned mix of 1:1 Skavenblight Dinge and Abaddon Black .
- Highlight with Stormvermin Fur .
- 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
- Basecoat with Rhinox Hide .
- Shade the recesses with some thin Abaddon Black .
- Add chunky highlights of Doombull Brown .
- Add fine highlights of Mournfang Brown .
- Selectively highlight with XV-88 .
- Mix some White into the XV-88 and finish with specular 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 .
Gold
- Basecoat with Retributor Armour .
- Wash with Reikland Fleshshade .
- Gradually mix Silver RLM01 Metallic into your Retributor Armour and highlight.
- Finish with specular Silver RLM01 Metallic highlights.
Helmet
- Basecoat with Exhaust Manifold .
- Wash with Nuln Oil . Adding glazes of Agrax Earthshade towards deep recesses, and where more interest is needed.
- 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.
Visor
- Basecoat with Khorne Red .
- Shade around the edges with thin Rhinox Hide .
- Build up a gradient towards the centre with Evil Sunz Scarlet , Troll Slayer Orange and Ice Yellow , covering a smaller area at each stage.
- Finish with a dot of White in the centre..
Mace Head & Steel Details
- Basecoat with Exhaust Manifold .
- Shade with glazes of Gryph-charger Grey on the mace and wash the mouthpiece with Nuln Oil .
- Highlight with Ironbreaker .
- Finish with selective highlights of Silver RLM01 Metallic .
Bricks
- Basecoat with Karak Stone .
- Wash with some very thin Gorthor Brown .
- Mix a little Khorne Red into the Gorthor Brown and enhance the shading with glazes.
- Shade between bricks with thin lines of Rhinox Hide .
- Mix a little Wraithbone into your Karak Stone and edge highlight.
- Increase the amount of Wraithbone in the mix and selectively highlight corners.
- Finish with specular highlights of pure Wraithbone on corners.
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