Stegadon painting guide Part 2.

Yo! Today we move from the skin to the horns (at least some of the horns) for another painting guide stolen from the web. I used inverted highlighting which looks something like this:

 Starting from the base and moving towards the tip of the horns: Ushabti bone.

 Balor brown.

 Mournfang brown.

 Rhinox hide.

Abaddon black. And there we have it. I am considering adding a wash of Nuln oil to merge the colors a bit and make them less vivid but we will see. Have to do all the small horns along the model as well. I will also post on how to paint the Howdah when I get to it. See ya!

Stegadon painting guide Part 1.

Yo! Had quite some progress on the Stedagon and today I bring you the first part of the painting guide (the skin). I must point out that I did not come up with this scheme myself but found it online. With that said, here we go!

 Started with an undercoat of Chaos black followed by Rakarth flesh on the skin.

 Waaagh! flesh on the scales.

 Dry-brush the entire model with 50/50 mix of Rakarth flesh and Ushabti bone.

 Wash entire model with Seraphim sepia.

 Wash the entire model with Nuln oil (slightly watered down).

 Dry-brush entire model with Ushabti bone.

And finally dry-brush the entire model with 50/50 mix of Ushabti bone and Skull white. The result is both nice-looking but also quite quick to do. I think that the scale color could easily be exchanged for other dull colours such as Mephiston red or Kantor blue. Next up is painting the horns!

Painting the Lepidosaurs Part 2

So I previously showed how to create the basic skink skin color (Part1) and now I will briefly show the detail colors that I have added to these little rascals. The spears are painted in Mournfang brown (shaft), Leadbelcher (tip), Runefang steel (decorative spikes), Golden griffon (decorative spikes) and then all washed in Nuln oil. All other metallic decorations follow the same scheme as the decorative spikes.

 The eyes, feathers and all topaz were first colored with Alaitoc blue, highlighted with Lothern blue and finished with a line of Abaddon black (eyes only).

The claws were painted with Abaddon black and then Dawnstone. The teeth are Screaming skull and the tongue is Screamer pink. There, I hope this guide will help. I think that the skin color makes the model and the blue is in nice contrast with it. I think that the metal and gold could be perfected but this effect is good enough for me. Cheers!

Painting the Lepidosaurs Part 1

I got some Skinks from GW which I plan on playing as Gretchin (Ork codex). I basecoated them with Skull White and used three shades to get the basic color of their skin. A very simple technique but the results are awesome!

Skull White spray.

Shaded Casandora Yellow (all body).

Shaded Fuegan Orange (Scales, shield and tips of extremities).

Shaded Carroburg Crimson (Scales, shields and very tips of extremities).

I will later add some blue as spot color and paint the spears. The base will have a dessert feeling.

Emperor's Children Painting Guide

My goal when painting miniatures is to find the perfect balance between spending too much time per model and not spending enough. Sure it would be nice to have an entire army painted in Heavy Metal style but lets face it we also want models to quickly look good enough for table-top so that we can start with the next project. I have tons of stuff that I haven't painted because I moved on to the next thing. How fun is Hormagaunt nr 16 out of 20? HQ and tanks can get extra attention because they stand out but the regular troops need a reasonable color scheme that gets the job done in good time. Here is the one I use for my Legion and I am happy with the results!

Primed in Chaos Black. White shoulder pads are a 70:30 mix of White Scar and Screaming Skull.

Main color is of course purple and I use Xereus Purple.

Metal details in Leadbelcher (including the ones that will be gold eventually).

To get a nice golden tone I paint Gehenna's Gold on top of Leadbelcher (and this is important because the tone is completely different if you add the gold over black or Runefang Steel).

Clean up any splatter for the first 4 colors. I painted the crest in the same way as the shoulder pads. Black details such as the chainswords and bolt pistols are 70:30 mix of Abaddon Black and Dawnstone.

Highlighted black details with Dawnstone. The lovely wash or shade with Nuln Oil really binds the colors together.

Painted eye lenses with Lothern Blue and then White Scar. Also used Runefang Steel on all bolts, this makes them pop out in a really cool way (especially on the MKIII which has a lot of bolts).

Final results by sponging with Leadbelcher to give a worn appearance. There we are! I skip any further highlighting which saves a lot of time. Hope you liked the guide (sorry about the lights changing but I took the pictures at different times of the day). I will also later post how I make my bases.