As I wrote last time, I haven’t been painting for the last few months at all due to baby and also a general lack of things I might paint for. I find deadlines very motivating, and “next game day” is a deadline of sorts, but since I haven’t been going to any game days, I have no deadlines!
I started a Necromunda gang because I have fond memories of the game and there are enough people in my club interested in playing. I assembled the models, played a game and then put them on the shelf, not expecting to get another game in any time soon. Then two weeks later I had another game, and once again explained that the models with no arms had shotguns…so I’ve reprioritized finishing these guys off!
Here’s the first colour scheme test model!
This is my champion with a Combat Shotgun. He’s a beast! He’s painted:
- Ushapti Bone on his shirt and pants.
- Tallarn Sand on his boots, loin cloth, gloves and headband.
- Runefang Steel on his weapons and armour and the base.
- Snakebite Leather on the base dirt. I think I’ll change this to something more dark on the next iteration.
The highlight layer is:
- Mix the Ushapti with some White.
- Mix the Tallarn with Dheneb Stone
- Mix the Ushapti+White with some Dheneb Stone for his flesh.
Funny story — I hadn’t realized that Dheneb Stone wasn’t a colour anymore until I was talking with a friend who wondered why I wasn’t using Rakarth Flesh for everything like he was. We were 3 minutes into the conversation when I did a quick search and found out they were the same colour. 😛 Dheneb Stone is the best!
Next up is:
- Reikland Fleshshade over the flesh, to take him from an albino guy to a slightly more tanned guy.
- Seraphim Sepia over…everything else.
- Lamentor Yellow on his arm and head band.
When that all dried I did:
- Nuln oil in the recesses of his body and clothing, and all over his gun.
- Drakenhof Nightshade over the steel and in the recesses of the base, and in the deepest cracks of his armpits and groin.
- Highlight the steel back up a bit with a light touch of Runefang Steel on the edges.
The photo above is where I got to with that. Then a little bit of:
- Eyes, I hate eyes. Dheneb Stone in the pupils, Nuln oil in the eye recesses, then I tried to do Ice Blue which didn’t look good, then mixed with Kantor Blue which didn’t look good, then just a touch of black which finally did look good.
- A bit of Ushapti in places to clean up a couple water marks that had been left behind by the shades.
I think he looks pretty much exactly how I wanted!
