I assembled a piece of unit filler as a test model for the proposed colour scheme of my daemons.
For the model, I basecoated…
- Airbrushed Kantor Blue near the base. For the rest of the unit, I’m going to do a lighter colour so I can shade and highlight easier.
- Airbrushed Stegadon Scale Green near the top. Same thing, I think I started to dark.
- Airbrushed Sotek Green at the very top and it’s barely noticeable.
After that, I…
- Took 1:1 Alaitoc Blue and my Acrylic Medium, and watered it to a thin consistency. I used this to highlight on the top of the model.
- 1:1 Sotek Green and Acrylic Medium, watered to a thin consistency to highlight on the bottom of the model.
- Note that the greens and blues are switched from basecoat to highlight. I’m tricksy.
- The model didn’t have enough pop (see above, re: basecoat to dark) so I took some Ice Blue, thinned with water, to highlight further on the top.
- This had a tendency to chalk, so I had to be very careful not to let any clumps dry. It was late, and this was difficult.
- Ice Blue on the flamey bits.
This process has to be quick. I’m painting an army, not a masterpiece. I think that once I get my basecoat lighter, I’ll be able to do this much faster.
After the basecoat on the model and the base.
The completed model.
My palette, partway through. The left is the bottom rock colour and the right is some of the progressions of the slate.
The base was tricky – I was experimenting, and I’m not certain I’d be able to do it again. Hopefully I can repeat the look, but maybe simplify the process.
- Mix Sotek (or was it Stegadon? I forget >.<) with..
- Fortress Grey. This was way to bright!
- Mix in some Codex Grey to darken it. But couldn’t get it dark enough to cease my worrying. Went with it, and painted that on the model.
- Added Ushapti Bone into this mix to highlight the stone out from the center.
When done this, I had a really bright pastel-green piece of stone. To bring the colour down I…
- Mixed half a paintbrush of Black, 2 x Acrylic Medium and a bit of water to create a very thin mixture.
- Same with some Rhinox Hide.
- Paint these two on in very patient (*cough*) steps to darken and tint the base. I’m hoping I won’t need as much patience when I’m painting bases on 20 Horrors.
- A bit of Waywatcher Green glaze in some spots, but while it looked neat when I did it, I felt like there was to much green already so I stopped.
The brown rocks were:
- Snakebite Leather. This was way to bright, and still is.
- Mixed some of the green/grey mixture into it and tried to shade.
- Used the Black and Rhinox mixtures to darken this section as well.
That’s my plan. Looking at it again the next day, the Ice Blue needs some fixing, but it doesn’t need a dullcoat like I thought it did last night. I think this might be going somewhere!
If you have any comments or suggestions, feel free to write!
