This horde of Chainrasps is bound eternally
to the will of the Briar Queen.
At her wailed command they either flock to her side
or surge outwards in search of new victims
upon whom she can sate her malice.
- Games Workshop
Welcome back to The Art of Caesura!
These guys didn't quite make it in time for Hallowe'en, but they have now materialized! I bought Beastgrave (the new edition of Warhammer Underworlds) as soon as it came out, but tasked myself with completing the miniatures from Nightvault prior to opening it. I finished Stormsire's Cursebreakers ages ago, but for the ghosties - it's been a long wait!
Two weeks ago we looked at how I have been painting my Moonclan Grots using only Contrast Paints so far. This week I wanted to see what I could accomplish using a combination of Contrast and Conventional paints. This was a fun exercise because it involved a lot of colour matching. Onwards!
I started by undercoating the models with Imperial Primer (black brush-on primer) before spraying them from above at about 45 degrees with Grey Seer for a slight zenithal effect. I did this to help make the wispy bits at the bottom of each ghost have a darker gradient.
I painted all of the Chainrasps together (we'll look at half of them today), but painted the Briar Queen herself separately because her palette is a bit different, and I wanted to push her blends and highlights further than the rest of the lot.
So, I started with all of the contrast paints. Skeleton Horde was first, for the skulls, and ropes (Everhanged, I'm looking at you!). Next came Space Wolves Grey, which I painted on the lower halves of their "bodies". I tried different things with this look to heighten the ethereal quality: first I tried wet-blending Apothecary White into the Space Wolves Grey, but this just ended looking too grey and desaturated. Then I tried mixing Space Wolves Grey with the Contrast Medium but the difference between this and just careful application of the Space Wolves Grey by itself wasn't very appreciable (it's quite a thin colour anyway). So I ended up just using Space Wolves Grey and moving it around so that it wouldn't pool too much.
Next came their "skin" on their arms and hands. I started with Nighthaunt Gloom (a 'near' contrast paint) but it was too dark and blue for what I was going for, so I repainted the Grey Seer and tried Nihilakh Oxide instead. Perfect!
Next came Wyldwood for all the wood bits (club handles and Ol' Planky's crucified arm). I also used this for the grave dirt on the bases.
After Wyldwood, we were just left with Black Templar for their cowls - and that just about finished off the Contrast elements. The two remaining Contrast colours were Flesh Tearer's Red for the roses and Militarum Green for the vines on the bases.
to the will of the Briar Queen.
At her wailed command they either flock to her side
or surge outwards in search of new victims
upon whom she can sate her malice.
- Games Workshop
Welcome back to The Art of Caesura!
These guys didn't quite make it in time for Hallowe'en, but they have now materialized! I bought Beastgrave (the new edition of Warhammer Underworlds) as soon as it came out, but tasked myself with completing the miniatures from Nightvault prior to opening it. I finished Stormsire's Cursebreakers ages ago, but for the ghosties - it's been a long wait!
Two weeks ago we looked at how I have been painting my Moonclan Grots using only Contrast Paints so far. This week I wanted to see what I could accomplish using a combination of Contrast and Conventional paints. This was a fun exercise because it involved a lot of colour matching. Onwards!
I started by undercoating the models with Imperial Primer (black brush-on primer) before spraying them from above at about 45 degrees with Grey Seer for a slight zenithal effect. I did this to help make the wispy bits at the bottom of each ghost have a darker gradient.
I painted all of the Chainrasps together (we'll look at half of them today), but painted the Briar Queen herself separately because her palette is a bit different, and I wanted to push her blends and highlights further than the rest of the lot.
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| Taken after all Contrast Paints applied. |
So, I started with all of the contrast paints. Skeleton Horde was first, for the skulls, and ropes (Everhanged, I'm looking at you!). Next came Space Wolves Grey, which I painted on the lower halves of their "bodies". I tried different things with this look to heighten the ethereal quality: first I tried wet-blending Apothecary White into the Space Wolves Grey, but this just ended looking too grey and desaturated. Then I tried mixing Space Wolves Grey with the Contrast Medium but the difference between this and just careful application of the Space Wolves Grey by itself wasn't very appreciable (it's quite a thin colour anyway). So I ended up just using Space Wolves Grey and moving it around so that it wouldn't pool too much.
Next came their "skin" on their arms and hands. I started with Nighthaunt Gloom (a 'near' contrast paint) but it was too dark and blue for what I was going for, so I repainted the Grey Seer and tried Nihilakh Oxide instead. Perfect!
Next came Wyldwood for all the wood bits (club handles and Ol' Planky's crucified arm). I also used this for the grave dirt on the bases.
After Wyldwood, we were just left with Black Templar for their cowls - and that just about finished off the Contrast elements. The two remaining Contrast colours were Flesh Tearer's Red for the roses and Militarum Green for the vines on the bases.
At the end of all the Contrast Paints, they all looked like Planky in the second work-in-progress picture above - sans highlights and metallics and weathering which we shall look at next week!
See you then on The Art of Caesura!
Reading: SEPTEMBER's White Dwarf (Gah! I'm so far behind!)
Watching: Oblivion (2013)
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