"Build a Wall" - Oathsworn Walls

All in all you're just another brick in the wall.

- Another Brick in the Wall, Pink Floyd

Hi-dee-ho neighbors!

I hope this Friday finds you well, and that you're pickin' up the positive vibes that I'm sending your way!

Today's post is...well...it's possible that it's not the most riveting subject matter today (especially after the Wyrm that we've been looking at over the past few weeks). But it's no less important to the atmosphere of the game!

Today we're looking at some of the terrain that comes with Oathsworn: the walls!

I painted these walls quickly, using several tricks to speed things along. I will draw your attention back to a post that I made just over a year ago about the importance of being able to shift gears in painting. It is great to lavish hours over each detail of a lovely model (as I like to do for my Black Templars characters). But, in my mind, it is also vital to be able to whip up a quick paint job, that you are happy with, so that you can get playing! Today is about the latter approach.

I actually painted these walls while I was waiting for various parts of the Wyrm to dry. Efficiency by concurrency and all that!

Rather than a mid-tone grey, I started from a very light grey (a zenithal prime of Chaos black and then Grey Seer sprays). This gave some nice definition to the craggy stones.

Next, I painted all of the mossy bits with diluted Death Guard Green. I slapped this on with a large (No. 5) sized brush.

Then out came the airbrush and on went the Athonian Camoshade. As you can see, I aimed at the bottom half of the walls. This was followed by a spray of Agrax Earthshade onto the lower quarter of the walls and into the deepest crevices.

The only other thing I did on these was to pop some of the Dirty Down Moss effects onto some of the mossy areas.

All in all, all 6 walls only took about an hour (or 10min per wall) and that was while I was painting the Wyrm too!

Don't get me wrong. I know that rocks are rarely just pure grey. If you actually pick up a rock and closely examine it you'll be amazed at the colours that are there: earthy browns and greens, but also reds and purples depending on the composition. As I mentioned earlier, I wasn't going for Golden Demon level painting here, I was just trying to get 'er done to a level that I would be happy with.

If I were to add one last quick step, it would be to apply an oil wash of dark brown to add another element and define some of the cracks between rocks.

So maybe walls can be interesting! I'll see you for more next week on The Art of Caesura!

Reading: The Midnight Library - Matt Haig

Next Week:

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