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Jenkiis
Skirmisher
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 | | 08/05/2006 3:17 AM |
| Nearly three weeks ago I promised a tutorial on how I painted the skeletons that people seemed to like in the monsters on parade thread. Only got an excuse for one and a half of them... So, in case anyone still cares and without further ado:
The first image is the base coat, a Delta Ceramcoat kinda chocolate brown color. The next is a heavy or wet "drybrush" with a mix of the dark brown mixed with an equal amount of Applebarrel's Nutmeg Brown and small amounts of Folkart's Medium Yellow using an old and frayed double 0 brush. (the exact paint brands are really irrelevant, just giving those what wants to follow along stuff to look at to compare to what they've got on hand) The final one of this set simply adds more yellow to the mix.
The first in this set is just a tiny bit of the dark brown and being mainly nutmeg with some yellow. The middle one is equal parts nutmeg and Delta Ceramcoats Maple Sugar Tan with some yellow mixed in. The last is mostly the tan and a little yellow mixed in. These steps are closer to traditional drybrushing where most of the paint is wiped off the brush. And each step is applied to a smaller area than the last sometimes in patches to keep the dirty look and allow colors underneath to show through.
This set is the tan with increasing amounts of white mixed in. Each of these steps is a progressively lighter dry brush, with the last being nothing more than a dusting from the brush and being a slightly off white. Also at this step, I painted everything that wasn't the bone color over with black to help with the future painting of the fig. Black was also used anywhere the drybrushing got into a crack it shouldn't have, as well as some of the joints and the eyes and mouth.
Here's the three I was painting at the same time and the OG. I also included a step here where I used the nutmeg color around the ridges of the skull to help bring them out using my finger to remove paint and feather the color away from the recess point. As well as using some very watered down Citadel Chestnut Ink(GW red-brown) to stain parts of the skeleton for extra color variety.
All the metal areas are given a coat of GW's Tin Bitz. (very dark brown metallic) Next the shield gets a heavy drybrushing of Deco Art's Emperor's Gold (if I had it to do again, this step would be a mix of tin bitz and the gold) and the armor bits got a drybrush of GW's Boltgun Metal (dark silver). Finally the shield gets a drybrushed mix of gold and the silver. While the armor get's wash of the chestnut ink.
Usually when I get near the end of painting a fig, and especially when I've trying to match a fig I painted awhile ago I tend to go back and forth with certain steps trying to find a balance I like. So here we have more chestnut washes on the bones, armor and shield. As well as light drybrushes of Americana (Deco Art) Lt. Avocado, a medium drab green, to dirty up the fig. (try to keep this as the last step on the armor as an inkwash will knock down the effect) The spear and belt get a couple of layers of the nutmeg brown. The bit of cloth around the skeleton's neck gets Apple Barrel True Navy mixed with white. (again, if I did it again, it would've been a grey) The belt buckle gets some silver and I go in again with the black linin around the belt, where the spear shaft connects with the figure and between armor and other colors. The skull also gets a light and selective drybrush of white as well as working in the dark brown for more contrast.
Here's the full set, with the darker OG on the far right. All the colors used are the same, though the mixes were a little off. (I think I added some dark brown ink to some of the armor washes on the OG) Close enough for me. :) I had some steps showing the painting of the base, which unfortunately accidentaly scanned in at too low a DPI. So: the dark brown as a base coat (really needs two coats), drybrushed heavily on top with the nutmeg, much ligher drybrush with the tan in patches, and then going back with the dark brown in a couple of patches. (the paint is pretty thin so it's almost a stain) The rocks are just dark grey, "wet"brushed medium grey, and then drybrushed pure white. Then static grass in clumps.
...any questions? Requests?
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Vrecknidj
Warlord
10493 Posts
United States
| | 08/05/2006 8:46 AM |
| Very nice, thanks for the thoroughness. I don't paint, but would like to start someday, and having pages like this as a reference seem like they'd be worth gold.
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bigbadjon
Sergeant
546 Posts
| | 08/05/2006 10:09 AM |
| | I really like the last set. WIP threads are very interesting, thanks for sharing. I will give it a try on my bateered skeletal troll. | |
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jacksonm
Warlord
5560 Posts
River City
| | 08/05/2006 11:00 AM |
| | Nicely done. Thanks for sharing. | | | |
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DireBadger
Warrior
266 Posts
Glasgow, UK
| | 08/05/2006 11:55 AM |
| Fabulous. [:D]
You show a lot of dedication and patience to get so many steps in on a 'by the dozen' minion, but the results are certainly worth it.
I haven't painted a skeleton in ages (cheap pre-'painted' plastic will do, thanks) but I'm tempted, having seen your work.
Thanks for sharing.
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Can of the Cave Beer
Commander
2838 Posts
| | 08/05/2006 12:36 PM |
| I've always liked the drybrushing techniques for building Skeletons. It was an issue of Dragon that taught me the steps for that.
I once had a sizable Warhammer army, but that was long ago. It's nice to see someone else appreciating the undead. Although I prefer a slightly cleaner, more bleached look, for the bone. | |
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Jenkiis
Skirmisher
44 Posts
| | 08/05/2006 5:35 PM |
| Direbadger:"You show a lot of dedication and patience to get so many steps in on a 'by the dozen' minion, but the results are certainly worth it."
Yeah. I always say that if you're putting the money in for a nicely sculpted fig, you should do your best to paint it. The effect is always worth it. Just wish I had a dozen, or some of the other ddm skeletons though. :)
"I haven't painted a skeleton in ages (cheap pre-'painted' plastic will do, thanks) but I'm tempted, having seen your work."
Good. :) Once you get the technique down it's super easy and you can do the bone parts for dozens in an hour.
Can of the Cave Beer: "I once had a sizable Warhammer army, but that was long ago. It's nice to see someone else appreciating the undead. Although I prefer a slightly cleaner, more bleached look, for the bone."
Loves me some undead. Going to work on an entire Warhammer army sooner or later using the same technique. Maybe with some bloody red ones thrown in. :)
You ever tried the Dip method? I think they talk about it in the Tomb Kings army book. Bleached Bone, or the Maple Sugar Tan in my case, base weapon colors and a dip and you're done with a real clean looking job.
Thanks for the comments everyone. I'll see about putting up the next part tonight. | |
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HK
Warrior
210 Posts
| | 08/05/2006 9:04 PM |
| Jenkiis,
Thank you for the post. I have been watching for this since you first posted the photos. Like I said the first time; these are the best aged skeletons I have seen. Thanks again. | |
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Can of the Cave Beer
Commander
2838 Posts
| | 08/05/2006 10:07 PM |
| | Naah. Most of the army books were well after my time. I got out (well, all the rest of my friends quit) shortly after Lost and the Damned...That was still WFB 3rd Ed. | |
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Warlord
5692 Posts
| | 08/06/2006 11:00 PM |
| | Very nicely done! | |
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yack
Commander
3321 Posts
Gatineau Canada
| | 08/07/2006 8:35 AM |
| | I love thoses skeletons and thanks for sharing the wealth of your knowledge!!! | |
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