Draugr for Midgard

After the three colour zenithed undercoat we have this:

I like the way the green has added a very subtle ethereal effect and I’m concerned I don’t lose that in the final paint scheme.

I really liked the painting on the original Kickstarter which was done by the sculptor himself.  I asked Colin what he used and he told me it was Woodland Scenics Earth Colors Liquid Pigment set.  I wasn’t aware of this product so I bought a set.

My favourite unit was the look he achieved on the Berserkers.

I love the low contrast and similar tone these models have.  For my army I’m not crazy about how green these models are so I’m looking for a pale skintone, very similar to what I have from the undercoat.

Overall I’m strongly reminded of the Draugr in Skyrim.  In the Eldar Scrolls games there are always undead guarding the underground tombs of the Nords.  The way they are rendered with the monotone lighting effects used to represent such places give the Skyrim Draugr a very distinctive look:

This is the light skintone I’m after.  I’m also very impressed with the effect the digital artist has achieved with a very limited palette.  With subtle variations of brown and grey he’s differentiated between the leather under armour, the bronze plate armour, the rusty iron of the chainmail, the steel of the sword and the grey of the clothing.  He has used plenty of edge highlighting to drive the graphical impact and this is something I’ll have to consider.  With so many to do though then I’m probably going to shortcut that bit – a final drybrush in Brainmatter Beige anyone 😀