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Heroes of Might and Magic 3 - Diamond/Ice Golem
This model is supposed to be a diamond golem, but for the purposes of this month’s painting competition I’m turning it into a ice golem. That requires nothing more than a name change, as the sculpt and colour scheme work for ice just as easily as they do for diamond.
The model was painted fenrisian grey. It was then given a fairly harsh shade of fenrisian grey mixed with corvus black. Then a further shade was added using this mix with more corvus black added in. Similarly the model was given a harsh highlight of fenrisian grey mixed with white scar. Another highlight was added with this mixture with more white scar added in. A final highlight of pure white scar was applied.
The skirt was painted abaddon black, then warplock bronze. Then it was given a highlight of runelord brass followed by runefang steel.
The base was painted rhinox hide with a few highlights with increasing amounts of zandri dusk being mixed in each time.
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