CRC's Crazy Compendium 2; Eclectic Boogaloo
Is 'Foot on Fungus' better, or worse, than 'Foot on Rock'?
Managed to get some priming done so I could finish off my Trainee Chaplain. I think I’ll call him Jeffrey…because I call everything Jeffrey… However the base is dominated by a dead ork, who I’ll call Gus, for reasons.
I had to prime in Zandri Dust as that was the only mid-tone colour that I had, so no grey basecoat this time. It actually gave me an idea for painting the leather that I'll go over in a bit, so it wasn't too much of a bad idea, I suppose.
And then I painted the ork purple and I was done and ready for basing. I primed a blank base for this joke. I'm not proud of myself.I suppose there IS purple on the mini…but not on the ork, so he’s not invisible…this time. There’s a few things I want to touch on with Gus before I get to the finished product, so lets start with how he turned out.
So we’ll kick off with the obvious point of ‘what colour is ork blood’? Because that’s been a back and forth all over the place for years. I went with red tones here for one very good reason (and a reason once given in a GW publication SOMEWHERE in the long ago); red shows up better. So the innards of poor Gus were done with that in mind. I could have highlighted them up more, or added a bit of gloss for ‘wetness’ but I decided to push ‘realism’ too far.
I also went for a triad system for painting the skin so there’s no shades on it at all. Basically, I realised just how dark of a colour WAAARGH Flesh already is as a base and didn’t want it any darker in case to the Carroburg Crimson didn’t show up at the wound edges like I wanted it to. I also used Ellysian Green as a final highlight which is maybe a bit of an odd jump, but the overall look here worked well enough. Nurgling Green (or whatever the equivalent is) would have maybe been a better option.
For clothing I wanted a good contrast against the more dour colours of the Marine, so I went almost 2nd Ed. with them. Going straight for the bright red of Evil Sunz Scarlet for the armour plate and a nice bright yellow for the shirt. It worked out well, I think, and really does give a nice contrast as you’ll see with the finished product.
The leather straps are an experiment I’m quite pleased with. Since I had a base of Zandri Dust, I wanted to see how it would look with a Black Templar Contrast paint over top of it. It came out ok, but was lacking something a bit more leathery, so I did some broad highlights with Dryad Bark, and then almost stipple highlighted on some Gorthor Brown along the edges to get that old, worn leather look. I rather like how it turned out, though if I do it next time I might use Wyldwood Contrast rather than Black Templar.
Anyway, onto the final deal!
I didn't end up moving the Chapter Badge in the end, as I swear the GW official paintjob has their sitting in a fairly similar position...though they may have used a smaller badge. The base does still need some grass tufts, but I ran out a while ago, so this is what we get for now.
He definitely looks a lot better with a painted foot rest.
I also added the purple and white colours to his chainsword. The sword does look pretty clean seeing as it's imbedded in a dead ork, but I'm kind of going for the 'Pristine' aesthetic for my Marines. They're supposed to be angels of death, so I try to keep them as 'clean' as possible. If I ever get much in the way of Guardsmen again, then they will be the ones covered in dirt and blood.
And the Lloyd shot...that is pretty much the same as last time.
I'm pleased with much of the freehand work I've done on the Marine, but this shoulder pad is something I'm rather proud of. Careful blocking of shapes and using marker on the mini itself made it a lot easier than I thought it would be. I'm rather enjoying experimenting with freehand markings at the moment.
And a final note on the blood on the base. This one was really simple, because I have gone for a dry dusty base, so blood just soaks into the ground rather than pools, so just a touch of Carroburg Crimson over the drybrushed base and you get this effect. No need to gloss it, because of the dry soil just letting it seep in. That's a gruesome point... Until next time, folks!
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