Hunting in the Darkness - KD:M

On to highlighting this monster.
The small feathers along the leading edge of the wing got a dry-brush of Citadel Kabalite Green.
The longer mid-wing feathers with Citadel Kantor Blue, blending/ crossing onto the previously blended section.
The large feathers of the wing and tail were drybrushed with Citadel Rhinox Hide. Over the Vallejo Buff, this made the colour a lighter purple/lavender.

Around the body are pustules of various size, especially at the joint of the wing and body.

I addressed these with a 50-50ish mix of Citadel Bugman’s Glow and Vallejo Dead Flesh.

The Dead Flesh on its own was too bright.

The fingers on the tiny hands had been hit by the previous drybrush of Vallejo Buff, but I felt they needed more.

I tried Vallejo Sunny Skin on its own, but it was too bright as well. I mixed in some Bugmans Glow with that too. It looked better.

At some point I’d done the inner face. It was started with Citadel Rhinox Hide as well.

It got a Citadel Agrax Earthshade wash.

I wanted the skin to look a little different to the skin of the body, so it was highlighted with lighter mixes of Citadel Bugmans Glow and a Citadel grey… though I forgot to note which one…

The beak and claws were highlighted with lightening stages of Vallejo Black mixed with Vallejo Buff.

Afterwards they got a glaze of thinned Army Painter Dark Tone just to bring some depth back in.

The big ol’mustache was based with Citadel Kabalite Green. Later it was carefully drybrushed with that Citadel grey that I forgot. It wasn’t quite strong enough, so I went back with a very careful overbrush.

It was highlighted with a lighter Citedel grey.

The outer eyes, all four, were based in with Vallejo Ivory. The yellow is Citadel Sunburst Yellow. Later a Vallejo Ivory pupil was added.

The eyes of the inner face were glazed with Citadel Kantor Blue. They also had Vallejo Ivory popped into the centres.

The tongue was done using similar colours, Vallejo Gory Red, Buff mixed in for highlights.

The flesh in the mouth Citadel Bugman’s Glow with a glaze of Vallejo Black Red.

The base was filled in with Milliput, after marking out the location of the log the Phoenix sits on.

The log was pinned and glued to the base. Since the Phoenix messes with time, I was inspired to try and paint the log as petrified wood. After looking at some pictures I decided on browns, reds and creams. The rest of the base was done in greys and as my other KD bases have been.