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Project Entry by nogginthenog

A week with the horn

January 22, 2024

Tutoring 3

Skill 8

Idea 6

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So, the next big choice with this is hopw to model all the horns and tusks and so on. Again, the GW paintjob is incredible here, ultra smooth transitions from almost white to close on jet black.

But even the model itself makes that look odd. There are breaks, cavities full of skulls, even a little demon living in one. They shouldn’t be clean, so I went for another way. Also, I can’t blend like the GW painters, so I wanted another option.

I went over the horns witha bone colour, a few coats until I have a smooth and consitent finish. Then I wrecked it with a mix of three inks, brown, purple and blood red. I also added in a few drops of a browny red contrast paint, so that the inky mixture actually stuck to the paint.

I left that concoction to dry for 10 minutes, then came back with a damp cotton bud, and sort of remove most of the inky stuff to give a worn finish that still revealed all the details. Think of it like an oil paint liner or wash on model kits, but without the need to use evil smelling chemicals.

I’ve never tried this before, had no idea if it would work, but I quite like how it came out.

So, after a week with the horn, experimenting, I now have to look at the details and bring it all together.