Resolution 2023: Race Against Raging Heroes

A fairly simple mini but quite elegant and I enjoyed painting it.

The hair was painted averland sunset, washed casandora yellow, then highlighted flash gitz yellow.

The skin was painted rakarth flesh, washed reikland fleshshade, then highlighted flayed one flesh, then pallid wych flesh.

The purple was painted naggaroth night, washed druchii violet, then highlighted xereus purple, then genestealer purple.

The pink was painted screamer pink, washed carroburg crimson, then highlighted pink horror then emperor’s children.

The harp was painted steel legion drab, washed agrax earthshade, then highlighted tallarn sand followed by karak stone.

The jewellery was painted abaddon black followed by leadbelcher with a runefang steel highlight.

The base was painted mechanicus standard grey, washed nuln oil, then highlighted administratum grey.

I’ve always liked the concept of the Green Knight. This particular model has some really nice details too: the birds, the patterns on the horse curtains, the leaves and the ivy on the sword. I rarely choose to paint a model green so that was interesting for me too.

The horse curtains were painted castellan green, washed athonian camoshade, then highlighted strakken green and nurgling green on the pattern.

The trimming of the horse curtains were painted waaagh! flesh, washed biel-tan green, then highlighted warboss green followed by skarsnik green.

The cloak was painted death world green, washed athonian camoshade, then highlighted elysian green followed by ogryn camo.

The Knight’s armour was painted caliban green, washed biel-tan green, then highlighted loren forest followed by moot green.

The leathers were painted dryad bark, washed agrax earthshade then highlighted gorthor brown then baneblade brown.

The hooves and helmet horns were painted zandri dusk, washed seraphim sepia, then highlighted ushabti bone then screaming skull.

The horse hair was painted mechanicum standard grey then highlighted administratum grey.

The birds were painted celestra grey, then highlighted ulthuan grey followed by white scar.

The leaves were painted mournefang brown then highlighted skkrag brown followed by deathclaw brown.

The sword was painted leadbelcher then highlighted runefang steel.

The cross guard and pommel were painted screaming bell and then highlighted sycorax bronze.

The base was painted mechanicum standard grey, mournefang brown, or castellan green and then washed athonian camoshade. The rim was painted abaddon black.

I started by painting the fleshy bits screaming pink, washed carroburg crimson, then highlighted pink horror, then emperor’s children.

The robes were painted incubi darkness, washed nuln oil, then highlighted with a mix of incubi darkness and mechanicus standard grey.

The bone was painted zandri dust, washed seraphim sepia, then highlighted ushabti bone then screaming skull.

The gold was painted retributor armour, washed seraphim sepia, then highlighted auric armour gold followed by runefang steelb

The candles were painted screaming skull and then the flames were painted flash gitz yellow.

Another character model I liked painting. I’m not usually a fan of Dwarfs but this model piqued my interest.

The skin was painted bugman’s glow, washed reikland fleshshade, then highlighted cadian fleshtone followed by kislev flesh.

The orange hair was painted jokaero orange, washed fuegan orange, then highlighted wild rider red followed by trollslayer orange.

The fir and trousers were painted celestra grey, washed nuln oil, then highlighted ulthuan grey and then white scar.

The cape and pennants were painted mephiston red, washed carroburg crimson, then highlighted evil sunz scarlet.

The bronze areas of the metal were painted warplock bronze, washed nuln oil, then highlighted brass scorpion followed by runelord brass.

The gold was painted retributor armour, washed seraphim sepia, then highlighted auric armour gold.

The base was painted macragge blue, washed drakenhof nightshade, then highlighted teclis blue.

This model is from a winter themed release so I wanted to go with a cold colour scheme.

The hair was painted celestra grey, washed drakenhof nightshade, then highlighted ulthuan grey followed by white scar. The “clothes” were painted the same except the wash was nuln oil.

The skin was painted rakarth flesh, washed reikland fleshshade, then highlighted flayed on flesh followed by pallid wych flesh.

The fur on the shoulders was painted abaddon black then highlighted corvus black followed by dawnstone.

The bone was painted zandri dust, washed seraphim sepia, then highlighted ushabti bone followed by screaming skull.

The metal was painted leadbelcher, washed drakenhoff nightshade, then highlighted ironbreaker followed by runefang steel.

The bases was painted macragge blue, washed drakenhoff nightshade, then drybrushed and highlighted teclis blue.

I picked this one because I wanted to use the globes as sources of lighting and try out object source lighting.

The wings were painted celestra grey, washed nuln oil, then highlighted ulthuan grey followed by white scar.

The robes and cape were painted naggaroth night, washed druchii violet, then highlighted xereus purple followed by genestealer purple.

The gold areas were painted averland sunset and then highlighted flash gitz yellow.

The armour was painted corvus black, washed nuln oil, then highlighted administratum grey.

The orbs were painted screamer pink then highlighted pink horror followed by emperors children.

The scroll and book pages were painted steel legion drab, washed agrax earthshade, then highlighted tallarn flesh followed by karak stone.

The book cover was painted mournefang brown, washed agrax earthshade, then highlighted skrag brown followed by deathclaw brown.

The candles were painted zandri dust then highlighted screaming skull. The flames were painted trollslayer orange.

The book’s bookmark was painted khorne red then highlighted evil sunz scarlet.

The base was painted mechanicus standard grey then highlighted dawnstone.

To achieve the OSL in any given area I mixed a bit of that areas highlight colour with emperors children roughly 1:1 and painted the larger glow area. I then added another part of emperor’s children and painted a smaller area closer to the orb. I repeated this about three times per location and just applied them rapidly before the paint dried – effectively wet blending on the model.

A accidentally skipped a month’s releases, so I’ll go back and do the correct model next.

The metal was painted leadbelcher, washed nuln oil, then highlighted ironbreaker and then runefang steel.

The gold was painted retributor, washed seraphim sepia, the highlighted auric armour gold followed by runefang steel.

The reds were painted khorne red, washed carroburg crimson, then highlighted evil sunz scarlet.

The stone base was painted zandri dust, washed seraphim sepia, then drybrushed ushabti bone follower by screaming skull.

The skin was painted bugman’s glow, washed  reikland fleshshade, then highlighted cadian fleshtone followed by kislev flesh.

The piping was painted abaddon black and the engine outlets were painted calgar blue.

For this model I wanted to challenge myself to just using three randomly selected paints plus black and white. Someone had done this in a project recently that was covered in the Unofficial Hobby Hangout.

I used a random colour generator online and then picked the paints I owned that most closely matched them. This gave me white scar, abaddon black, pink horror, doombull brown and ogryn cammo to work with.

I started off by putting the three core colours on to my pallet in a triangle, and then mixing each colour in the mid point. This gave me an idea of the colours that would be available to me. I was surprised to see that two of the mixed colours were quite flesh-like.

I then added the black and white.

For each area of the model I made a wash by mixing roughly 2:1 a colour with black and then diluting with water.

Highlights were made for each area using 1:1 white and the colour.

Finally the black and white were mixed for a grey to be used in the metallic areas.

The challenge was really interesting. I’d never have picked these colours for this miniature. And I’ve never tried to mix my own washes or highlight colours before. I’d now be willing to try it more often in the future.