Dan’s 2025 Side Projects

The Ur Fleece was painted plaguebearer flesh all over. Then some bits were painted over with aethermatic blue to get a nice green colour. Some parts were then repainted wraithbone to make them pale again. Apothecary white was then used for the glaive, fish, claws and centre of the chest.

The Dragon of Phobos was painted aethermatic blue over the top 2/3 of its body. Wraithbone was then dry brushed over the bit near the bottom to give a better colour transition, as well as the tips of the claws and horns. Then plaguebearer flesh was applied to the bottom 1/3 of the body, the claws and horns, including over the bits that had been dry brushed. This gave (I think) a good colour transition. The tips of the tails were then painted apothecary white with a bit of volupus pink added in. The entire model was then dry brushed flayed one flesh. The inside of the mouth was painted volupus pink, the teeth painted wraithbone and the eyes abaddon black.

The Medukatos’ hair(?) and head tentacles were painted aethermatic blue. The body was painted apothecary white with a bit of volupus pink added in. The stomach was painted iyanden yellow. The limbs were painted plaguebearer flesh. The mouth and tongue were painted volupus pink. The body and stomach were dry brushed flayed one flesh. The teeth painted wraithbone and the eyes abaddon black. The eyes(?) on the tips of the tentacles were painted wraithbone.

The ruins and ships on the bases were painted skeleton horde. The rest of the bases were painted black templar and the rims macragge blue.

Same paints used as the primordials in my last post. All I added was darkoath flesh and guilliman flesh for the skin tones. Also used volupus pink for some clothing.

The Midascore was painted apothecary white all over, and then the horns, claws, and wing membranes were painted iyanden yellow.

The Dahaka was simply painted basilicanum grey all over.

The Demidjinn was painted basilicanum grey with the gold bits painted iyanden yellow.

The Babelian Lunacy was painted snakebite leather and then dry brushed karak stone. The black liquid was painted abaddon black. The eye was painted iyanden yellow.

The bases were painted using skeleton horde and militarum green. The rims were painted rhinox hide.

This is the last model I’ll be doing to practice skin tones for the time being. I’ve now used every paint in the army painter skin tones paint set and really enjoyed it.

The skin was painted about three base layers of mocca skin to get a good solid base coat. The it was washed dark skin wash. Then it was given three highlight layers of mocca skin with more and more tiger’s eye skin added in.

The brown clothes were painted either xv-88, steel legion drab, or zandri dust, washed agrax earthshade, then highlighted zamesi desert, karak stone, or screaming skull (respectively). They were all then given a second wash of agrax earthshade.

The metal bits were painted leadbelcher, washed nuln oil, then highlighted runefang steel.

The hair was painted apothecary white.

To add a bit of colour, the skirt was painted waaagh! flesh and washed biel-tan green. The sash was painted mephiston red then washed carroburg crimson. The bottle was painted caledor sky then washed drakenhof nightshade.

This model was painted up for the current painting competition.

I wanted to have another go at painting marble. I had a look online to see what sorts of marble you can get, and to be honest it looks like you can have almost one colour with any other colour streaked through it.

Step by step pictures below.

1. Screamer pink lines painted over a pallid wych flesh base coat.
2. A screamer pink wash was applied over the previous lines. I’m not sure this and the next few steps were worth doing.
3. The entire model is washed in pallid wych flesh.
4. A second wash of pallid wych flesh is applied.
5. The screamer pink lines are re-applied. At this point it almost looks like step one again.
6. This time, I mix screamer pink with pallid wych flesh to make the wash. A second wash, with more pallid wych flesh mixed in, is applied further out from the screamer pink lines.
7. Re-apply the screamer pink lines, yet again…
8. Paint the entire model with apothecary white.
9. Apply edge highlights of pallid wych flesh.

The model is then finished with ardcoat gloss applied over all the stone. The metal areas were painted screaming bell, washed reikland fleshshade, then highlighted sycorax bronze.

The skin for this model was dorado skin, washed around the edges and in the recesses with soft skin wash, then highlighted with pearl pigment tone mixed in in increasing amounts. Garnet pigment tone was then used to paint the lips and finger nails.

The hair and beaks were painted averland sunset, washed casendora yellow, then highlighted with more and more flash gitz yellow mixed in.

The eagle heads were painted apothecary white. The top row of feathers were painted steel legion drab. The layer beneath had some karak stone mixed in. The layer beneath had some more mixed in. The layer beneath that was pure karak stone. The bottom layer of feathers were left the grey seer undercoat. All the feathers were then washed agrax earthshade.

The dress was painted corvus black, highlighted with some dawnstone mixed in, then it was washed nuln oil.

The gold areas were painted retributor armour then highlighted liberator gold.

The stone plinth was painted pallid wych flesh, leaving the recesses with the grey seer undercoat. Administratum grey was used to paint in some cracks, and then used as a glaze to try and blur out the edges of the cracks. Then the whole area was painted with a glaze of pallid wych flesh. A very fine line of skavenblight dinge was then applied into the middle of the administratum grey painted cracks. Then the entire plinth was painted with apothecary white. Finally, the plinth was painted ardcoat to give it a gloss finish.

Time for a cyberpunk model.

The skin started with several layers of topaz skin. It then had a wash of soft skin wash just around the edges and in the recesses. Several layers were then applied with more and more opal skin being mixed in to the topaz skin.

The blue clothes were painted macragge blue, washed drakenhoff nightshade, then highlighted with calgar blue being mixed in with the macragge blue. The hard armour panels received an edge highlight of pure calgar blue.

The straps were painted jokaero orange, washed fuegan orange, then edge highlighted with trollslayer orange.

The hair was painted caliban green, highlighted with more and more moot green added in, then washed with biel-tan green.

The cybernetics and weapons were painted apothecary white.

The base was painted basilicanum grey.

I painted these models for this month’s painting competition: https://www.beastsofwar.com/forums/topic/paintcomp-july-2025/

These three models are from the Black Powder Moonstone set.

The male skin was painted bugman’s glow and then highlighted with kislev flesh added in. The female flesh was cadian fleshtone with kislev flesh added in.

The white clothes were painted apothecary white. The grey trousers were painted basilicanum grey. The yellow trousers were painted iyanden yellow.

The leather areas were painted mournfang brown then washed agrax earthshade.

The monkey fur was painted with a 50:50 mix of dawnstone and steel legion drab. It was highlighted with a bit of xv-88 added in.

The blue areas of the clothes were painted macragge blue, washed with drakenhoff nightshade then highlighted with lothern blue.

The purple head scarf was painted genestealer purple then washed druchii violet.

The gloves and other black clothes were painted black templars.

The black hair was painted corvus black.

The guy’s grey hair was painted a 50:50 mix of apothecary white and basilicanum grey.

The bases were painted with a 50:50 mix of skeleton horde and iyanden yellow. The rims were painted abaddon black.

The bomb fuse was painted gryph-hound orange.

The glass bottle was painted warp lightning.

The steel areas were painted leadbelcher, washed with nuln oil, then highlighted runefang steel.

The brass areas were painted screaming bell, washed reikland fleshshade, then highlighted sycorax bronze.