Aeon Trespass: Odyssey (base game, expansion and godform miniatures)

With the Icarian Harpy, this is also one of the last primordials I have painted. Like the Icarian Harpy, one of the best painted in my opinion. Now I understand that it might become a bit old that I am saying that with almost every miniature that I am posting, but I can really see the progression in my painting skills. I am not a pro by any means, but my paintjobs have become much better in my opinion.

With the Hypertime Oracle I wanted to mimic what Lawnor did with his, because his looked great. I especially liked how he dirtied up the cloth. So I tried to mimic it without ever having done a gradient wash like that. Even though I had never done such a wash before I did succeed beyond my own expectations.

I also mimiced the way Lawnor painted the wings but gave it my own twist by highlighting the feathers the same way I did with the Icarian Harpy. It came out great in my opinion, but it took a looooooooong time to paint those hightlights. Dont think I will ever do it like that again, but I am a perfectionist so I might just do it again in the future even though I dont want to. XD

Marble
• Base: GW Screaming Skull
• Wash: AP Pallid Bone + AP Speedpaint Medium (50/50)
• Drybrush: GW Wraithbone

Ground (base)
• Base: AK Dark Brown
• Stipple 1: GW Loren Forest
• Stipple 2: AK Golden Olive (alternative GW Moot Green)

Stones (base)
• Base: GW Mechanicus Standard Grey
• Layer: GW Dawnstone
• Drybrush: GW Grey Seer

People (base)
• Base: GW Cadian Skintone
• Wash: GW Guilliman Flesh
• Cloth: AK Archaic Turquoise

Wings, chest and head (black)
• Base: GW Mechanicus Standard Grey
• Wash: AK Carbon Black Ink + GW Lahmian Medium (1/3) x 2

Wings, chest and head (turquoise)
• Base: GW Mechanicus Standard Grey
• Wash: AK Carbon Black Ink + GW Lahmian Medium (1/3)
• Drybrush: GW Mechanicus Standard Grey
• Wash: VAL Dark Turquoise
• Highlight: AK Archaic Turquoise + White (1/5)

Wings, chest and head (violet)
• Base: GW Mechanicus Standard Grey
• Wash: AK Carbon Black Ink + GW Lahmian Medium (1/3)
• Drybrush: GW Mechanicus Standard Grey
• Wash: VAL Violet
• Highlight: AK Purple + White (1/5)

Cloth (with texture)
• Base: GW Administratum Grey
• Drybrush: White
• Wash: VAL Sepia Ink + AK Burnt Umber Ink + GW Lahmian Medium (2/3/5)
• Wash: GW Carroburg Crimson
• Method: Wash the bottom with 2 layers of Carroburg Crimson. Keep the top 1/3 clean. Wash the in between area with the sepia wash. Rinse of your brush until its damp and thin down the bottom half of the sepia wash on the model with your brush so you get a gradient in the wash from top (light) to dark (bottom). Also apply some sepia wash on the Carroburg Crimson part.

Cloth (without texture – top part)
• Base: GW Administratum Grey
• Blend: White

Metal parts
• Base: GW Iron Warriors + GW Black Legion (2/1)
• Drybrush: GW Iron Breaker
• Wash: GW Nuln Oil

It has been a couple of weeks but I am back! Have been painting the primordials of the expansion box, but still have to take pictures of them before I post them. In the meantime I will be finishing up the posts of the miniatures of the base game box.

The Icarian Harpy is one of the last primordials I painted from the base game box and it is one of the better ones I have done. Here, like some of the miniatures posted earlier, I could really see that I had improved. I saw Skold Painting having painted the feathers in a certain way that I liked, so I grabbed his idea and made it my own. The feathers did take a lot of time to complete, but they are worth it in my opinion. Really happy with how this turned out.

Marble
• Base: GW Screaming skull
• Wash: AP Pallid Bone + AP Speedpaint Medium (50/50)
• Drybrush: GW Wraithbone

Ground (base)
• Base: AK Dark Brown
• Stipple 1: GW Loren Forest
• Stipple 2: AK Golden Olive (alternative GW Moot Green)

Stones (base)
• Base: GW Mechanicus Standard Grey
• Layer: GW Dawnstone
• Drybrush: GW Grey Seer

Tentacles
• Base: GW Deamonette Hide + GW Mechanicus Standard Grey (2/1)
• Layer: GW Warpfiend Grey (thin coats)
• Highlight: GW Slaanesh Grey

Cloth
• Base: GW Khorne Red
• Wash: GW Carroburg Crimson
• Drybrush: GW Mephiston Red

Skin
• Base: GW The Fang + black (2/1)
• Layer 1: GW The Fang + GW Mechanicus Standard Grey (2/1)
• Layer 2: GW The Fang + GW Mechanicus Standard Grey + GW Russ Grey + GW Fenrisian Grey 2/1/6/2)

Claws
• Base: GW Mechanicus Standard Grey
• Drybrush: GW Zandri Dust
• Wash: GW Agrax Earthshade

Eyes
• Base: GW Zamesi Desert
• Pupil: Black

Wings
• Base: GW Mechanicus Standard Grey
• Wash: GW Athonian Camoshade + GW Agrax Earthshade (2/1)
• Highlight: GW Loren Forest + White (5/1)

Skull
• Base: GW Rhinox Hide
• Layer 1: GW Steel Legion Drab
• Layer 2: GW Zandri Dust
• Layer 3: GW Morghast Bone

I could have painted the stone ball with the recipe I used for marble but that didnt correlate with the art of this titan. The art showed a darker more brown color. Took some time to come up with a recipe for it and the recipe came in handy for the miniatures in the expansion box (some foreshadowing).

Marble
• Base: GW Screaming Skull
• Wash: AP Pallid Bone + AP Speedpaint Medium (50/50)
• Drybrush: GW Wraithbone

Ground (base)
• Base: AK Dark Brown
• Stipple 1: GW Loren Forest
• Stipple 2: AK Golden Olive (alternative GW Moot Green)

Stones (base)
• Base: GW Mechanicus Standard Grey
• Layer: GW Dawnstone
• Drybrush: GW Grey Seer

Armor
• Base: GW Iron Warriors + Black (50/50)
• Drybrush: GW Iron Breaker
• Wash: GW Nuln Oil

Nodes
• Base: GW Leadbelcher
• Wash: GW Nuln Oil

Stone ball
• Base: AK Grey Brown + AK Warm Grey (50/50)
• Wash: AP Noble Skin + AP Speedpaint Medium (1/2)
• Drybrush: AK Grey Brown + AK Warm Grey (50/50)
• Chain: VAL Brass (base) + GW Nuln Oil (wash)

Skin
• Base: GW Catachan Skin + GW Knight-Questor Flesh (2/1)
• Wash: GW Guilliman Flesh + water (50/50)
• Layer: GW Knight-Questor Flesh + GW Kislev Flesh (2/1)
• Wash: GW Guilliman Flesh + water (1/5) x5

Boots
• Base: AK Grim Brown
• Drybrush: GW Gorthor brown
• Wash: GW Agrax Earthshade

Got some time again to post so here is another titan. This is one of the titans I painted last and I can really see now that I have improved. One of the better looking titans I have painted in my opinion.

Rocks (base)
Thin all paints with water to stipple and blend it while its wet. Move fast with this.
• Stipple GW XV-88 over the surface
• Stipple GW Jokaero Orange over 80% the surface
• Stipple GW Tau Light Ochre on the edges
• Dust drybrush: GW Screaming Skull (highlight the edges and lightly everything else)

Helmet + armor pieces
• Base: GW Iron Warriors
• Drybrush: GW Iron Breaker
• Wash: GW Nuln Oil

Nodes
• Base: GW Leadbelcher
• Wash: GW Nuln Oil

Hammer
• Base: GW Leadbelcher
• Drybrush: GW Necron Compound (alternative GW Runefang Steel)
• Wash: GW Nuln Oil
• Drybrush: GW Necron Compound (alternative GW Runefang Steel)

Skin
• Base: GW Russ Grey + GW Mechanicus Standard Grey (5/1)
• Wash: AP Cloudburst Blue + AP Speedpaint Medium (1/5)
• Layer: GW Russ Grey + GW Fenrisian Grey (1/2)
• Wash: AP Cloudburst Blue + AP Speedpaint Medium (1/7)

Tentacles, weaponheads and armor (?)
• Base: AK Dark Sea Grey + GW Mechanicus Standard Grey (2/1)
• Highlight: AK Dark Sea Grey + AK Medium Sea Grey (1/2)

Leather (legs) + weapon straps
• Base: AK Grim Brown
• Drybrush: GW Gorthor Brown

Weapon wood (on back and hip)
• Base: GW Dryad Bark
• Drybrush: AK Dark Brown
• Wash: GW Agrax Earthshade
• Drybrush: GW Baneblade Brown

Toes (?)
• Base: GW Mechanicus Standard Grey
• Drybrush: GW Zandri Dust
• Wash: GW Agrax Earthshade

Another one of the bigger miniatures of the game and I really like this one. The other two are ok, but I find this one really awesome. Did a lot of drybrushing on this one and I think I really captured the art.

Skin
• Base: GW Deamonette Hide + GW Mechanicus Standard Grey (2/1)
• Heavy drybrush: AK Neutral Grey + AK Pale Grey (50/50)
• Drybrush: AK Pale Grey (raised areas)
• Light drybrush: AK White Grey (middle of the raised areas)

Stones
• Base: Black
• Edge Highlight: GW Mechanicus Standard Grey
• Drybrush: GW Dawnstone (from top halfway down)

Glow (head)
• Base: GW Mephiston Red + GW Trollslayer Orange (1/6)
• Blend (middle ring): GW Trollslayer Orange
• Blend (inner ring): GW Yriel Yellow

Glow (stones)
• Layer 1: GW Mephiston Red + GW Trollslayer Orange (1/6)
• Layer 2: GW Trollslayer Orange

Marble
• Base: GW Screaming skull
• Wash: AP Pallid Bone + AP Speedpaint Medium (50/50)
• Drybrush: GW Wraithbone

Ground (base)
• Base: AK Dark Brown
• Stipple 1: GW Loren Forest
• Stipple 2: AK Golden Olive (alternative GW Moot Green)

Stones (base)
• Base: GW Mechanicus Standard Grey
• Drybrush: GW Dawnstone
• Drybrush: GW Grey Seer

Came out great as well! However this titan isnt as interesting in my opinion as some of the others.

Rocks (base)
Thin all paints with water to stipple and blend it while its wet. Move fast with this.
• Stipple GW XV-88 over the surface
• Stipple GW Jokaero Orange over 80% the surface
• Stipple GW Tau Light Ochre on the edges
• Dust drybrush: GW Screaming Skull (highlight the edges and lightly everything else)

Skin
• Base: GW Fenrisian Grey
• Layer: GW Celestra Grey + GW Althuan Grey (50/50)
• Wash: AP Gravelord Grey + AP Speedpaint Medium (1/5)

Armor (chest)
• Base: VAL Brass
• Wash: GW Nuln Oil

Armor (arms, legs and helmet)
• Base: VAL Brass
• Layer: GW Leadbelcher
• Wash: GW Nuln Oil

Boots
• Base: GW Rhinox Hide
• Drybrush: GW Gorthor brown
• Wash: GW Agrax Earthshade

Ribbons (armor)
• Base: GW Wraithbone
• Stipple: GW Morghast Bone

Bow + armshield (?)
• Base: VAL Brass
• Base: GW Iron Warriors + GW Black Legion (50/50)
• Drybrush: GW Iron Breaker
• Wash: GW Nuln Oil

Arrow (wooden part)
• Base: GW Dryad Bark
• Drybrush: AK Dark Brown
• Wash: GW Agrax Earthshade

Arrow (tip)
• Base: GW Leadbelcher
• Drybrush: GW Runefang Steel
• Wash: GW Nuln Oil

Wing
• Base: GW Mechanicus Standard Grey (top part)
• Blend: GW Administratum Grey (bottom part with larger feathers)
• Wash: AK Carbon Ink + GW Lahmian Medium (1/4)

This was one of the titans I painted the last and I think you can see here that I clearly improved my painting skills. At least I can see it XD My detailing game here was also on point with the brass details on the armor.

Marble
• Base: GW Screaming Skull
• Wash: AP Pallid Bone + AP Speedpaint Medium (50/50)
• Drybrush: GW Wraithbone

Ground (base)
• Base: AK Dark Brown
• Stipple 1: GW Loren Forest
• Stipple 2: AK Golden Olive (alternative GW Moot Green)

Stones (base)
• Base: GW Mechanicus Standard Grey
• Layer: GW Dawnstone
• Drybrush: GW Grey Seer

Tentacle shell (arm)
• Base: AK Dark Sea Grey
• Drybrush: AK Medium Sea Grey

Weapon (bottom part)
• Base: GW Iron Warriors + GW Black Legion (50/50)
• Drybrush: GW Iron Breaker
• Wash: GW Nuln Oil

Weapon (top part)
• Base: GW Leadbelcher
• Drybrush: GW Runefang Steel
• Wash: GW Nuln Oil

Wing
• Base: GW Mechanicus Standard Grey (top part)
• Blend: GW Administratum Grey (bottom part with larger feathers)
• Drybrush: GW Administratum Grey (what was done with GW Mechanicus Standard Grey)
• Drybrush: GW Administratum Grey + white (50/50) (what was done with GW Administratum Grey)
• Wash: AK Carbon Ink + GW Lahmian Medium (1/4)

Armor (chest)
• Base: GW Balthazar Gold + AK Burnt Tin (50/50)
• Outline: VAL Brass
• Wash: GW Nuln Oil + GW Agrax Earthshade (2/1)

Helmet + leg armor
• Base: GW Leadbelcher
• Outline: VAL Brass
• Wash: GW Nuln Oil

Flames (helmet)
• Base: GW Yriel Yellow
• Heavy drybrush: GW Trollslayer Orange
• Light drybrush: AK Deep Red

Leather straps
• Base: GW Rhinox Hide
• Drybrush: GW Gorthor brown
• Wash: GW Agrax Earthshade
• Highlight: VAL Brass

Skin
• Base: AK Pale Grey + AK Neutral Grey (50/50)
• Wash: AP Gravelord Grey + AP Speedpaint Medium (50/50)
• Highlight: AK Pale Grey + AK Silver Grey (50/50)
• Wash: AP Gravelord Grey + AP Speedpaint Medium (1/5) x3

Skull
• Base: GW Rhinox Hide
• Layer 1: GW Steel Legion Drab
• Layer 2: GW Zandri Dust
• Layer 3: GW Morghast Bone

Cloth
• Base: Black
• Highlight: GW Mechanicus Standard Grey

One of the big miniatures of the base game. This was a wild ride, because the miniature has a lot of elements. It came out good. Happy with the overall result. With this miniature I really felt the disadvantage of miniatures that cant have their bases removed. This is a thing with these miniatures unfortunately.

Ground+ rocks
Thin all paints with water to stipple and blend it while its wet. Move fast with this.
• Stipple GW XV-88 over the surface
• Stipple GW Jokaero Orange over 80% the surface
• Stipple GW Tau Light Ochre on the edges
• Dust drybrush: GW Screaming Skull (highlight the edges and lightly everything else)

Marble
• Base: GW Screaming skull
• Wash: AP Pallid Bone + AP Speedpaint Medium (50/50)
• Drybrush: GW Wraithbone

Lions mane
• Base: GW GW Jokaero Orange
• Wash: GW Seraphim Sepia
• Drybrush: GW Trollslayer Orange
• Drybrush: GW Baneblade Brown

Lions fur
• Base: GW Baneblade Brown
• Drybrush: GW Tau Light Ochre
• Wash: GW Seraphim Sepia
• Drybrush: GW Tau Light Ochre

Lions claws
• Base: AK Grey Brown
• Layer: GW Zandri Dust
• Wash GW Agrax Earthshade

Dragon creature flesh?
• Base: GW Khorne Red
• Wash: GW Carroburg Crimson
• Drybrush: GW Mephiston Red
• Lighter drybrush: AK Deep Red
• Eyes: GW Trollslayer Orange (outer) and GW Yriel Yellow (inner) + black stripe (google red dragons eye for reference)

Dragon creature horns?
• Base: AK Ochre
• Wash: GW Seraphim Sepia
• Layer 1: AK Ochre
• Layer 2: AK Buff

Snake
• Base: AK Dark Green
• Wash: GW Coelia Greenshade
• Drybrush: AK Dark Green
• Drybrush: GW Warpstone Glow
• Drybrush: GW Moot Green

Black ooze
• Base: black
• Drybrush: GW Mechanicus Standard Grey
• Lighter drybrush: GW Dawnstone
• Varnish: GW Ardcoat

Creatures mouths
• Flesh: GW Screamer Pink
• Tongue: AK Purple + AK Pastel Violet (25/75)
• Teeth: GW Screaming Skull + GW Seraphim Sepia wash

Took me some time to get the armor right. I wanted some brown metal and I got it.

Gound (base)
Thin all paints with water to stipple and blend it while its wet. Move fast with this.
• Stipple GW XV-88 over the surface
• Stipple GW Jokaero Orange over 80% the surface
• Stipple GW Tau Light Ochre on the edges
• Dust drybrush: GW Screaming Skull (highlight the edges and lightly everything else)

Armor + helmet
• Base: AK Burnt Tin + GW Iron Warriors (1/2)
• Heavy drybrush: AK Burnt Tin + GW Iron Breaker (50/50)
• Lighter drybrush: AK Burnt Tin + GW Stormfrost Silver (50/50)
• Wash: VAL Corrosion (alternative: GW Agrax Earthshade)

Barrels or tins on armor
• Base: GW Iron Warriors + GW Black Legion (2/1)
• Drybrush: GW Iron Breaker
• Wash: GW Nuln Oil

Leather straps
• Base: GW Rhinox Hide
• Dry: GW Gorthor Brown
• Wash: GW Agrax Earthshade

Axes
• Base: AK Burnt Tin + GW Iron Warriors (1/2)
• Layer: VAL Rust (alternative: GW Agrax Earthshade)

Stone on axes
• Base: GW Mechanicus Standard Grey
• Drybrush: GW Dawnstone
• Light drybrush: GW Grey Seer

Sword (hilt)
• Base: GW Rhinox Hide
• Dry: GW Gorthor Brown
• Wash: GW Agrax Earthshade

Sword (pommel)
• Base: GW Skullcrusher Brass
• Wash: GW Seraphim Sepia

Sword
• Base: AK Grey Brown + black (75/25)
• Layer: AK Grey Brown + AK Pale Grey (25/75)

Skin
• Base: GW Kislev Flesh
• Layer: GW Flayed Fleshed One
• Wash: GW Guilliman Flesh + water (1/5) x 2-3 max + 2-3 pin-point washes in the recesses

This is one of the coolest looking titans in the base game in my opinion. The body, the base, the pose, the vibe it is all there making the miniature really stand out in my opinion. The skin didnt really come out as I wanted as I went a bit heavy on the Guilliman Flesh wash. You will see when I get to the godform miniatures where I use the same skin recipe they are a bit lighter. So lesson learned and applied in the future 😉

Ocean
• Base: AK Dark Prussian Blue
• Heavy drybrush: AK Archaic Turquoise (everywhere)
• Light drybrush: GW Lothern Blue (bigger waves and close to objects)
• Light drybrush: White (closest to objects)
• Varnish: GW Ardcoat

Helmet
• Base: VAL Brass
• Wash: GW Nuln Oil

Red fur (helmet)
• Base: AK Brick Red
• Wash: GW Berserker Bloodshade
• Drybrush: AK Deep Red

Armor
• Base: GW Retributor Armor
• Drybrush: GW Skullcrusher Brass
• Wash: GW Seraphim Sepia

Cape
• Base: AK Strong Dark Blue
• Wash: AK Blue Night Ink
• Drybrush: AK Strong Dark Blue + tiny drop of AK Ducat Blue

Weapon (staff) + ship
• Base: GW Dryad Bark
• Drybrush: AK Dark Brown
• Wash: GW Agrax Earthshade
• Drybrush: GW Baneblade Brown

Weapon (feathers)
• Base: GW Mephiston red + GW abaddon Black (2/1)
• Wipe: GW Abaddon black
• Method: apply a little bit of black at the tips of the feathers and wipe it down with a dry brush

Weapon (Ropes and ribbon)
• Base: AK Grim brown
• Drybrush/stipple: GW Gorthor Brown
• Wash: GW Agrax Earthshade

Skin
• Base: GW Kislev Flesh
• Layer: GW Flayed Fleshed One
• Wash: GW Guilliman Flesh + water (1/5) x 2-3 max + 2-3 pin-point washes in the recesses

This one came out better than expected. Took a while to get the green leather straps right. Should have pushed the brown tint on it a bit more if you look at the art of this titan, but I still think it came out great!

Rocks (back)
Thin all paints with water to stipple and blend it while its wet. Move fast with this.
• Stipple GW XV-88 over the surface
• Stipple GW Jokaero Orange over 80% the surface
• Stipple GW Tau Light Ochre on the edges
• Dust drybrush: GW Screaming Skull (highlight the edges and lightly everything else)

Marble
• Base: Screaming skull
• Wash: pallid bone + medium (50/50)
• Drybrush: Wraithbone

Leather straps
• Base: AK Brownish Green
• Wash: GW Agrax Earthshade + GW Athonian Camoshade (50/50)
• Drybrush: AK Brownish Green + White (2/1)
• Wash: GW Agrax Earthshade + GW Athonian Camoshade (50/50)
Methode: make sure when drybrushing to also hit the edges of the straps

Pot
• Base: AK Tan Earth
• Light Drybrush: AK Light Earth

Helmet + Flamethrower
• Base: GW Iron Warriors + GW Black Legion (2/1)
• Drybrush: GW Iron Breaker
• Wash: GW Nuln Oil

Flamethrower sack
• Base: AK Grey Brown + Black (2/1)
• Layer 1: AK Grey Brown
• Glaze: AK Grey Brown + Water (1/4)
Method: Paint almost half the sack with Grey Brown + Black and the other half with just Grey Brown. Blend both together while still wet. After that glaze the transition.

Flamethrower (tube)
• Base: AK Chocolate Chipping
• Layer: GW Gorthor Brown
• Wash: GW Agrax Earthshade

Flames
• Base: GW Yriel Yellow
• Heavy drybrush: GW Trollslayer Orange
• Light drybrush: AK Deep Red

Skin
• Base: GW Catachan Skin + VAL Succubus Skin (50/50)
• Layer: GW Catachan Skin + VAL Succubus Skin + AK Pastel Pink (1/1/2)
• Highlight: GW Catachan Skin + VAL Succubus Skin + AK Pastel Pink (1/1/4)
• Wash: GW Guilliman Flesh + water (50/50) x how many times necessary to blend the layers together

Took me a while to figure out how I wanted the skin, but it came out good in my opinion.

Ground (base)
Thin all paints with water to stipple and blend it while its wet. Move fast with this.
• Stipple GW XV-88 over the surface
• Stipple GW Jokaero Orange over 80% the surface
• Stipple GW Tau Light Ochre on the edges
• Dust drybrush: GW Screaming Skull (highlight the edges and lightly everything else)

Cloth
• Base: AK British Khaki
• Wash: GW Agrax Earthshade
• Drybrush: AK British Khaki

Rope (on cloth)
• Base: AK Chocolate Chipping
• Highlight: GW Baneblade Brown

Gauntlets (marble)
• Base: GW Screaming skull
• Wash: AP Pallid Bone + AP Speedpaint Medium (50/50)
• Drybrush: GW Wraithbone

Gauntlets + helmet (metal)
• Base: AK Burnt Tin + AK Copper (50/50)
• Drybrush: AK Rusty Brass + AK Copper (50/50)

Helmet tubes
• Base: GW Iron Warriors + GW Black Legion (2/1)
• Drybrush: GW Iron Breaker
• Wash: GW Nuln Oil

Pots
• Base: GW Karak Stone
• Drybrush: GW Steel Legion Drab
Method: Leave 1/3 Karak Stone. Drybrush 2/3 with Steel Legion Drab and do a second drybrush of the bottom 1/3 of the pots to make it darker.

Skin
• Base: GW Catachan Skin + VAL Succubus Skin (50/50)
• Layer: GW Catachan Skin + VAL Succubus Skin + AK Pastel Pink (1/1/1)
• Highlight: GW Catachan Skin + VAL Succubus Skin + AK Pastel Pink (1/1/4)
• Wash: GW Guilliman Flesh + water (50/50) x how many times necessary to blend the layers together

After painting some primordials I switched to painting some titans again. Now the legs of this titan were annoying to paint because of all the straps across the legs and the patches of skin in between.

Ground (base)
• Base: AK Dark Brown
• Stipple 1: GW Loren Forest
• Stipple 2: AK Golden Olive (alternative GW Moot Green)

Bushes (base)
• Base: AK Black Green
• Drybrush: GW Warpstone Glow
• Lighter drybrush: AK Golden Olive

Trees (base)
• Base: GW Dryad Bark
• Drybrush: AK Dark Brown
• Wash: GW Agrax Earthshade
• Drybrush: AK Dark Brown

Stone (base)
• Base: GW Mechanicus Standard Grey
• Drybrush: GW Dawnstone
• Light drybrush: GW Grey Seer

Pants + leather straps
• Base: AK Grim Brown
• Drybrush/stipple: GW Gorthor Brown
• Wash: GW Agrax Earthshade

Hair
• Base: GW Abaddon Black
• Drybrush: GW Mechanicus Standard Grey

Bush armor
• Base: AK Black Green
• Drybrush: GW Warpstone Glow
• Lighter drybrush: AK Golden Olive

Armor + helmet
• Base: Burnt Tin (AK) + Copper (AK) (1/2)
• Drybrush/stipple: Rusty brass (AK) + Copper (AK) (50/50)
• Light Drybrush: Copper (AK) (helmet only)

Shield
• Base: AK Burnt Tin + AK Copper (1/2)
• Drybrush: AK Rusty brass (AK) + AK Copper (50/50)
• Drybrush: AK Rusty brass (AK) + GW Skullcrusher Brass (50/50)

Skin
• Base: GW Kislev Flesh
• Layer: GW Flayed Fleshed One
• Wash: GW Guilliman Flesh + water (1/5) x 2-3 max + 2-3 pin-point washes in the recesses

Painted this miniature partially at the same time as the Nietzschean as the recipe for the skin is the same. Finished it after I was done with the Nietzschean. Happy with how this turned out. Looks quite the same as the art.

Black skin
• Base: GW Abaddon Black
• Drybrush: GW Mechanicus Standard Grey
• Light drybrush: GW Dawnstone

Chest armor + facemask
• Base: GW Runefang Steel
• Wash: GW Nuln Oil

Red fur (helmet)
• Base: AK Brick Red
• Wash: GW Berserker Bloodshade
• Drybrush: AK Deep Red

Armor (arms and legs)
• Base: GW Iron Warriors + GW Abaddon Black (50/50)
• Drybrush: GW Ironbreaker
• Wash: GW Nuln Oil

Swords (blade)
• Base: GW Leadbelcher
• Drybrush: GW Runefang Steel
• Wash: GW Nuln Oil

Swords (pommel, hilt + square bit)
• Base: GW Iron Warriors
• Drybrush: GW Ironbreaker
• Wash: GW Nuln Oil
• Hilt: GW Rhinox Hide

Flames
• Base: white
• Layer 1: GW Yriel Yellow
• Layer 2: GW Trollslayer Orange
• Layer 3: AK Deep Red

Ground
Thin all paints with water to stipple and blend it while its wet. Move fast with this.
• Stipple GW XV-88 over the surface
• Stipple GW Jokaero Orange over 80% the surface
• Stipple GW Tau Light Ochre on the edges
• Dust drybrush: GW Screaming Skull (highlight the edges and lightly everything else)

Marble
• Base: GW Screaming skull
• Wash: AP Pallid Bone + AP Speedpaint Medium (50/50)
• Drybrush: GW Wraithbone

I thought I could paint the Nietzschean quite quickly, but the fire effect on the Nietzschean took way longer than I thought. I used GW Mephiston Red first but it looked off. It was too dark so I went with a lighter red, namely AK Deep Red.

Black skin + skull
• Base: GW Abaddon Black
• Drybrush: GW Mechanicus Standard Grey
• Light drybrush: GW Dawnstone
• Eyes skull: GW Trollslayer Orange with a dot of GW Yriel Yellow

Flames
• Base: white
• Layer 1: GW Yriel Yellow
• Layer 2: GW Trollslayer Orange
• Layer 3: AK Deep Red

Gold
• Base: GW Retributor Armor

Sword
• Base: GW Leadbelcher
• Highlight: GW Runefang Steel
• Wash: GW Nuln Oil
• Pommel: GW Castellax Bronze

Sand
• Base: GW Zandri Dust
• Drybrush: GW Ushabti Bone

Grey stone
• Base: GW Mechanicus Standard Grey
• Drybrush: GW Dawnstone
• Light drybrush: GW Grey Seer

Marble
• Base: GW Screaming skull
• Wash: AP Pallid Bone + AP Speedpaint Medium (50/50)
• Drybrush: GW Wraithbone

This was an interesting one. I painted the skin of Cyclonus only using layering which created a good look if I say so myself. I wanted to wash it with some contrast paint, but decided against it as I thought it already looked good enough. You will see for the other primordials (like Hermesian Pursuer for example) I did use blending, but for this miniature I decided against it. This is the only primordial where I didnt use blending for the skin.

Skin
• Base: AK German Grey (in the deeper recesses)
• Base: AK Grey Brown (in the remaining recesses)
• Layer 1: AK Grey Brown + AK Warm Grey (60/40)
• Layer 2: AK Grey Brown + AK Pale Grey (25/75)
• Highlight: AK Grey Brown + AK Pale Grey (25/75) + AK Silver Grey (25/75)

Mouth
• Flesh: AK Dirty Red
• Teeth: GW Screaming Skull

Cages + chains
• Base: GW Iron Warriors
• Drybrush: GW Ironbreaker
• Wash: GW Nuln Oil

Spikes
• Base: GW Leadbelcher
• Highlight: GW Runefang Steel
• Wash: GW Nuln Oil

Grey stone
• Base: GW Mechanicus Standard Grey
• Drybrush: GW Dawnstone
• Light drybrush: GW Grey Seer

Marble
• Base: GW Screaming skull
• Wash: AP Pallid Bone + AP Speedpaint Medium (50/50)
• Drybrush: GW Wraithbone

Brown rock
Thin all paints with water to stipple and blend it while its wet. Move fast with this.
• Stipple GW XV-88 over the surface
• Stipple GW Jokaero Orange over 80% the surface
• Stipple GW Tau Light Ochre on the edges
• Dust drybrush: GW Screaming Skull (highlight the edges and lightly everything else)

This is one of the miniatures Im most proud of, because this is the first miniature I practiced blending and glazing on. I have to admit that this miniature is a bit rough around the edges, because you can see some streaks on it, but it looks great to me. It took me some time to get the miniature looking like this but I am very pleased with it.

Ocean
• Base: AK Dark Prussian Blue
• Heavy drybrush: AK Archaic Turquoise (everywhere)
• Light drybrush: GW Lothern Blue (bigger waves and close to objects)
• Light drybrush: White (closest to objects)
• Varnish: GW Ardcoat

Flesh
• Base: AK Grey Brown
• Layer 1: AK Grey Brown + AK Warm Grey (2/1)
• Layer 2: AK Warm Grey (blend)
• Layer 3: AK Silver Grey (blend + glaze)

Wings
• Light layer: AK Dark Blue Grey + AK Ducat Blue (75/25)
• Midtone layer: AK Dark Blue Grey + AK Dark Prussian Blue (75/25)
• Dark layer: AK Dark Prussian Blue + black (75/25)
Blend the dark layer with the midtone layer for the darker areas and the midtone layer with the light layer for the lighter areas.

Wood
• Base: GW Dryad Bark
• Drybrush: AK Dark Brown
• Wash: GW Agrax Earthshade
• Drybrush: AK Dark Brown
• Drybrush: GW Baneblade Brown

Light brown fur
• Base: GW Baneblade Brown
• Wash: GW Agrax Earthshade
• Drybrush: GW Baneblade Brown

Sail
• Red: GW Mephiston Red
• White: white + GW Soulblight Grey (wash)

I really liked how Skold Painting did his Labyrinthauros (first image) so I took heavy inspiration from that to paint my own. Now I wasnt able to mimic Skold as much as I wanted, but I did get a result that I am really pleased with. The armor I wanted to do differently, because just slapping one color on and drybrushing it wasnt good enough for me. I layered on three different colors and it came out great. I could have washed it with some Seraphim Sepia to blend it together, but I liked the result as is.

Stone
• Base: GW Mechanicus Standard Grey
• Heavy drybrush: GW Dawnstone
• Light drybrush: GW Grey Seer

Marble
• Base: GW Screaming Skull
• Wash: AP Pallid Bone + AP Speedpaint Medium (50/50)
• Drybrush: GW Wraithbone

Armor
• Base: GW Warlock Bronze
• Layer 1: GW Castellax Bronze
• Layer 2: GW Skullcrusher + GW Castellax Bronze (50/50)
• Layer 3: GW Skullcrusher + GW Castellax Bronze (75/25)

Mouth
• Flesh: GW Screamer Pink
• Tongue: AK Purple + AK Pastel Violet (25/75)
• Teeth: GW Screaming Skull

White cloth
• Base: white
• Wash: GW Soulblight Grey

Tentacles
• Base: AK Magenta + AK Pastel Violet (25/75)
• Pinpoint wash: AK Magenta + water (recesses)
• Highlight: GW Pallid Wych Flesh
• Wash: AK Magenta + AK Pastel Violet (25/75) + water

Black flesh
• Base: GW Abaddon Black
• Drybrush: GW Mechanicus Standard Grey

Mutated flesh
• Base: AK Magenta + AK Pastel Violet (25/75)
• Layer: GW Ungor Flesh
• Highlight: GW Flayed One Flesh (dots)
• Pinpoint wash 1: AK Magenta + water (recesses)
• Pinpoint wash 2: AK Purple + water (recesses)

Horns
• Base: GW Rhinox Hide
• Layer 1: GW Steel Legion Drab
• Layer 2: GW Zandri Dust
• Layer 3: GW Morghast Bone

This is one of the easier primordials to paint, because it doesnt have a lot of different elements to paint and the elements that are there make up a lot of the miniature.

Marble
• Base: GW Screaming Skull
• Wash: AP Pallid Bone + medium (50/50)
• Drybrush: GW Wraithbone

Stone
• Stipple GW XV-88 over the surface
• Stipple GW Jokaero Orange over 80% the surface
• Stipple GW Tao Light Ochre on the edges
• Dust drybrush: GW Screaming Skull (highlight the edges and lightly everything else)
Thin all paints with water to stipple and blend it while its wet. Move fast with this. Make sure the colors are blended properly.

Legs
• Base: VAL Brass
• Wash: GW Nuln Oil

Water
• Base: AK Ducat Blue
• Highlight: AK Snow Blue
• Gloss varnish: GW Ardcoat

Person
• Base: GW Cadian Fleshtone
• Wash: GW Guilliman Flesh