Using a lighter skin tone like Kislev Flesh made sure the skin ended up reddish as Valrath skin should be but not too red, given the absurd amount of red already on the model.įor the Cragheart I painted all his rocky skin with a couple of thin coats of Mechanicus Standard Gray, washed it with Strong Tone and drybrushed with Dawnstone to bring out as much of the texture as I can. For the few patches of skin showing and his tail, I first painted the areas with a couple of thin coats of Kislev Flesh before washing them with Army Painter Red Tone. To finish off the shield I painted the design with Army Painter Greedy Gold, forgetting what a terrible paint it is. All of these areas were then washed with Nuln Oil. I painted his undersuit, gloves and boots with Mechanicus Grey, and his weapon and shield with Leadbelcher. With the majority of the model now done I could pick out the remaining details. For his cloak I basecoated it with Evil Sunz Scarlet before giving it a wash with Nuln Oil and drybrushed across the folds with Jokaero Orange for highlights. To bring back that metallic shine, I gave the armour a quick coat of gloss varnish. Nothing I couldn’t fix with some Nuln Oil in the recesses and Mephiston Red for some edge highlights. In hindsight, I probably should have brushed the Blood Angels Red on as the armour came out wonderfully red but looking a little flat. Then used Blood Angels Red through the airbrush for all the armour. With a plan in mind, I primed the model gold and drybrushed it with some Necron Compound. Additionally, I have heard that putting the red over gold instead of silver results in a much richer colour and fortunately, I have a rattle can of Retributor Armour left over from my Custodes. Unfortunately I haven’t got any yet so I will have to make do with Blood Angels Red contrast paint. More or less every guide you read for bright red, like a candy apple red, recommends using Tamiya Clear Red. I have wanted to try bright red armour for a while now, and seeing that Red Guard character art for the first time provided me the perfect excuse to finally give it a go. Enough preamble, let’s get onto the good stuff.
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