Here is part 3 of how I paint my Iron Warriors. I have not finished the metals (part 1) and the leather (part 2) so I am now moving on to paint the bone. For quick and dirty bone I have seen, and sometimes use, the Dehneb Stone, Devlan Mud approach but I find it too flat and boring.
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Step 1: Khemri BrownI start with a base coat of Khemri Brown for all the bone areas. This is a great Foundation Paint that covers all the darker areas well and provides a nice brown to start to bone from. I do avoid deep cracks or the eye sockets which should still be black from the primer. |
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Step 2:Khemri Brown and Bleached BoneBleached Bone is then added to the Khemri Brown in incremental amounts. I start with a 1:1 mixture of KB and BB since the foundation paints contain so much pigment. I work this up to about 1:3 KB to BB. For the horns I do less and less highlighting near the base to create a darker look. Near the tip I completely cover the ridges and grooves until the final highlighting to create a bright area. The skulls are often a mixture of highlighting the ridges of the face and creating false ridges on the top and side of the skull to create additional depth to the otherwise flat plane. |
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Step 3: Bleached BonePure Bleached Bone is then used to continue the highlighting. |
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Step 4: Bleached Bone and Skull WhiteSkull White is then added to the Bleached Bone to create highlights near the tip of the horns and edge of the ridges on the skull. |
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Step 5: Skull WhitePure Skull White is then used to do spot highlighting. |
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Step 6: Gryphonne Sepia WashFinally I wash all the bone areas with Gryphonne Sepia Wash. This helps re-establish the ridges in the horns and creates a more aged look. The wash is focused on the base of the horns and cracks in the skull. Extra wash is pulled off the tips of the horn and flat areas of the skull where I want to keep some of the brightness. |
This can be a time consuming step of my Iron Warriors but one that I think is important to keep them from looking too bland and dark.
So now that the bone areas are done, it is time to move onto the next detail: the Daemon Weapons
Now, on to Part 4: The Daemon Weapons!
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