So now we get to the meat of the process, actually painting! For the first step, I used two coats of flesh colored paint to cover most of the model. He is a barbarian after all. I also painted the base and the haft of his axe in a light brown,
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| Thrud with a base coat of flesh paint |
Next, I painted the leather areas, boots, belt, and loincloth, being careful not to get any on the flesh areas.
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| Thrud with his belt, boots, and loincloth painted |
The boot straps were time consuming, I chose a lighter color for them, so that they would show up against the brown of the boots.
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| Thrud with his boot straps painted |
Next, I moved on the the ornamentation on Thrud's belt. I decided to go with a coppery color for some contrast. The small metal studs along the belt were done in a dark silver.
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| Thrud with some belt ornamentation |
Next I moved on to the metal areas, helmet and axe head. Again, I had to be careful not to get any on the flesh colored areas. Not that I couldn't have fixed it, but I just wanted to avoid the extra work.
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| Thrud is totally metal! |
Finally, I painted the horns on Thrud's helmet, and the main painting was done!
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| A good helmet needs horns |
Next: Shading with washes!
1 comment:
Very cool. I don't have the patience or steady hand that you do. I buy plastic, pre-painted minis whenever possible, lol!
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