The finished model. |
Nighthaunt can be very easy models to paint, and in my lack of creativity (or because I just like it) I have stuck more or less to the default scheme. Below are the paints that I use, more or less in the order of their use.
The color you prime your model is very important here. I went for Vallejo grey, which is a very pale almost white when sprayed on because it allows me to highlight with white. You can use white as the base but it can make getting crips highlights harder. You could brush this on, but that takes more time and is not as smooth, but I don't want a lack of an airbrush to be a barrier here.
For those ghostly green areas, a 1:4 mix of Gauss Blaster Green and Lahmian medium does the trick. I see Nihilakh Oxide be used here all the time, but to me it tends to not go on as smoothly or have as good coverage. This was just one layer of my mixture with no touch ups required on my part. To finish it off, gently blend in layers of white at the bottom moving into the green.
If you're intimidated by this technique, you can achieve a similar affect with dry brushing but remember that with white it may come out chalky. With this method, dry brush more extensively on those areas that you want to be white, while the region where the two colors meet may only require one or two passes.
This angle better demonstrates the transition from white to ghostly green. |
All that's left really is detail work now. The hair is a thinned gun metal over the ghostly green base from earlier. The dagger blade is the same gun metal just not thinned and the hilt on the dagger and threads on the corset get a touch of Brass Scorpion. Finally, the skull on the base still with the grey primer gets a coat of Skeleton Hoard. Now just base the model to match the rest of your army.
With this simple paint recipe as a foundation, you can try different techniques and add other colors to really make your models pop. As an example, these two Dreadblade Harrows use a bit more airbrushing to make blending easier and add a few more colors to add visual interest.
The white goes much further up the cloaks to really help contrast the ghosts from their mounts. Even though the top cloaks and the horses are based with Incubi Darkness, a wash of Nuln Oil on the ghosts' cloaks gives just enough difference to separate the two. Edge highlights of white on the ghostly green also help to break up that color and increase depth and details.
I tried two methods for the swords here: standard silver and a black blade. For the normal sword, gun metal with a green wash works well. The black sword is based with black, then drybrushed with gun metal and finished with a green wash.
Hope that this was helpful!
No comments:
Post a Comment