Dark Lords of the Sith

After a google image search I had a better understanding of Count Dooku’s colour scheme. On screen his costume has a predominately black appearance but there is a little more going on. His cape is a dark maroon red with an almost golden lining and he wears dark brown trousers. These additional colours will really help to break the model up but I am mindful of keeping everything toned down. The overall effect should be of a darkly dressed figure, as is fitting to the character.

My first step was to use Abbadon Black on the sleeves and collar of the jacket. To get the deep red of the cape I mixed a little Abbadon Black with Mechrite Red. This gave a nice even coverage over the Khaki primer. This colour mix was also used on the belt.

At this point I decided I would get all of the base colours on the model. I don’t usually work this way but I wanted to get an overall impression of the colour scheme, before deciding how to highlight or shade each colour. The thing that was concerning me most was the lining of the cape. I considered using gold but after an initial test I wasn’t convinced. Instead I used a 50/50 mix of Averland Sunset and Vallejo Medium Flesh Tone. The intention was to desaturate the yellow to a more material colour but you can see from the below image that it is still quite eye catching.

For the trousers I used Vallejo German Camo Black Brown. The chain holding the cloak was pained with Lead Belcher along with the lightsaber handle, while the blade was given a coat of Skull White. For the Count’s skin I used Kislev Flesh and his hair is Vallejo Light Grey.

As I had put base colours down on the whole model I figured I may as well paint the base itself. With all of my Legion models I am using the GW Technical paint – Armageddon Dust. The small rocks on the base are picked out in German Camo Pale Brown.