Spring Clean Miscellany 2022
Count Orlok
This was a freebie model bundled in with an order from CP Models. It’s a very simple, elegant sculpt, and was fairly intimidating to paint as a result. In the end I went for a fairly restricted palette, which I think worked okay.
I was stumped for base ideas, and eventually went for trying out painting a cobble/flagstone effect. For my own reference as much as anything, here’s a quick step-by-step.
Base painted black, and then stones painted on in Vallejo London Grey
Dug out a cheap old brush with a fine but blunt tip 
Stippled on Vallejo Medium Sea Grey over each stone. 
Look to concentrate stippling in the centre, and fade out towards the edges of each stone 
Add some variance on a few stones by stippling on some different colours; here Vallejo Light Brown and Stonewall Grey.
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