An Infinite Problem

Okay, next up for a process exploration are the myriad forces of the Nomad Nation. Right off the bat I knew I didn’t want to follow the broad strokes of the red that CB has used, and thought they’d be a great range to test out a mainly yellow paint scheme. At the same time I took the choice to base all my Nomads on Landing Pad resin bases from Antenocities Workshop.

So the first step was to hit everything with Skeleton Bone primer from Army Painter. I’d found in the past using a creamy bone-colour led to yellows that skewed warmer than if painted over whites whilst still letting the yellow cover particularly well.

Next, blocked in most of the main details – armour, skin, cloth, straps etc. Weapons and anything that was likely to be black or grey was normally painted later, although on some occasions I did paint them at this stage….

• Armour – Averland Sunset
• Cloth – Rhinox Hide
• Straps – Steel Legion Drab
• Weapons – Mechanicus Standard Grey
• Skin – take your pick – I’ve tried to represent multiple ethnicities.

And then hit the whole thing with Aggrax Earthshade

The next stage is where it all comes together with a series of heavily saturated washes (and Nuln Oil, because of course).

• Anything you want to be yellow – Yellow ink wash.
• Undersuit “ribbing” – Red ink wash.
• Black cloth & black panels – Black ink wash.
• Weapons – Nuln Oil wash.

The Aggrax Wash gives depth to the red wash used on the undersuit ribbing, whilst on the yellows it gives a worn look to anything that is just the primer with the Aggrax wash, whilst on the hard armour it makes a much more mustard-toned yellow.

Now this is not a perfect method. The inks used are the old, OLD white-screw-top-lid GW inks and I have begun to run low on all of them. I’m thinking Contrasts might prove a good alternative, but I may need to experiment. They also have a gloss finish to them, which I’m fine with but may not be fir everyone.