John's VLOG: Nighthaunt Age of Sigmar Project
The Glow of Ages.
Getting a good glow can make or break a ghostly looking model. You can be subtle or intense. Or… you can be like me and throw stuff at it until it works. I did try a few different colours and basecoat ideas. But I finally settled on airbrushing a basecoat of white, to begin with, picking areas where the models seemed to coalesce from the ground.
After airbrushing out the areas I wanted. I picked some Army Painter Kraken Skin and thinned it down with airbrush flow improver. You can mix this quite heavily and still get a nice result.
I am really happy with how the spooky glow looks. Now, to tidy up all the overspray I simply gave the bases a coat of Army Painter Strong Tone to calm down the look of the overspray.
I liked how the wash still left some bits of overspray visible lending to the idea of the mini’s forming up from the ground.
After somewhere near two days of badgering from Warren I had a go at getting more contrast into the models. I started with a rough overbrush of Army Painter Gun Metal to the chains and weapon blades, while faces, skulls and bones got a drybrush of Vallejo Game Air: Bonewhite.
I think the results do add something of a more gritty element. Especially to the weapons. So, here is hoping the rest of the army looks good together on a table 😉
I’m intrigued by the green ring on the bases – not sure if I love it or not… Any particular reason for the choice of this colour?
I went for the green because a black or brown tended to stand out too much. Yes, they would frame the bases but I didn’t feel like it would add anything to them.