Kingdom Death: Monster

So, after the gold had settled I decided to paint the sleeves and pantaloons (?) green. Starting with a base of green 5 (Warcolours) I painted the edges and raised areas green 4, then added thinner layers of green 3 and 2. I then gave this a wash of Thraka green (GW). Once dry, I re-touched the edges with Greens 3 and 2. The pics don’t really show the highlights, so I either need to use a camera (rather than the camera on my phone), or get a proper photo booth!

I layered the sword with Celestial Azure (GSW). I needed several coats to get a smooth finish. It’s a subtle colour shift metallic of blue/purple – I’m not sure if I’m I’m going to keep this or go back to a more traditional metal.

I’ve added a little red 5 (WC) to the sword handle and the eyes – I’m probably going to take the eyes up to a bright red at a later stage.

I have also started the base. two layers of flooring cork glued on, based with Dryad bark (GW). I’m thinking of this having a small spring to the front – but that’s to follow!

So, It’s been a little while since my last post – apologies for that!

So, after layering the reflex red/gold, I gave the armour a wash of Agrax Earthshade, because I felt the gold needed a little more depth in the shadows. I then painted the gold back in over the flat areas, leaving the recesses. Once dry I gave some of the edges on the pauldrons / Spaulders a light drybrush of silver to pick out the highest highlights.

I painted the flowers Vallejo Ivory, then them washed with thinned Devlan Mud. I then overbrushed in Ivory and highlighted the edges in War Colours one coat white.I wanted them to stand out a little from the rest of the model. Once all was dry I coated the model with  a gloss varnish. After that was dry I gave the fabric and vines a matte varnish.

Overall I’m pretty pleased with how he looks. Could be a little tidier, but not bad. Just the base to finish now.

Okay – so the base was 2 layers of flooring cork, given a coat of Agrellian Earth (not sure why I bothered since i covered the whole thing!) and drybrushed with Terminatus Stone.

I then used some lavender / purple tufts from Serious Play to add flowers, and some Summer Leaf litter from WWS as the scatter. I did put some Vallejo still water in the largest gap to the front, but it didn’t look right, so I pulled it out and used some flowers there instead. I also added a “creeping vine” by GW. This was painted Olive 4 (Warcolours) and drybrushed Olive 2. I then painted the leaves with Transparent Purple (also Warcolours). I’m not sure if I am going to curl this round the model yet.

The model is not yet glued down, but I’m going to pin and glue him once the base is fully dry – I’ll probably not post anymore on this one as i’m calling it done!

Thanks for the support 🙂