Kingdom Death: Monster

So, the majority of this is again taken with heavy inspiration from @jayadan – You are a legend, Jay!

So, I zenithal primed the mini, leaving the hat off so I could get to the face and eyes more easily.

I then painted the skin in Warcolours Flesh 5. This was given a wash of  GW Thraka Green all over. I used thinned Warcolours Violet 4 as a second wash, focusing more on the deeper recesses of the skin.

Once the washes were dry, I went back in over the raised skin with thinned Flesh 5. I did 4-5 layers, each covering slightly less of the raised area, so the last couple were just on the upper surfaces.

I followed this by painting the trousers (WC Warm Grey 4) coat and hat (WC Cool Grey 4), and the eyes (WC Yellow 2) – I know in the lore his eyes are supposed to be black, but that wouldn’t look good on the mini!

The gallows and skulls were painted Warm Grey 2. The leather and the wood on the gun, were given two coats of WC Brown 4.

The gallows were then given a wash of Nuln oil, followed by Agrax Earthshade. The skulls just got the Agrax and the trousers, hat and coat just got thinned Nuln oil. The coat and hat were then touched up in Cool Grey 4 to tidy up any tide marks or staining.

Once dry, I painted over the trousers with WC Transparent Warm Grey. The Warcolours transparent range are great for laying over a zenithal base, or a primed/washed layer. They shift the colour really well, without affecting the pre-shade already in place.

I used Warcolours Pewter to paint in the metal of the gun, kneepads, beartrap (?) and spikes. These wre then given a wash of Nuln oil, and highlighted with WC Silver.

I highlighted the leather using Graveyard earth, then Vallejo German Camo Pale Brown on the highest edges – I think I need to do this again to make it pop.

Using thinned WC Cool Grey 3, I gave some highlights to the coat and hat. I kept this to the upper surfaces and the topmost edges. I think I may need to repeat this to make it stand out.

I used the same Camo Pale Brown for the rope. this was then washed with Agrax. Once dry I drybrushed again with the Camo Pale Brown.

The skulls were drybrushed GW Bleached Bone, washed in thinned Agrax, and then lightly drybrushed again.

I also did another layer of Agrax over the gallows to darken the wood down a little more.

Finally I painted the severed hand in Valljo Dead Flesh. This was then washed with Thraka Green, then given a very thin coat of WC Transparent purple (which looks more like a magenta). I then toughed this up a 75/25 mix of Vallejo Dead flesh and Cadian flesh, thinned 50/50 with medium.

Out of sight in the pics, I painted the scabbard WC Red 5, and the metal in WC Antique Gold. But that’s for the next update.

So last steps – I added a few thinned layers of Red 5 to the scabbard, and used some pale gold on the scabbard trim. Once dry I used a thinned wash of chestnut ink over the whole thing. I then used just a couple fo thinned layers of red 4 and 3 on the upper edges of the scabbard as mild highlights – I wanted it to stay quite dark. The gold was touched up with some pale gold, and the handle and guard painted in silver, washed black, with silver touched along the upper edges.

I used blue-grey 3 for the hat band, edges and highlighted in blue-grey 2. I didn’t do much work on the band to be fair!

The base was the usual affair – agrellan earth, some sprinkled autumn grass, and some lilac tufts.

I used a couple of layers of Matt Cote to dull and protect the mini. Although, given some of the shine in the pics, I might give it another coat.