Kings of War Empire of Dust Army Build

So having spent far too long this week cleaning up models I have decided to have a change of pace this afternoon. Clipping out a test model in the form of the skeleton dog I want to test a couple of paint palettes.

Being skeletons bones are going to be many and varied in my future. That being said did I want the bones a stark bleached white of a sun burned desert or an off white cream suggesting skeletons risen from the tomes.

As this is an army project I want to achieve the look of a good looking force from where my opponent is standing and so will apply the KISS painting theory. Keep It Simple Stupid!

With the in mind I have kept my palette very simple.

Matt White – Army Painter

Steel Legion Drab – Citadel

Skeleton Bone – Army Painter

Dark Tone – Army Painter

I plan to list my processes and supply a gallery showing the changes as best I can.

1. Spray black – Citadel

2. Zenith spray white – Citadel

3. Left side, on the left side I decided to try the white. I reinforced the raised sections with the Matt White.

Right side, on the right side I used the Steel Legion Drab to paint the areas that were left black after the zenith white spray.

4. Apply Dark Tone to both sides making sure the coating covers everything but using my brush to remove excess tone on the raised surfaces and making sure the recesses have a good amount of tone.

5. Left side, having allowed everything to dry I then carried out a focussed drybrush using the Matt White. By focussed drybrush what I essentially mean is to apply paint to my brush, use tissue to remove all excess then using the edge of the brushes bristles apply the residual paint. I do this with a standard brush rather than a drybrush to allow me maximum control.

Right side, applying the same technique as the left but this time instead of just Matt White I mixed it with Skeleton Bone for a roughly 50:50 mix. A picture below will show my final result but I don’t aim to have a perfect mix everytime, I want some minor variation to the skeletons tones.

6. Having let everything dry I now look back over the model tidying up anything obvious and adding more tone as required into the darker recesses.

That’s it, it’s pretty quick even more so if you want a stronger white tone but having carried this out I prefer the off white colouring and will be using that for my army it’s subtle but much clearer to see when the model is in hand.