Dark Lords of the Sith

Once the Armageddon Dust was fully dry I used an Agrax Earthshade wash across the whole base, including the rim (I added some Vallejo Was Medium to this as it really helps when washing over flat surfaces, such as base rims).

As I still have Dooku in two halves, I was able to work on the cape even though the base was now very wet. I gave the lining a good wash of Gryphon Sepia. Once the Gryphon Sepia had dried, the entire cape (including the lining), was given a wash of Ogryn Flesh. I also used the Ogryn Flesh wash over the skin on the face and hands. The hair was now washed down with Nuln oil, along with the silver of the lightsaber handle, the chan of the cape and the brown of the trousers.

I figured now would be a good time to dry brush the texture of the base with Screaming Skull, while the various washes on the upper part of the body dried.

Once all the washes had dried I turned back to the face to add a little more detail.  First I attempted to paint skull white into the eyes. This is almost impossible to get right first time! I needed to switch back to the Kislev Flesh to tidy up around the eyelids and so I continued with it to bring some highlights to the face. The fingers and knuckles were also highlighted back to Kislev flesh.

I used the same simple technique of highlighting with the base colour on the hair and trousers. This is a very easy way of creating highlights as it’s quite forgiving, so you don’t need to be too neat. Just pick your base colour, darken with a wash then reapply the original colour on the most raised areas.

For the black of the jacket and boots I decided I would highlight by adding Mechrite Red to black. This would give a warm highlight to the black areas, harmonising with the red of the cape. My first highlight is too subtle and doesn’t read as strongly as I’d expected. I’m going to go back over with more red in the mix.