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Now to finish off the last part of the Umbers; the flag! I really do like the Umber sigil of the giant in chains. I used the image presented in an earlier post as the guideline, so let’s begin.

The basecoats are rather simple with Khorne Red for the red colour, which may appear a bit darker than the reference image, but brighter colours are usually more expensive to make and the Umbers are Northmen and not as rich as the Southern lords. The giant’s skin/fur? was basecoated in Dryad Bark the skin shirt was done in Rakarth Flesh and the teeth were picked out with Screaming Skull and the chains picked out in Mechanicus Standard Grey. You may notice a few missed patches of the red here and there, but they were tidied up in later stages. Next up was the shade…and it is at this point that I decided I DO have a mislabeled pot of Agrax Earthshade, but I also got some more supplies of Lahmian Medium to dull the colours down again so it’s not a big deal. In reality, a mislabeled pot is not exactly a life altering problem.

Next came a re-application of some basecoats, but also some layering of other colours. Khorne Red was layered over the high points if the cloth. Gorthor Brown was used to highlight/layer the giant’s skin. The shirt was left as it due to the texture being sufficient to get the detail across. The chains were edged in Dawnstone to give them a brighter look without jumping to metallics. After that the red cloth was highlighted with Wazdakka Red.

With the main body of the flag done, all that is left is to finish the edging details. For this colour I went for black for some bold contrast, but started with a tidy up layer of Mechanicus Standard Grey before covering the grey in Black Templar Contrast and finishing off with an edge of Mechanicus Standard Grey along the more prominent edges. After that, picking out the edging line in Rakarth Flesh and a small dot of Retributor Armour on the nails holding the flag in place and  and he was done.

The rest of the Umbers will be worked on over time; the shade problems took away a bit of drive, but they will be finished soon-ish. Something else may come inbetween (possibly The Greatjon or The Mountain) but we’ll have to see.