Retro 40k Duck Style
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Hello all,
Things have been busy with me, both with work and family, but I have made some good progress these past 3 weeks and have finally got around to updating the blog. To break up the sheer monotony of painting 20 identically posed Gretchin I went with a few different paint schemes. The first was a pretty standard Goff Red & Black scheme which I mixed up with some Gold and Silver highlight details. I also wanted to try something a little different with some of them:
After a bit of experimenting I went with a basecoat of Rakarth Flesh, which is one of my favourite additions to the GW range – I say additions, but it’s been in the “new” range for probably getting on for 10 years now – anyway, on this I put a wash of Seraphim Sepia and then I layer back on the Rakarth Flesh and add a final highlight of Pallid Witch Flesh. After all that you get a Grot who’s outfit looks like this.
The rest of the 20 grots came together pretty simply after that. There is a certain beauty to these models to my eye, they have a wonderful simple-ness which is almost a pleasure to paint. You can make quick progress as there is only a few small details to each figure, painting them reminds me of being 12 and I can almost smell the Humbrol enamels.
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