Hobby exploits 2020 and onward

I work on speed painting method for the Shasvasti. Otherwise I strand no chances of painting Defiance, which I expect to receive somewhere late January.

Anyway, where I stand now is seen bellow. I spent around 4 hours on that one guy, which is unacceptable from speed painting point of view, however, the method scales up nicely. I think painting them in batches of 4 or 5 would be a good idea, and each such batch should close within 7-8 hours.

Next step would be introducing  more oil paints I guess.

The recipe for now is:

1. Black(ish) armour:

• Black primer,
• VMC Dark Grey over all parts of armour,
• Lighter grey drybrush (to pull all the edges (I cant see them otherwise),
• Points of light (where they look cool) with white ink (airbrushed),
• Edge highlight with white,
• Overall VGC Turquoise glaze,
• Redo points of ligt with white (on smaller area),
• Shadows and blacklining with black oil wash.

2. Red skin-tight.

• solid layer of VMC Sunny Skin Tone,
• 2-3 layers of VGC Red Wash with glaze medium,
• A layer of previous mixture with ca. 20% addition of VMC Black Red,
• Add some (ca.10%) VGC Violet ink for final layer.

3. Weapon.

• Solid layer of VGC Sombre Grey,
• White edge highlight here and there,
• Overall wash of VGC Black Wash with glaze medium and a drop of VGC Violet ink

4. Head

• Overall layer of AP Bone,
• Stripes of VGC Green or Black Green inks meeting at the top of the head.
• Mouth apparatus – VGA Alien Purple, Highlights with VGA Squid Pink, shades with VGC Violet ink.

And that’s the result: