Sláine: Kiss My Paintbrush!

The Warped version of Sláine was zenith undercoated and then I worked a blend of Citadel Contrast Magos Purple and Vulpus Pink into all of the grey undertones that escaped the white zenith.  The idea behind the purple is that the Warp Spasm must cause an enormous blood pressure rush and therefore the complexion will be very purple.  Once this was dry I switched to Speedpaints again and started with Purple academy to blend into the low-lights.  I then mixed this into some Crusader skin for the mid-tone and painted this into the deeper muscle recesses.  Remaining white areas were covered in neat Crusader skin.

As this is a character model some additional attention was paid with Vallejo Tan being used to highlight the upper areas of shaded muscles.  This was then blended into some Vallejo Pale Flesh to create a lighter highlight which reinforced some mid tone upper muscle areas. The popping and bulging veins were reinforced with the pink/purple contrast.  Then a final highlight withe the lightest skintone, and on the highest areas a very thin glase of pure Pale Skin.

Other details were painted with the usual speedpaints, Gravelord Grey and palid Bone for his axe, Brainbiter.  The cloth is a blend of Sand Golem, Palid Bone and Zealot Yellow.  Hair is Grim Black.

The eye sockets had a nice deep pink/purple from the first contrast layer.  Eyeballs were picked out in white for a good effect.

It was the Exmouth Club’s Legionary Show on Saturday.  First show I’ve been to since before The Event.  A highlight for me is always the Bring and Buy.  Once again the Fates shone kindly and I spotted these in a ziplock for £8.  Thank you Earth Goddess!

These three are from the now OOP Foundry 200AD range.  The Horned God and Sláine the King in the front and Warped Slaine behind.  Now I can paint up the other Warped One and we can compare and contrast.