Children of the Hydra's Teeth
Paint Scheme
This is meant to be an army that involves mindless painting. I want the stages to be few and the paints basic. At heart, I’m a base-wash-layer kind of painter and I need something that I can ”get out of my head and into my hands” with right now.
- Prime in Wraithbone
- Skeleton –
- All over wash of Agrax Earthshade
- Layer of Ushabti Bone over all the bones, avoiding the recesses
- Extra highlight on the skulls with Screaming Skull
- Weapons
- Balthazar Gold over the blades, cast shields and shield rims
- Wash with Agrax Earthshade
- Highlight with Sycorax Bronze
- Nihilakh Oxide for the patina
- Decals were in the kit, once on I gave them a light weathering
- Base
- Paint with US Olive Drab (or Steel Legion Drab if you’ve got it)
- Base Ready Mediterranean Soil mix from Geek Gaming Scenic
Very easy to paint and very methodical to work through. The only thing I’m not sold on is my patinas. The only time I’ve used this paint before was on some living statues for Frostgrave and it was great. This is a little more focused and I think I need to look up some photos to really get a handle on where it should be.
Like most things, I can’t be arsed with that right now so this is the standard the army will get painted to for now because it is what I’m capable of doing right now.
Very nice results – those skellies look pretty much spot on.
Thank you, I’m pretty chuffed with them. With a bit of planning, they can be bashed out in an evening too so hopefully getting through them won’t be too time consuming.