Slaying Dusty Boxes

After sharing my pictures with a YouTube miniature painter, I decided to add some details before I called the basic set finished.

Usually I do a base layer of paint, wash or Army Painter Quickshade dip, and call my minis done. This time around I tried out glazing and highlighting. I tried out glazing/highlighting on about all of the minis for their skin using Citadel Kislev Flesh.

I started with the biggest mini, the Warped out Slaine figure to test out this new process. I began seeing a slight change in the mini and think it helped cut down on the splotchy appearance some of the speedpaints caused on the skin. Next I used thinned Citadel Wraithbone to make some lines on the tattered kilt. This was followed with AP Speedpaint Forest Sprite. I used Citadel Lothlorien Blue and AP Pure Red for Slaine’s body paint. I also added some AP Ash Grey to Brainbiter (the Axe) to highlight the stone edges. I also picked out some of the metal with AP Shining Silver.

Ukko was a quick process. I highlighted the skin and the metal.

Nest was a bit more involved. I started by highlighting the skin. I needed to do a lot of cleanup for all the colors on the model, especially the clothing on the shoulder due to a “splotch”. From a distance her face looked very plain. I used AP speedpaint Slaughter Red for her lipstick to help bring out the feminine features of the character. I added some dry brushing of red and black onto the torch to finish her up.

Slough Throt and the Priest were pretty easy to highlight. I hit their skin and did a slight drybrush of AP Skeleton bone on the furs. Slough Throts bandage and book needed a slight highlight of AP White.

The Skull Swords had skin, metallic, and fur highlights similar to many of the other minis.

Lastly, I forgot to mention that I touched up all the base rims with AP Necromancer Cloak. This is one of my favorite colors for base rims.

I only have a few more items to finish before I call this project complete.

1. I need to paint the special Slaine miniature that came with my preorder.
2. I still need to play the game!