Lupa15’s Warhammer Underworlds

I needed a break from one of my other projects and decided to tackle painting some of the Ravagers.  I had recently base coated the armor black and decided to tackle the armor trim next.

The armor was covered in Citadel Abaddon Black and the trim was based with Citadel Retributor Armor.  Make sure to tidy up your mistakes (I had alot!).

The next step is to wash the trim with Citadel Agrax Earthshade before highlighting it back up.

I have been finding it hard to finish the Thorns of the Briar Queen. But I finally got around to finishing two of the miniatures, specifically The Everhanged and one of the chainrasps.

I really wanted to achieve a dirty metal effect on the chains and swords.  In the end Agrax Earthshade and Typhus Corrosion was the secret.

Leather (for the corset and sword handles)

Base the leather with a 50/50 mixture of Citadel Doombull Brown and Citadel Gorthor Brown.

Wash with Citadel Agrax Earthshade before layering back up with the previous mixture.

Dirty Gold

Base the sword handles and anything else you want to be a dirty gold with Citadel Balthasar Gold.

Wash with Citadel Agrax Earthshade before highlighting with Citadel Gehenna’s Gold.  For the highlight don’t go overboard. Just pick out the sharpest points.

Dirty/Worn Metal

Base the metal bits with several thin coats of Citadel Leadbelcher.

Coat the entire sword and random recesses with Citadel Typhus Corrosion.

Wash the metal with Citadel Agrax Earthshade.

Once the wash is dry highlight the sword, chains and rest of the metal bits with Citadel Ironbreaker.  This is the key as it really helps show the stark difference between the rusted and corroded bits and the exposed metal.

I am not sure exactly where I left off but I recently finished painting the last of the Reavers.  The warband just needs a seal coat then it is ready for the tabletop!

As befits the Briar Queen, her warband includes lots of vines and roses.

Vines

Base the vines with Citadel Deathworld Forest.  This will probably take about three thin coats.  I also recommend at this stage using a larger brush for the easiest to reach places but at the join to the painted areas feel free to use a detail brush for more control.

Wash the vines with Citadel Athonian Camoshade.

Finally highlight the vines with Citadel Straken Green.   Focus on the most raised edges such as the leaves, thorns and bends of the vines.

Roses

Base the roses with Citadel Screamer Pink.  This will take about two to three coats as well.

Wash the roses with Citadel Druchii Violet. Be carefull around the leaves and vines.

Use a 50/50 mixture of Citadel Pink Horror and Citadel Screamer Pink to highlight the edges of the petals.

After tackling the robes the next step was start with the basing and details.

Base Gravel

Base the gravel with a 50/50 mixture of Citadel Celestra Grey and Citadel Storm Vermin Fur and thin it slightly. You may need two coats in certain areas.

Wash the gravel with undiluted Citadel Agrax Earthshade but make sure it isn’t heavy. You only really need one or two dips of the wash brush into the pot per base.

Base Rim

Coat the rim with two to three coats of thinned Citadel Stormvermin Fur

Rope

Base the rope with a 50/50 mixture of Citadel Zandri Dust and Citadel Zamesi Desert. You will need two coats of the thinned mixture.

Leaving the recesses the previous mixture layer the raised rope bits with a mixture of 50/50 Citadel Ushabti Bone and Citadel Zamesi Desert.

Finally highlight the rope focusing on the extreme raised areas and edges with a 50/50 mixture of Citadel Screaming Skull and Citadel Zamesi Desert.

Wood

Base the wood with several coats of thinned Citadel Dryad Bark.

Leaving the previous coat in the recesses layer on a 50/50 mixture of Citadel Dryad Bark and Citadel Gorthor Brown.

Highlight with Citadel Gorthor Brown focusing on the edges of the wood and the upper third of the plank on both ends.  Basically creating a little gradient of darker wood and lighter wood.

Using the same idea use a highlight of Citadel Gorthor Brown and Citadel Baneblade Brown to finish that gradient on the upper 1/6th of the wood plank.

After much debate I decided that I wanted slightly darker robes to match the artwork but I didn’t want the black or really dark robes. I just wanted a nice little tint to make the top and bottom look slightly different.  In the end I settled on a glaze/wash of:

• 2 parts of Citadel Coelia Greenshade
• 2 parts Citadel Lahmian Medium
• 1 part water

This went over the base color of the robes:

• Base with Citadel Corax White
• Wash with Citadel Nihilak Oxide
• Drybrush with the whole model Citadel Ulthuan Grey
• A lighter drybrush of Citadel White Scar focusing on the edges

And now that the skin is done it was time to finish the model.  I would highly recommending basing all the colors and then applying the wash and then applying the highlights. The reason? Most of the model uses the Citadel Agrax Earthshade wash and it is easier to apply it over the whole model at once.

Bronze

• Use Citadel Balthasar Gold to base the bronze armor trim.
• Wash with Citadel Agrax Earthshade
• Highlight the bronze armor trim with Citadel Sycorax Bronze

Red Armor

• Base the armor with Citadel Khorne Red
• Wash with Citadel Agrax Earthshade
• Leaving the darker color in the recesses layer the armor with Citadel Khorne Red.
• Highlight the raised areas and edges of the armor with Citadel Wazzadakka Red

Silver Metal

• Base the metal with Citadel Leadbelcher
• Wash with Citadel Agrax Earthshade
• Highlight with Citadel Stormhost Silver

Grey Cloth (Pants)

• Base the cloth with Citadel Mechanicus Standard Grey
• Wash with Citadel Agrax Earthshade
• Layer with clot with Citadel Mechanicus Standard Grey
• Highlight the sharpest folds with Citadel Dawnstone

Leather

• Base the leather straps with Citadel Mournfang Brown
• Wash with Citadel Agrax Earthshade
• Highlight the edges with Citadel Agrax Earthshade

Boots/Black Leather

• Base with Citadel Corvus Black
• Wash with Citadel Nuln Oil
• Highlight with Citadel Eshin Grey
• Pick out the sharpest edges with Citadel Dawnstone

This was tough. I needed to find three skin tones that I was happy with, somewhat reflected the art work, and looks realistic.  I settled on three skin tones that I could also use on the rest of the Khorne Bloodbound Reavers.

Medium Skintone (Caucasian)

• Use Citadel Bugman’s Glow as the base. Two or three light coats will cover the model effectively.
• Wash the skin with Citadel Reikland Fleshshade
• Leaving the darker color in the recesses layer the skin with Citadel Cadian Fleshtone
• Highlight the skin’s muscle with Citadel Kislev Flesh

Dark Skintone (Sub-Saharan African)

• Use Citadel Catachan Flesh as the base. Two or three light coats will cover the model effectively.
• Wash the skin with Citadel Agrax Earthshade
• Leaving the darker color in the recesses layer the skin with Citadel Bloodreaver Flesh
• Highlight the skin’s muscle with Citadel Knight-Questor Flesh

Tanned Skintone (Mediterranean/Middle Eastern)

• Use Citadel Ratskin Flesh as the base. Two or three light coats will cover the model effectively.
• Wash the skin with 1 part Citadel Contrast Fyreslayer Flesh and 1 part Contrast Medium
• Leaving the darker color in the recesses layer the skin with Citadel Ratskin Flesh
• Highlight the skin’s muscle with Citadel Bestigor Flesh

Scars

• Thin Citadel Screamer Pink to a little thicker than a wash consistency. Paint this over the scar allowing it to settle around the scar but not so much that it runs.
• Highlight the with the lightest color (aka the final skin highlight) on the raised part of the scar

I have been basing my Khorne Bloodbound on a lava base and after seeing the Khorne Bloodbound base I knew I would be able to recreate that using the sculpted bases that Garrek’s Reavers come with.

The first step was to paint several layers of Citadel White Scar into the cracks before randomly adding spotches of wash with Citadel Casandora Yellow, Citadel Feugan Orange and Citadel Carroburg Crimson.  Finally using Citadel Abaddon Black carefully pick out the cooled lava flow.

I then used Citadel Dryad Bark and a drybrush of Citadel Gorthor Brown to base the dirt. (Not Pictured)

I wanted to get the ghostly base colors on the Thorns of the Briarqueen started recently and I used the same technique that I had used on Lady Harrow’s Mournflight: https://www.beastsofwar.com/project-entry/1544660/

For these bases I got to try something different that I hadn’t done before with using a wash to color the stone.

Rim

• Base at the same time as the sand with Citadel Flayed One Flesh

Stones

• Base with multiple thin coats of Citadel Corax White
• Wash with Citadel Nuln Oil

Sand

• Base with Citadel Flayed One Flesh

Sand and Stones

• Wash with 2 parts water, 2 part Citadel Lahmian medium and 2 parts Citadel Serpahim Sepia
• Drybrush with Citadel Flayed One Flesh

Sand

• Drybrush with Citadel Corax White

Rim

• Base at the same time as the dirt with Citadel Gorthor Brown

Dirt/Trees

• Base with multiple thin coats of Citadel Gorthor Brown
• Wash with Citadel Reiland Fleshshade

Stones/Rocks

• Base with Citadel Mechanicus Standard Grey
• Drybrush with Citadel Dawnstone

Tree Foliage

• Base with Citadel Waaagh Flesh

Tree Foliage and Tree Trunks

• Wash with Citadel Nuln Oil

Wheat

• Base with Citadel Zandri Dust
• Wash with Seraphim Sepia

Whole Base

• Drybrush with Citadel Wraithbone (not seen in the pictures)

I took a break and visited my mother on Christmas (after a self-isolation period of course) but needed a project that didn’t require a ton of concentration.  So I took Ironsoul’s Contemptors, Stormsire’s Cursebreakers and Steelheart’s gang and started painting them with Screamer Pink.

After dedicating myself to finish as much as possible I have Ironsoul’s Contemptors completely finished!!!

I used the scheme of the Celestial Warbringers as I was never happy with the all gold and blue scheme that the Hammers of Sigmar are in.

Armour

• Base the armor in Citadel Screamer Pink over a light grey or Citadel Mechanicus Standard Grey undercoat.
• Wash with Citadel Druchii Violet
• Leaving the wash in the recesses layer up the Citadel Screamer Pink.
• Highlight the edges of the armor with Citadel Pink Horror
• Focusing on the sharpest points highlight again with Citadel Emperor’s Children

Gold

• Base with Citadel Balthasar Gold
• Wash with Citadel Reikland Fleshshade
• Leaving the wash in the recesses layer with Citadel Balthasar Gold
• Highlight with Citadel Gehenna’s Gold

Silver Metal

• Base with Citadel Leadbelcher
• Wash with Citadel Nuln Oil
• Highlight with Citadel Ironbreaker
• Edge Highlight with Citadel Runefang Steel

White Armor

Now I messed this up  at first and had to put too many layers of the Celestra Grey on and it kind of came out a little rough as a result.

• Base with Citadel Celestra Grey
• Wash in only the recessed armor details (like the rays of sun with Citadel Nuln Oil before cleaning up with the basecoat.
• Layer with Citadel Ulthuan Grey leaving the Celestra Grey showing in the recesses.
• Highlight the edges with Citadel White Scar

Blue Cloth

• Base with Citadel Macragge Blue
• Wash with Citadel Nuln Oil
• Leaving the wash in the recesses layer up with Citadel Macragge Blue again
• Highlight various areas with Citadel Altdorf Guard Blue
• Highlight the edges of the cloth with Citadel Calgar Blue

Black Leather

I kind of deviated from the Abaddon Black here and went with a base of Citadel Corvus Black and Citadel Nuln Oil to shade it.  This honestly provides a little more contrast before highlighting.

• Highlight with Citadel Dark Reaper
• Edge highlight the sharpest edges with Citadel Thunderhawk Blue

Cream Tabbard

• Base with Citadel Rakarth Flesh
• Wash the whole cloth with Citadel Seraphim Sepia
• Layer back up to Citadel Rakarth Flesh leaving the Seraphim Sepia in the recesses
• Highlight the sharpest edges of the cloth with Citadel Pallid Wych Flesh

Jewels

• Base with Citadel Thousand Sons Blue
• Highlight the edges with Citadel Ahriman Blue
• On the raised points and sharper edges highlight with Citadel Fenrisian Grey

Leather

Base with Citadel Corvus Black

Wash with Citadel Nuln Oil

(Not yet done) Highlight with Citadel Dawnstone

Armor

Base with Citadel Iron Hands Steel

Wash with Citadel Nuln Oil

Wash in recesses a 50-50 mixture of Citadel Akhelian Green and Citadel Contrast Medium

(Not yet done) Highlight with Citadel Stormhost Silver

So I came to the most challenging part of the project… painting fair skin.  I did a lot of research and found that Kislev Flesh and Pallid Wych Flesh are the most common paints used.  But another thing I know with painting female fleshtones is that you do not want a harsh contrast so using washes was out of the question.

In the end I settled on the following:
Fair Skin
Using several thin layers of Citadel Kislev Flesh on a basecoat of a white primer gets the initial starting point.

Use a 50/50 mixture of Citadel Kislev Flesh and Citadel Pallid Wych Flesh to leave the Citadel Kislev Flesh in the recesses.

Finally highlighting raised areas of the skin use a 2 part to 1 part mixture of Citadel Pallid Wych Flesh and Citadel Kislev Flesh.

Red Corsets/Robes

Build up Citadel Khorne Red over several thin layers.

Use a 50/50 mixture of Citadel Nuln Oil and Citadel Carroburg Crimson diluted partially with water.  I ended up using about equal parts of water and each wash paint.

Tidy up the raised areas with Citadel Khorne Red

Highlight the edges of the robes and corsets with Citadel Wild Rider Red.

Vines

Being very careful build up Citadel Loren Forest on the each of the vines.

Highlight the raised bits of the vines with a 2 part to 1 part mixture of Citadel Loren Forest and Citadel Screaming Skull.

Wood

Base the wood with a 2 part to 1 part mixture of Citadel Gorthor Brown and Citadel Dryad Bark.

Wash with Citadel Agrax Earthshade.

Highlight up the edges with a 4 part to 2 part to 1 part mixture of Citadel Gorthor Brown, Citadel Dryad Bark and Citadel Screaming Skull.

Finally on the sharpest edges use a 2 part to 1 part mixture of Citadel Gorthor Brown and Citadel Screaming Skull

I started painting the Blade Coven over the weekend.  The first step was to come up a painting scheme and the Warhmmer TV video of How to Paint – Morgwaeth’s Blade Coven served as most of the inspiration.

I started with the hair and the base as you can see from the images below.

Blue Hair

Base the hair with Citadel Corax White

Wash with 2 parts Citadel Contrast Medium to 1 part Citadel Contrast Aethermatic Blue

Drybrush the hair with Citadel Corax White

Drybrush lightly the hair with Citadel White Scar

Pink Hair

Base the hair with Citadel Corax White

Wash with 2 parts Citadel Contrast Medium to 1 part Citadel Contrast Magos Purple

Drybrush the hair with Citadel Corax White

Drybrush lightly the hair with Citadel White Scar

Bases

Base the whole base with a 50-50 mix of Citadel Zandri Dust and Citadel Rakarth Flesh

Wash the whole base with a 1-1-1 mix of Citadel Lahmian Medium, Water and Citadel Agrax Earthshade

For the dirt apply a second wash of the above mixture

For the rocks only highlight them with a 50-50 mixture of Citadel Zandri Dust and Citadel Rakarth Flesh

For the rocks only highlight them with a 50-50 mixture of Citadel Zandri Dust and Citadel Screaming Skull

For the skulls highlight with Citadel Ushabti Bone and a fine/edge highlight of Citadel Screaming Skull

I recently splurged and got two new Warbands!  I have always loved the look of the Daughters of Khaine but didn’t want to collect a full army. Morgwaeth’s Blade Coven gave me the perfect opportunity to finally collect and paint some.

Additionally I decided to pick up Steelheart’s Champions at the same time. Just because…