Alright Day one I was able to pump out a really big chunk of these dudes. The fact that they are 85% flesh helps with that tremendously!
The next few steps aren't quite as detailed as my Five Step Flesh. But I will walk you through a few of the recipes I used as I finished up... uhhh... Yeah, I finished them :P
Armor
So with the armor I started with a VMC Flat read, and laid down a heavy wash of Citadel Badab Black wash.
This gives a really dark base point to start with. Really allowing me to get nice shading on the armor.
Next I highlighted the armor with VMC Vermillion. Really trying to hit the higher flatter portions of the armor, being sure to leave a nice dark shadow showing.
I then added some Rackham Lahn Yellow to the VMC Vermillion... not sure on the ratio's... just got a brush full of the yellow and mixed it into the red on my pallet, until I got a nice reddish orange color... kinda like the color of trout meat, or salmon... then I added that layer of highlight to the armor.
At this point I start hitting the metallics... VMC Gunmetal for all the silver and then VMC Old Gold for the gold portions. (Ill note that when ever painting metallics over a white base coat I will always lay down a dark grey or black base coat for anything I paint silver, and a yellow or brown basecoat for anything I paint gold). Also in this pic I have used P3 Menoth White on all of the wrappings, and washed them with a heavy Citadel Devlan Mud wash.
After getting the metallic base coats taken care of I hit all of the silvers with a Citadel Badab Black Wash. Then I hit all of the gold with a Citadel Gryphonne Sepia wash.
The next step I hit some of the smaller details. All of the leathers were hit with a Citadel Foundation Calthan Brown basecoat, followed by a Citadel Devlan Mud Wash. The stone portions were hit with a Citadel Astronomicon Grey base coat followed by a wash created by heavily diluting Delta Ceramcoat Black paint. The loin cloths were hit with varying shades of Greys, blue greys, and green greys. All of them had a base of Citadel Foundation Astronomicon grey, the blue greys had Citadel Fenris Blue mixed in, the Green greys added VMC US Olive Drab. They were all washed with a Citadel Badab Black at this point as well. Then we came to the war paint... I looked at a bunch of images Pict Warriors, Native Americans, and a bit of Braveheart to boot. I grabbed some Citadel Hawk Turquoise and began slapping on the war paint designs. I also hit some of the stone work with the Hawk Turquoise as well.
At this stage I am nearly finished with the crew. Here I have added highlights to the Warpaint, by adding a small amount of Andrea White Color Series number 4 to the Hawk Turquoise. I highlighted the stone, and the loin clothes by going back with the corresponding basecoat. I also added the hair at this stage, I used Rackham Black with an Astronomicon grey highlight followed by a Badab black wash to do the black hair. The reddish hair was Reaper Master Series Red Brown, followed by a Citadel Ogryn Flesh wash.
I then began basing, Elmers White glue was slathered onto the bases and the figures were dipped into a bucket of sand. After allowing them to dry for 4 hours I grabbed some MIG Track Brown Pigment and began caking the base and the feet and the loin cloths of these guys. It was very messy. After applying the pigment I sprayed each figure with a Krylon Matte Finish, to lock the pigment in place and give some protection to the paint job. Finishing touches were to paint the base edges with Rackham Black, and add an Army Painter Battlefields Wilderness Tuft to the base.
And here you are, a few shots of the finished project.
I hope this write up was cohesive and understandable. These two posts are kind of a first for me as far as really trying to explain step by step how my brain works as I paint. Please let me know what you think. If you like this, then I would be willing to do other similar types of tutorials. If it is not understandable.. PLEASE LET ME KNOW. Im really lookin for some good critiques on this. I'd like to be able to produce helpful tutorials, so feedback is very much wanted.
Five figs in five.....errrrr two days! Completely possible, I had my doubts, but with some really killer sculpts and a plan of attack you could be staring at a fully painted unit in just a few short days.
Thanks for watching!!
-Grim
