Grey Cloth
- Basecoat with Stormvermin Fur .
- Shade with a mix of 2 parts Stormvermin Fur , 2 parts Abaddon Black and 1 part Incubi Darkness .
- Highlight with 1:1 Stormvermin Fur and Administratum Grey .
- Highlight more selectively with 1:1 Administratum Grey and White .
Black Cloth
- Basecoat with 1:1 Black and Naggaroth Night .
- Shade recesses with Black .
- Glaze raised areas with the base colour mixed 1:1 with Eshin Grey .
- Repeat, coverring a smaller area with just Eshin Grey .
- Apply chunky highlights with Stormvermin Fur . These are best applied with a series of scratchy lines.
- Mix your Stormvermin Fur 1:1 with Administratum Grey , then add in fine edge highlights.
- Highlight selectively with pure Administratum Grey .
- Finish with a few very small highlights of 1:1 Administratum Grey and White .
You could definitely simplify this method and leave out the glazing. However, I wanted an interesting cloak that I could also use on my Chorister too. With there not being much call to use this colour on the troopers, I think it is worth the effort to tie the whole force together.
Gasmask
- Basecoat with Administratum Grey .
- Shade with a 1:1 mix of Administratum Grey and Rhinox Hide .
- Further define deep recesses with some thin Rhinox Hide .
- Add selective highlights using 1:1 Administratum Grey and White .
- Finish with a few small White highlights.
Full transparency, these masks are pretty small. So I typically thin my initial shade colour heavily, then apply it as an all over wash. This means you will have to re-establish the Administratum Grey before proceeding with highlights though.
Leg Wrappings
- Basecoat with 2:1 Wraithbone and Rakarth Flesh .
- Wash with Agrax Earthshade .
- Edge highlight with Wraithbone .
- Selectively edge highlight with 1:1 Wraithbone and White .
Tan leather
- Basecoat with Steel Legion Drab .
- Shade with 1:1 Tallarn Sand and Rhinox Hide .
- Deep shade with Rhinox Hide where needed. I typically just use this colour to separate the boots from the wraps.
- Highlight with Baneblade Brown .
- Selectively highlight with Karak Stone .
- Basecoat with Black .
Black Armour
- Highlight with Dark Reaper .
- Mix the Dark Reaper 1:1 with Administratum Grey then pick out edges with fine highlights.
- Using pure Administratum Grey , selectively highlight curves and corners.
- Finish with a few specular highlights of 1:1 Administratum Grey and White .
- Pick out rivets with Silver RLM01 Metallic .
Black Rubber Tubing
- Basecoat with Black .
- Glaze Incubi Darkness over all the exposed tubing.
- Apply fine highlights of Incubi Darkness 1:1 with Deepkin Flesh .
- Add selective highlights of Deepkin Flesh on corners and points that would catch the light.
- Mix a little Ivory or Pallid Wych Flesh into your Deepkin Flesh and add specular highlights where needed.
Dark Brown Leather
- Basecoat with Rhinox Hide .
- Edge highlight with Doombull Brown , making them a little chunkier on corners and exposed areas.
- Selectively highlight with XV-88 on corners and exposed edges.
- Finish with specular highlights of Screaming Skull , where needed.
Dead Skin
- Basecoat with an equal parts mix of Cadian Fleshtone , Administratum Grey and White .
- Take a small portion of the above colour and mix it 1:1 with Doombull Brown . Thin this new colour to a wash consistency with Lahmian Medium and wash the skin.
- Add a little Naggaroth Night to the previous paint and shade deep recesses that need a little more definition.
- Re-establish the base colour where needed, before adding a little :white to it and selectively highlighting.
- Finish off with a few specular White highlights.
Steel
- Basecoat with Leadbelcher .
- Wash with a 1:1 mix of Nuln Oil and Agrax Earthshade .
- Enhance the shading with glazes of Agrax Earthshade .
- Highlight with Ironbreaker .
- Finish with selective highlights of Silver RLM01 Metallic .
Tarnished Gold
- Basecoat with 1:1 Retributor Armour and Sycorax Bronze .
- Wash with Agrax Earthshade , thinned with a little water or Lahmian Medium so it just adds a tint and brings out the deatails.
- Repeat with more targeted shading using Reikland Fleshshade .
- Overbrush and edge highlight with Sycorax Bronze .
- Finish with a few selective highlights of Silver RLM01 Metallic .
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