Crusty Balboa (Moonstone)

Crusty Balboa (Moonstone)

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    06 Oct 2025
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  1. First, I primed both subsections (goblin and lobster) in Standard Grey . The Lobster was then given a zenithal with Ghoul Grey

Goblin:

  1. Basecoats:
    - Skin AK Olivgrun
    - Trousers Black Red , then paint in every second stripe with Thar Brown
    - Bandana and boots Tenebrous Grey
    - Waistcoat and Spyglass Dark Brown
  2. Wash the whole model with 2:1 Lahmian Medium : Agrax Earthshade
  3. Highlight the black areas with AK Dunkelgrau
  4. Highlight the skin with Grey Green
  5. Highlight the brown with Thar Brown

Lobster

  1. Basecoat the entire carapace, bar the central underbody, with Incubi Darkness .
  2. Drybrush these dark green areas with Sybarite Green , then 1:1 Sybarite Green : Gauss Blaster Green , then pure Gauss Blaster Green on the extreme centre.
  3. Black out the eyes and hook with Matt Black , and the pegleg with Dark Brown
  4. Basecoat the underbody with Deepkin Flesh and the barnacles with Thar Brown
  5. Wash the carapace with Aeldari Emerald , diluted way down with Lahmian Medium .
  6. Wash the barnacles with a heavy coat of Agrax Earthshade
  7. Drybrush the hook with Thrash Metal
  8. Lightly drybrush the claw extremeties, fin and feelers with Magenta
AK Interactive 3rd Generation Acrylics
Standard 5
  • AK11016 Grey Green
  • AK11026 Tenebrous Grey
  • AK11067 Magenta
  • AK11098 Black Red
  • AK11109 Dark Brown
Citadel Painting System 7
Base 1
  • Incubi Darkness
Shade 1
  • Agrax Earthshade
Layer 3
  • Deepkin Flesh
  • Gauss Blaster Green
  • Sybarite Green
Technical 1
  • Lahmian Medium
Contrast 1
  • Aeldari Emerald
Colour Forge
Base 2
  • Ghoul Grey
  • Standard Grey
Scale75 Scalecolor 2
Scalecolor 1
  • SC-61 Thar Brown
Metal n' Alchemy 1
  • SC-64 Thrash Metal
The Army Painter Warpaints
Acrylic 1
  • Matt Black
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