Black Skin
- Start by priming the whole miniature with Chaos Black. To ensure the whole thing had a solid basecoat, I went over it again with a thin coat of Abaddon Black.
- Then heavily drybrush the whole thing with a 1:1 mix of Abaddon Black and Skavenblight Dinge. This drybrush should hit pretty much everything but darkness in the recesses.
- Now drybrush again, this time with pure Skavenblight Dinge. I kept my brushstroke lighter and in a townwards direction, so it was similar to a zenithal highlight.
- Basecoat the fleshy bits with Bugman's Glow.
- Go over the fleshy parts with some Carroburg Crimson, to bring back colour. I used a drop of Lahmian Medium to thin it.
- When the wash above is dry, pick out small highlights on the fleshy bits with Kislev Flesh.
- Edge highlight the skin with Stormvermin Fur.
- Selectively highlight with a 1:1 mix of Stormvermin Fur and Kislev Flesh.
- FInally, pick out specular highlights with Pallid Wych Flesh.
Yellow Bone Carapace
- Basecoat with a mix of Averland Sunset and Zandri Dust. I used a ratio of roughly 2:1, leaning slighltly more in favour of the yellow.
- Wash the carapace with a 1:1 mix of Skeleton Horde and Contrast Medium.
- Add chunky edge highlights of Averland Sunset mixed 1:1 with Ushabti Bone to all of the plating. Also add striations on the edges of large plates with the same chunky lines.
- With Ushabti Bone, edge highlight it all again with fine lines. Place these fine lines within the striations from the last stage too.
- Finish off with selective highlights of Wraithbone. Make these highlights very small or even specular highlights. These should be placed on the edges of the striations too.
- On points and sharp coners, you may want to add dots of White Scar too.
Dark Red Bone Claws/Weapons
- Mix Abaddon Black and Word Bearers Red, then basecoat the area.
- Now glaze towards the lightest area, using Word Bearers Red. I did a couple of passes, just to smooth the transition.
- Now mix Word Bearers Red with Squig Orange and add chunky highlights to all edges. I mixed a tad more :squig orang into the mix than Word Bearers Red.
- Apply a fine highlight of Squig Orange to all edges. I mixed in a little Lugganath Orange to make it more distinct.
- Mix in more Lugganath Orange, so it is at least 1:1 with the Squig Orange and selectively highlight relevant edges on corners, curves and points.
- Finish off with small amounts of pure Lugganath Orange, make these specular highlights mostly.
- When I was done, the claws looked a little flat and desaturated for my tastes. So I took a drop of Contrast Medium and mixed in a touch of Blood Angels Red, applying it as a glaze to add some much needed colour.
Red Eyes
- Basecoat the eye with Mephiston Red.
- Highlight a smaller area towards the front with Troll Slayer Orange.
- Finally pick out a specular highlight with White Scar.
Teeth
- Pick out each tooth with a couple of layers of Ushabti Bone.
- Add a smaller layer of Wraithbone to make each tooth look more cylindrical.
- Finally, add specular highlights of White Scar to the points.