I decided to paint my Fellgor Ravagers Beastmen with a variety of skin tones, but tie the Kill Team together with the colour of the equipment.
Pale Skin
- Basecoat the skin with an equal parts mix of Rakarth Flesh , Ushabti Bone and White Scar .
- Wash the skin with Reikland Fleshshade , thinned witn an equal amount of Contrast Medium .
- If you want to add any extra definition in recesses, I would receommend doing a deep recess shade with some thin Dryad Bark and a thin brush.
- Increase the amount of White Scar in the base mix and apply highlights.
- Finally, add selective highlights of pure White Scar , where needed.
Scars
- After the skin was done, I took some Volupus Pink worked it on my wet pallete and then went over the scars.
- Edge highlight the raised detail with Pallid Wych Flesh .
- Finish off the scars with dots of White Scar on any raised lumps of irregularities in the scar.
Horns
- Basecoat with Ushabti Bone .
- Paint the top two thirds of the horns with XV-88 .
- Repeat the process coverring less area with a glaze of Mournfang Brown .
- Mix the Mournfang Brown with Rhinox Hide and glaze again. At this point you should be coverring less than one thirds of it (roughly).
- Finally, glaze the tip with Rhinox Hide .
- Wash the exposed Ushabti Bone with some Skeleton Horde and the XV-88 / Mournfang Brown sections with Agrax Earthshade . I like to thin them both a little on my wet pallete before application.
- Now use the browns from your pallete to selectively edge highlight the horns, using a shade one stage lighter than they were painted initially.
Black Fur
- Basecoat with Abaddon Black .
- Pick out the individual strands with a 1:1 mix of Abaddon Black and Eshin Grey .
- Edge highlight strands with a thin line of Dawnstone .
- Seletively highlight tips and curves with Administratum Grey .
- Finish off with dots of White Scar on the tips of the strands.
Red Cloth
- Basecoat with Gal Vorbak Red .
- Glaze highlight with a thin 1:1 mix of Gal Vorbak Red . and Khorne Red .
- Chunky edge highlight with Evil Sunz Scarlet .
- Fine edge highlight with Squig Orange .
- Mix the Squig Orange 1:1 with Screaming Skull , then selectively highlight corners and curves.
- Add dots of Screaming Skull to finish the cloth.
Black Armour
- Basecoat: Black
Chunky: Incubi / Sons of Horus / Black 1:1:1 (use mix)
Highlight: Sons of Horus
Highlight: Ionrach / Dark Reaper 2:1 (use mix)
Stormhost Silver/bright silver of choice chips added at the end.
Bronze Armour
- Basecoat with Runelord Brass .
Shade: Akhelian green all over wash
Highlight: base mix
Highlight: Base mix / Stormhost 1:1
Highlight: stormhost
Weathering: glaze green tones build up verdigriswith - Wash with Agrax Earthshade .
- Mix Sotek Green and Kabalite Green 1:1 and run it into selective places you want verdigis.
- Enhance this weathering my mixing some White Scar into the above paints and adding smaller patches.
- Edge highlight the metal with a 1:1 mix of Runelord Brass and Stormhost Silver .
- Finish off the metal with selective edge highlights of Stormhost Silver .
Steel
- Basecoat with Leadbelcher .
- Wasdh with Nuln Oil .
- Add weathering with thinned Agrax Earthshade , Ratling Grime or any other transparent browns you prefer.
- Edge highlight with Stormhost Silver .
Brown Leather
- Basecoat the leather area with Rhinox Hide .
- Glaze most of the leather with thinned Mournfang Brown . Use quite a small brush and drag towards edges in rough lines. This should create some extra texture.
- Add a chunky edge highlight of Skrag Brown to all edges.
- Highlight everything again, this time with a fine line of Skrag Brown and Ushabti Bone mixed 1:1. This is a good mix to throw in occasional fine lines as scratches too.
- With pure Ushabti Bone , selectively highlight corners and exposed edges of the leather. Put a dot of this colour where the additional scratched above meet edges too.
- Add a little pure white (like Dead White ) to your Ushabti Bone and add dot highlights to corners.
The following are alternative recipes I used/plan of using for the rest of the Kill Team. I will update the sections with images, as and when they are complete.
Undead Skin
- Basecoat: Rakarth Flesh/Ushabti Bone/White 1:1:1
Soft Shade: Rakarth Flesh
Shade: Baneblade Brown
Deep Shade (if needed) – Gorthor Brown/Dryad Bark 1:1
Chunky Highlight: Base Mix
Highlight: Add White to previous mix
Tip: Add small amounts of Dark Reaper or Sons of Horus Green into the shade-stages to vary the tone of the skin.
Tip: Add soft glazes of Ushabti Bone to midtones if needed. Add thing glazes of Wazdakka Red around ears, knuckles, elbows, etc.
Rodent Skin
- Basecoat: Cadian Fleshtone, Administratum Grey & Blue Horror 2:1:2
Shade: Reikland Fleshshade & Cadian Fleshtone
Shade: Carroberg Crimson
Deep shade (if needed): Doombull Brown, Khorne Red & Black 3:1:1
Grey Skin
- Basecoat: Administratum Grey
Shade: Dawnstone
Line Shade: Eshin Grey
Highlight: Administratum Grey/White
Highlight: Add White to previous mix
Blending/Glazing towards the top of the body: Thunderhawk Blue
Pale Skin
- Basecoat: Rakarth Flesh
Glaze: Skavenlight Dinge
Highlight: Rakarth Flesh & Deepkin Flesh 2:1
Highlight: Deepkin Flesh
White Skin
- Basecoat: Celestra Grey & White 1:1
Shade: Celestra Grey
Shade: Celetra Grey & Daemonette Hide
Warm Glazes: Screamer Pink, Kantor & Khorne 1:1:1 (When needed)
Cold Glazes: Naggaroth Night (When needed)
Orange Skin
- Basecoat: Balor Brown/Ogryn Camo 1:1
Soft Shade: Base Mix/Reikland 2:1
Deep Shade: Reikland Fleshshade
Highlight: Base Mix/Flayed One 3:1
Highlight: Base Mix/Flayed One 1:1
Highlight: Base Mix/Flayed One 1:3
Glaze Highlight (If Needed): Screaming Skull
Troll Skin
- Basecoat: Rakarth/Flayed One 2:1
Shade: Cadian/Baneblade 1:1
Shade: Gorthor
Highlight: Rakarth/Kislev/White 2:1:1
Highlight Rakarth/Flayed One/White 2:2:1
Glaze Ears, Nose, Elbows, Fingers: Wazdakka
Tan Skin
- Basecoat: Cadian Fleshtone + Mournfang Brown 1:1
Shade: Mournfang Brown
Shade: Mournfang Brown + Rhinox Hide 1:1
Highlight: Step 1 Mix + Ushabti Bone 3:1
Highlight: Step 1 Mix + Ushabti Bone 1:1
Highlight: Step 1 Mix + Ushabti Bone 1:3
Glaze: Step 1 Mix
Pink Flesh
- Basecoat: Cadian Fleshtone + Ushabti Bone(1:1)
Shade: Reikland + Druchii Violet (1:1)
Tidy: Basecoat Mix
Highlight: Cadian Fleshtone + Ushabti Bone(1:2)
Highlight: Cadian Fleshtone + Ushabti Bone + White (1:2:2)
Yellow Flesh
- Basecoat: Zandri Dust
Shade: Reikland Fleshshade
Layer: Zandri Dust + Zamesi Desert (1:1)
Highlight: Zamesi Desert + Flayed One Flesh (1:1)
Chaos Skin
- Base coat: Cadian Fleshtone & Administratum Grey 1:1
Shade: Reikland Fleshshade glazed
Shade some areas Khorne Red with a touch of Black/ Gal Vorbak Red.
Layer Cadian Fleshtone & Administratum Grey 1:2
Add White to highlight further
Zombie Flesh
- Basecoat: Cadian Fleshtone, Administratum Grey + White 3:1:1
Shade: Base mix + Doombull Brown
Smooth out: base mix
Glaze mutations: Xereus Purple, Calgar Blue, Straken Green, etc.
Glaze boils: Yriel Yellow, Casandora Yellow
Highlight: Base mix + White
Dwarf Skin
- Basecoat: Cadian Fleshtone & Ushabti Bone 1:1
Wash: Reikland Fleshshade
Deep Shade: Doombull Brown
Re-Layer: Basecoat
Highlight: Ushabti Bone
Highlight: Ushabti Bone & White
Final Highlight: White
Glaze with Red, Purple, etc, if needed to add life to the skin
Pale Skin
- Basecoat: Pallid Wych Flesh
Controlled light Shade: Doombull Brown
Deeper Shade: Doombull Brown & Black
Highlight: Pallid Wych Flesh
Highlight: Pallid Wych Flesh & White
Highlight: White
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