Sanguinary Priest (continued)

Mostly 'armless.

Colours are a bit off in the photo, which is because I'm playing around with a lightbox, and haven't fully sorted it out yet. More diffusion required, and the white balance needs adjusting too, but if I wait to do that then this will never get written out.

Not much has actually been done, but enough experimenting that I wanted to note down how I achieved the effects. The halo collar was entirely coloured with washes and glazes, no layer paints of any kind. I could go back and do something more, but at this point it's not really worth it (and because I haven't decided what more to do).

• Corax White (just the base coat)
• Lamenters Yellow (glaze)
• Casandora Yellow (wash; I just wanted an excuse to use that wash again)
• Fuegan Orange (wash; again, just wanted the excuse, limited to more recessed areas)
• Druchii Violet (wash; gold colours look better with a bit of violet)
• Seraphim Sepia (wash; just to tie everything together)

I let a few colours bleed into the lower collar areas, but otherwise kept that white. This keeps the focus on the halo itself rather than the entire collar, and also that area will be hidden somewhat by the helmet or head later on.

The flask on his left is something I spent far too much time with. I wasn't sure if I wanted it transparent or not, and ultimately went with "mostly not". So while it's still towards the red end of the spectrum, it's not blood-red. I did want the neck to be darker, hinting that the bottom of the flask is filled with something. Ultimately, the following:

• Shyish Purple (contrast)
• Gal Vorbak Red (base, thinned, more layers towards the bottom)
• Screamer Pink (layer, more towards the bottom)
• Bloodletter (heavily applied to shift away from pink, more to red)

Shyish Purple is a very dark purple. I'm considering it for part of Horus' cloak, or perhaps for Tyranids. It's so dark as to almost not be effective as a contrast paint, but I like the shade of purple regardless.

Lahmian Medium and Nuln Oil (about 3:1) were mixed and added into recessed areas of the armour to give it a bit more contrast. Ulthuan Grey turned out rather well as a highlight, but it's very subtle. Don't want to do much more - white is such a hard colour to work with that I could easily mess it up.

Next steps are to start filling in some metallics, and highlight the flask stopper slightly.

-- silly painter.