Nidrick

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Here is Nidrick the Termagant, finished apart from a coat of Purity Seal (which will be done when there's more to batch together). I'm also considering Rhinox Hide to edge the base in, however that considered a minor detail and will also be done in batches.

The finishing touches to Nidrick were the claws and hooves. This was a simple matter of:

• Flesh Tearers Red, which is truly an amazing contrast paint if used right.
• Evil Sunz Scarlet to add some lines and give some grain, similar to the purple carapace.

I did a small test with Cadian Fleshtone used before the Evil Sunz Scarlet (making the edges even brighter), and that's definitely something to use on more special models (Carnifex, Hive Tyrant, that kind of thing), but it's simply not worth the effort here.

The base is simple, but time consuming if done one at a time. Further models will only have it done in batches.

• Green Stuff to cover any holes in the base.
• Astrogranite everywhere. It helps to move this up to the feet in places and make it look like the termagant is pressing down into the earth beneath.
• Mechanicus Standard Grey, very watered down, to cover any black base showing through, or any Green Stuff that hasn't been covered properly. This is slightly darker than Astrogranite, but the next steps tie it all together.
• PVA glue, watered down, and spread over the base. The entire purpose of this is to prevent the texture paint from easily falling off. Paints and Purity Seal should help protect the glue from degrading later. Wait for this to fully dry before continuing.
• Drakenhof Nightshade over the entire base.
• Agrax Earthshade in patches.

And that's it. I could do more on the base, but that of course takes more time and effort - something I'm keen to avoid on such a small base, especially when it might be lost among the crowd/brood.

This is truly a tabletop quality model. I've spotted a few mistakes, fixed a couple, but others I'm not going to bother with. I'll need that mindset if I'm to get an army of these things painting relatively quickly. That being said, I'm still very pleased with how Nidrick turned out and have learned a lot more of how to use contrast paints.

Next step is to batch paint three more termagants and make sure the process is ok, before premixing paints and continuing with the rest.

-- silly painter.