Chief Librarian Mephiston (finecast) Part II

Showing of his muscles.

Continuing with Mephiston, I thought it a good idea to fill in some of the armour and juxtapose it against the robes. This is the step that really starts to give definition to the model, and provides some insight to the feel of how it will finally look.

The chest armour is very similar to my standard approach to Blood Angels, just with a different shade applied. The different feel to Mephiston's armour comes predominantly from the form of it rather than the colour; Blood Angels are blood red anyway, so there's little need to change much to give that flayed appearance.

• 1:1 Dryad Bark / Mephiston Red over the whole armour. Actually I'm still using some of the artificer tint mix I did, but it's very similar.
• Mephiston Red, applied in thin layers and building up to highlighted areas.
• Evil Sunz Scarlet, used for additional highlighting.
• Mephiston Red again, glazed to pull back the previous step to a more pure red.
• Druchii Violet, applied carefully with a very fine brush in between muscle lines and other recessed areas. Used rather than the normal shade to increase the contrast a little further, and to help set aside Mephiston from other models.

Edging of the armour has so far had Balthasar Gold applied, and will be highlighted later: likely with Gehenna's Gold, and perhaps a very select amount of Auric Armour Gold if I feel like it. There's not much of the edging, and I don't want it to detract from the red, so highlights will be thin and few.

The skulls along the cloak are a simple matter of Corax White covered with Skeleton Horde (Contrast). Some mistakes need fixing, but there won't be much more done. This is more due to the detail limitations than anything else, and is perhaps the area where the model most shows its age.

Overall I'm happy with how the armour is going. It shows the red of a Blood Angel, but subtly darker, more menacing, as befits the Lord of Death's demeanour.

-- silly painter.