Nekima - Part I

Born to the purple.

Today's post is about Nekima from Wyrd Miniatures. Not a Games Workshop model for once. A friend left some behind, and I've been contemplating how to go about using the models for some time. I think I've come to the point where I need to try different techniques, or simply different models, to progress as a painter. Not everything can be a Space Marine.

The miniatures I have from Wyrd are all unique, of a smaller scale than from Games Workshop, and entirely different from a design perspective. The model of Nekima has exposed flesh, wrapped clothing, ceratin (horns and hooves), leathery wings, and possibly a sword of dubious magic in nature. I confess that I think the main horns are overly large and unbalance the model, but I'm leaving them in place because it's something extra to paint.

The colour scheme I wanted as purple, just because I wanted to try more of a colour I don't normally play with. I didn't want a complementary colour for the clothing, so the primary for that would be red. Turns out that this is not an unpopular choice for this particular model. The sword I'll likely try some NMM on, using blue-green to complement the skin. Split complementary from purple tends towards green and yellow; bronze and gold metallics for sword details and armour will provide more yellow oriented tones.
The base I'm not entirely decided upon, but I do like the idea of blues around the feet, sort of like a magical aura lighting up otherwise neutral grey rocks.

The photo above is immediately after the airbrush base colours:

• Night Lords Blue over the whole model.
• Chemos Purple over most of the model, leaving some of the previous code in the downward facing areas.
• Genestealer Purple highlight.
• White Scar added to the cup, mixed in, and highlight larger curved areas of the body.
• Additional White Scar added to the cup, mixed in, further highlights.

The darker blue is done because that allows later shading to be more natural. The white mixed in was done to deliberately desaturate the purple and give a much brighter skin tone. The wings did not receive this step much, which is on purpose to help give them a more leathery look, and to keep focus on head and torso.
Going back and defining the abdomen muscles will prove to be an interesting challenge no doubt, but then that's all part of the reason to be practicing on such a different model design than I'm used to.

-- silly painter.