Nekima - Part III

Red pants time.

Continuing with Nekima, some additional colours have started to be added. The model is starting to come to life now, but much remains.

In the interests of getting the model done more quickly, the clothing is fairly simple. I'm relying mostly on the sculpt and shades to bring out the detail.

• Khorne Red over all the clothing.
• Drakenhof Nightshade over all of the clothing.
• Word Bearers Red to highlight. This red has a lot of brown in it, and gives a more earthy tone.
• Mephiston Red for select highlighting, just to brighten a few areas and because it was on the palette still.

That's really it. Perhaps a contrast paint would have suited for the leggings, or perhaps some mixing with brown a little more, but I'm not going to go overboard here; this miniature is for fun, not for competition. I've also painted the upper thigh areas as though covered by part of the leggings too. I would have preferred the purple tones, for flesh, but the model has some join lines in those areas and skin just didn't fit with that, so red stockings or something it is. It's more apparent from a different angle to that shown above - next time I might take a rear photo as well.

A very fine brush and a very small amount of Aethermatic Blue (Contrast) was added around the eyes. The detail is very small and getting eyes in there would have been too much of a pain. Instead, a kind of magical glow seemed fitting. Aethermatic Blue is actually more of a blue-green in colour, so it complements the reds and purples well.

Originally I was going to go with black hair, but decided that this might unbalance the model slightly, and a white or silver colour would frame the face better.

• Administratum Grey over all the hair. This needed two or three coats, especially as it's a layer rather than base paint.
• Nuln Oil. Not heavily applied, but enough to darken the recessed areas.
• Administratum Grey again to highlight.
• Ulthuan Grey for further highlights.
• White Scar, thinned down, for final highlights.

Needs a brush with a fine tip, and a good deal of patience, but whoever designed this model really did a good job in helping someone to paint it. I've had far more trouble with the hair on miniatures from Games Workshop.

I've been starting to consider how the base might look, and strangely I might end up going for a forested look. A small stream running next to the rocks, some tufts of grass about. Something different than a blasted battlefield.

-- silly painter.