Crimson Court, Ennias Curse-born - Part III (Showcase)

 

Seriously, the hair looks more like his head is on fire.

I'll be honest, I'm putting less effort into a lot of models at the moment. The flip side is that I'm also completing a lot more, and really learning how various paints and colours work together. Experimentation is high, motivation to finish to a high standard is not. With that expectation in mind, this model actually came out better than I thought.

I'll do a quick fire list of what was done extra:

• Boots highlighted with Tallarn Sand using stippling or scratchy motions.
• Straps highlighted with Tuskgor Fur, again with stippling or scratchy motions.
• Trousers highlighted with Gorthor Brown, you guessed it: stippling or scratchy motions. I also spent a little extra time to highlight folds in the clothing with a second layer.
• Some red around the mouth, more than just the lips to give a bloodied, demonic look. Really makes him look more evil.
• Hair was Corax White, coated with Apothecary White and while that was still workable, quickly switch to Basilicanum Grey to blend in some parts to be darker. I like of like this for extremely white hair.

The hair in particular being white draws all the attention to the face. I paint quite dark in general, so those little bright areas do stand out all the more for it.

The wings I really couldn't decide on for a long time. Looked at images of bats, looked at other models for inspiration, and nothing was really working for me. In the end I just decided to go with what I had originally painted with the airbrush and give the wing membrane a red/brown tint to balance out the boots and trousers. All of the following steps were done quite thinly; the airbrush done originally still shows through and gave a remarkably good foundation to work from.

• Barak-Nar Burgundy mixed with Abaddon Black and applied to shaded areas, particularly on the underside.
• Barak-Nar Burgundy used to blend out the previous step, and for some of the upper side shaded areas.
• Gal Vorbak Red as a striped highlight, most of it being applied below but some on the upper side too.
• Word Bearers Red striped again as a highlight, mostly on the above of the wings.
• Rakarth Flesh mixed into the prior colours and used to highlight the wing bones. Only a very, very small amount of Rakarth Flesh is needed for this (I used too much actually).
• Agrax Earthshade, thinned a little with water, and glazed over the whole of the wings.

And other than the base (which was done similar to the previous Crimson Court member), that's basically the model done. I ended up using a very small amount of varnish on the wings, just because they were likely to received some wear & tear from handling, and on the edge of the base, but otherwise I left it alone. I'll just have to be careful - even if there's not much movement once the model goes into storage boxes.

Permissable purchases now stand at 9. I was gifted a model however, and so I'm trying to decide if that should count or not. Still a model I guess, so back to 8.

-- silly painter.