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Next up for the Crimson Court we have Vellas von Faine. There's not much to say about her yet, but I thought it might be good to show a very early stage and just how bad it's looking so that it can be compared to later results.
I decided early on to use purple armour done in a similar style to Prince Duvalle's. I also on purpose will make most of it the one colour rather than various metallics like in the reference. The scheme used by Games Workshop is really very well done, but I wanted everything to match up. It actually not easier to do this - I have to use purples but still paint and shade it all slightly different to make it uniform without being the same. Even the clothing I will likely make a very dark purple-grey.
The skin tone this time is going to be the same as done with one of the Sequitors. I liked the result, and it gives more interest than yet-another-pale-skinned-vampire.
I tried some white ink through the airbrush to give a zenithal highlight. It didn't work. I then used thinned down White Scar, which gave much better coverage, but the speckling from the ink is still....excessive. I had thought to try some contrast paints to see how it would work, but the speckling is too much. Actually, thinned Naggaroth Night (the base purple used) glazes just as well and still shows the gradient underneath. I will mix in black later to darken some areas and start to build up tone contrast. At least I can see the details.
The eyes are White Scar and Blood Angels Red (Contrast). It looks creepy, especially with the teeth. I like it. The photo has provided a good reference of where to start placing later highlights, and I'm hoping they won't detract from that red glow. This model will no doubt not wind up looking as awesome as I hope, but at least it's provided some entertainment so far.
-- silly painter.
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