Painting some Followers of Bone

[PaulinKendal]

I did do an SBS for WW2 germans as part of the Simon T tribute group build, so you can look that one out as well if you are so inclined….

This https://www.scale-models.co.uk/threa...p-build.36367/ is great, Tim - so much useful stuff. And such impressive end results - bravo!

[Tim Marlow]

This https://www.scale-models.co.uk/threa...p-build.36367/ is great, Tim - so much useful stuff. And such impressive end results - bravo!

Thanks Paul. Glad you liked it. I must admit some of my methods have changed a little since then but that will happen especially as I paint virtually every day. Your SBS covers things I didn’t think about so we are complimenting each other here…..
Being historicals I didn’t have to worry about the colour scheme either LOL.

[PaulinKendal]

You won’t regret it..…..

I've just broken off from the start of a painting session to report - Wow!

The combination of the Raphael No.2 and flow aid (actually airbrush flow improver, all I had) is remarkable, surely a gamechanger.

Ta, Tim!

[Tim Marlow]

Great stuff, look after them and they’ll last you years!

[PaulinKendal]

Ok, so here's the first results using a really good brush and flow improver.

These guys are obsessed with bones. I'm guessing the sight of one's own bones visible through translucent, papery skin would be quite the fashion statement. Followers of Bone are not sun-worshippers! So I've given them a chilly purplish skin tone. Maybe overdone it.

And dreads in vibrant red and orange were so easy to paint! I love that I can now load a really tiny amount of paint onto the brush and it doesn't instantly dry. Putting tiny amounts of paint onto the model really precisely is much, much easier.



And those mould lines are plainly visible across his knuckles and his skull helmet...

Seriously, I'm shocked how much difference this is going to make. And how much longer my figures are going to take to paint. :smiling5:

[PaulinKendal]

Quick wash to the bones - Citadel seraphim sepia, straight from the pot.



That's it for today - lots to process.

[Jim R]

Hi Paul
Although I have no interest in this genre of the hobby the thread is fascinating and I'm sure that a lot of the techniques and ideas are applicable to any figure painting. Most enjoyable. The results speak for themselves :thumb2:
Jim

[PaulinKendal]

Thanks Jim.

[Tim Marlow]

Hi Paul
That sepia wash does the job doesn’t it. Looking good now…..

[PaulinKendal]

After an afternoon of mucking around with painting, thinning consistency and flow improver I feel I'm really making progress. The glossy wash doesn't do these pictures any favours - a bit distracting. Once I've decided that this is completed a varnish will bring it together more.

[Tim Marlow]

Lovely stuff. Love the colour transitions on the green cloth. Contrasts brilliantly with the red dreds. Just excellent!

[PaulinKendal]

That's very kind, Tim.

Having got a completely new way to paint (paint thinned and 'relaxed' with flow improver, and using a top-notch brush - thanks Tim), I've decided to continue in a rather more systematic approach to SBS.

So I'm taking the two same sculpts that have only been zenithal primed and applying the paint scheme - I'll identify paints as I go.

So, starting with two figures zenithal primed with Vallejo black surface primer followed by Stynylrez white primer:



I've applied Vallejo Game Color (VGC) Smokey Ink to the boots and fur, and VGC Leather Brown to belts, skirt and weapon wraps. You can really see how the prime really shows through the thin costs of paint. And hopefully, no blobby paint obscuring detail!

And I'm not just slapping these on. I probably could get away with doing that, but it's good to explore the precision this new approach allows me. I'm going to try and do the whole thing with a Raphael 8404 no.2.

[Tim Marlow]

Nice approach. I must admit paint colour names always make me smile…..

[PaulinKendal]

Nice approach. I must admit paint colour names always make me smile…..

Vallejo are bad enough, but Citadel? Just ridiculous!

[PaulinKendal]

Skin done in shades of mauve and flesh, using a mix of VGC Pale Flesh and (here we go) Hexed Lichen; trousers are Jade Green, jacket is Goblin Green.