
GETTING STARTED WITH BEASTS OF CHAOS
- PAINTING BEASTMEN
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Once your models have a basecoat, painting can begin. Below, you will find
a simple-but-effective colour scheme using only 10 colours. Follow the detailed
instructions and check out the stage-by-stage images for reference as you
paint your models. Don't fret if the model doesn't come out picture perfect
in the end; painting takes time and practice to master. Just do the best
you can each time and be open to learning new techniques from others. Before
you know it, you'll be quite an accomplished painter with models you'll
be proud to game with!
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Start things off by drybrushing the model's fur with Bestial Brown. Drybrushing
first makes sense, because you'll inevitably get brown all over the
place as you drybrush! Now paint all the flesh with Scorched Brown. Leave
recessed
areas of black paint visible while painting the flesh, especially
on the arms and abdomen. Once the flesh has its basecoat, carefully stripe
the model's horns with Scorched Brown as opposed to painting them
all
one colour. This step gives your paint scheme more depth. The model's
base is then heavily drybrushed Scorched Brown. |
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Start
to highlight all the skin with slightly watered-down Dark Flesh. Paint
over most of the Scorched Brown skin areas that you painted previously,
but not completely. Paint the raised and central areas of the flesh
but leave the edges and recesses Scorched Brown. Open up some Boltgun
Metal and begin painting the weapons, gauntlets, chainmail, and anything
else metallic on the model. Water the Boltgun Metal down a tiny bit
so that it flows from your brush smoothly. The model's base is again
heavily drybrushed but with Dark Flesh instead. |
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Grab Bestial Brown once more and paint the weapon hafts.
If wood grain is visible, carefully drybrush this area and you'll
find that the grain picks up the paint rather nicely. Pick out the
model's teeth and necklace string with Bestial Brown along with the
hanging trinkets found around the waist. The weapon handle wrappings
were picked out with a steady hand and Bubonic Brown. Continue the
base's progress by drybrushing it with Bestial Brown.
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Time to finish the flesh and fur. Carefully drybrush
small areas of the model's fur with Bubonic Brown. Use a small drybrush
and be careful not to get paint on other areas of the model. Highlight
the skin in a limited fashion, but use a watered-down mix of Dark
Flesh and a drop or two of Blood Red. Pay special attention to the
face while highlighting. Continue using Blood Red and paint the model's
tabard with downward strokes that leave recessed areas black. Add
the model's eyes with two dabs of Blood Red from a trustworthy fine
detail brush. Pick the beads on the dangling trinkets out with Blood
Red and paint the waist belt with Scorched Brown. Lightly drybrush
the model's base in spots with Bubonic Brown. Finish the forth step
by first spreading watered-down Chestnut Ink and then a tiny bit of
watered-down Black Ink on the Boltgun Metal areas. Don't over ink
an area, or it'll run all over the place! Always try and do inks last
because they need time to dry.
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Almost done! Use Bleached Bone to paint the model's
hooves and carefully pick out the teeth. Now, paint any tooth trinkets
or necklaces with Bleached Bone. Very lightly drybrush the weapon
haft's wood grain with this color and then paint the handle wrappings.
Going back to the model's horns, use Bestial Brown to apply rings
to the areas you painted Scorched Brown from Step 1. Finish the base
with a light drybrushing of Bleached Bone in a few spots and paint
the flat base edges Scorched Brown. Relax, sit back, and admire your
work! |
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Now that your models are painted, it's time to test them in battle!
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