PAINTING THE BONE GIANT
With the release of the Warhammer Armies Tomb Kings book, we thought we'd ask the 'Eavy Metal team how they painted the awesome new Bone Giant. Click on each close-up to see a larger version.
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ASSEMBLING THE MODEL
After the model was cleaned up and any mould lines filed off, the arms
were pinned to the torso, and then the rest of the figure was assembled. The
Bone Giant was then sprayed with an undercoat of Chaos Black and any areas where
the paint had failed to catch were touched up with thinned Chaos Black paint.
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To get a clean, sun-bleached effect, the bone sections were painted almost white. To achieve this, a basecoat of Bestial Brown was used. This was then highlighted with Snakebite Leather. Bronzed Flesh was used for the next highlight stage, followed by a highlight of Bleached Bone. The final highlights were then made using Skull White. A thinned mix of equal parts Chestnut Ink and Brown Ink was painted into the recesses, and any areas where the ink had spread too far were covered over with Skull White.
The gold had to look old without being overly tarnished. A basecoat of Shining
Gold was used first, highlighted at first with Burnished Gold. This was followed
by a wash with the same Chestnut and Brown inks mix used on the bone areas (it
is a good idea to mix some up in a spare pot if you have one). The edges of
the gold were then highlighted with a mix of Burnished Gold and a small amount
of Mithril Silver.
FINE DETAIL
To add some variety, the bindings and bandages were painted in a couple
of different colours. All of the bandages were painted with Scorched Brown.
The edges of some were then painted with a highlight mix of Scorched Brown and
Rotting Flesh. The other bandages were highlighted with Bestial Brown, followed
by Snakebite Leather and a final highlight with Bronzed Flesh. Both types of
bandages were then given a wash with thinned Brown Ink to tie them in with the
rest of the model.
The belt was painted with a basecoat mix of equal parts Chaos Black and Codex Grey. This was then highlighted with thin lines of Codex Grey.
FINISHING TOUCHES
To give the stones the appearance of real turquoise (rather than just a flat
colour) the following method was used. Hawk Turquoise was used as a basecoat,
to which small amounts of Skull White were then added to this for several subtle
highlight stages.
The weapons were painted with a basecoat of Brazen Brass. This was highlighted with a mix of Mithril Silver and Brazen Brass. Once the blades had been given their final highlight stage, they were given a wash with thinned Brown Ink.
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