Keeper of Secrets

After saying hobby time might be short over the next few weeks in the last post, I found a couple of hours today and finished up a model I’ve been working on on and off for a few weeks now. This is an older Warhammer model, and a solid chunk of pewter!

I’ve pulled this model out of the unpainted pile as a result of my recent dive back into older Warhammer books. It was a relatively quick paint job, I used the airbrush to get a quick zenithal sketch for the skin, with a reddish purple from underneath and a pale pink from above. After basecoating the rest of the model I did an all over purple oil wash, followed by some quick highlights on the skin, the red cloth, the black horns/nails and the metal.

I decided to try something I haven’t done in a while for the basing, and do some snow! I went for a spring thaw look, with the snow turning to slush. I think it looks about right, it was a simple mix of bicarb soda, snow flock and matte medium applied with an old brush.

Overall I’m pretty happy with how it turned out, and I have quite a few more old Warhammer models needing a coat of paint for when more nostalgia for that era kicks in!