So with all this Death Guard work I’ve been doing lately, I decided to write up a little tutorial for all my readers*
All of my Nurgle marines have been painted pretty much in the same way.
I first start off with a freshly primed miniature. In this case I used a black primer, since I want a darker look to the miniature once it’s done. You’ll notice that, I didn’t glue on the weapon or backpack yet, this is just to make sure I can get all of the miniature, without having to squeeze my brush into tight awkward areas.
Once the mini is dry, I use a technique called wet brush. Wet Brush is the same idea as drybrushing… but instead of wiping off most of the paint, you don’t… so it basically leaves you with a very sloppy looking paint job. The main goal of this is to keep some of the color underneath show through. The first coat of this is done with P3′s Battlefield Brown. I make sure that all the brush strokes go in the same direction (from up to down), this way, it causes more of a streaked look then a uniformed coat.
Next coat is GW’s Foundation Knarloc Green. Again, same technique as above, wet brush it on, from up to down.
One last time using P3′s Trollblood Highlight, but this time it’s more of a semi-drybrush, wipe some of the paint off… but leave a bit more then you would for a typical drybrush. It is crucial for you to paint this coat, with strokes going from up to down… as this is the real streaks you’ll see through the wash.
Now folks, we’re almost done the main color of the miniature. Time to take out a bottle of good old dependable GW Foundation Devlan Mud. (I swear I must drink the stuff cause of the amount of bottles I go through) Wash the entire miniature in a heavy coat of it… Let it pool up in areas that you want darker.
Now, since I had to stop playing with my toys and head in to work, and at this point in the game, you have to let the devlan mud wash dry completely, I’ll stop the tutorial here. Stay tuned for Part 2, where we pick on… err pick out detail!
