I used similar colors to the rider, but skewed a bit darker and less saturated to make sure the focus keeps moving up from the base to the rider. Let's see how it goes...

This will get some weathering down the road...
The gun casings where a bit different from the black I used for the rubber hoses and such too.
 The it was onto the base. The skull was wet blended with these colors:
 And the sand was tinted with a few glazes.
 This will get tons of martian red powders later :)
 A simple and strong base to build on.

Next Post: Basing and shading the Ironstrider!

Thanks for following along. I hope you are enjoying this project and remember; you can't spell paint without a little pain.