And finally I have painted the Genestealer Patriarch, and with that feat I have concluded
the plans for building this Kill Team that I declared so long ago. As is customary for me at this point, here is a stage-by-stage of how I went about painting him:
I decided to keep the white primer. No reasons for this other than "because". The areas to end up as purple started off with a basecoat of Apple Barrel Color Indian Red.
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Purple area basecoat. |
Then I used a Dark Blue for the remaining area.
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Dark Blue basecoat. |
Worm Purple was then painted over the Indian Red.
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Worm Purple. |
Shadow Grey was dry brushed over the Dark Blue.
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Shadow Grey |
Space Wolf Grey was highlighted over the Shadow Grey. Purple ink was thinned and washed over the Worm Purple and the Genestealer Purple was conservatively added on top of that.
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Space Wolf Grey. |
White Scar was mixed into a bit of Genestealer Purple for the final highlights on the purple areas. Then the claws and other details were knocked out.
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Mostly done. |
Whike painting the claws I realized that the model's right arm had some annoying, though subtle, mould lines on the claws. Instead of spending a lot of time scrapping and filing and then repainting them, I opted to just paint them with Blood for the Blood God instead. The result looks like he has chunks of guy stuck on his claws in addition to a bit of blood. Gore is fun.
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Blood for the...oh. |
And with that, the Patriarch nick-named 'Papa Claws' is finished and ready to hit a game table.
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Papa Claws. |