WFB Hobby: Painting Sickly skin
There is enough Frankenstein type monsters walking around in 40k/WFB/WM/Hordes so I figured I would give you my take on how paint zombie style skin.
The model I picked for the tutorial is from the now canceled Confrontation range – I choose it because it pretty much is a naked gorilla of parts sown together – and the skin areas are big and varied enough to make for a good tutorial.
Step 1
I give all the skin areas a good basecoat of Tallard Flesh (GW), I did this in three thin coats, foundation paints cover very well and this will make a good base for the rest of the colors.
Step 2
I layer on thin Midlund Flesh (P3) on top of this, I focus on all the areas of the muscles where the light will hit – in my case the light source is from above. By adding highlights and shading to emplify the “roundness” of the muscles they pop out more – which in this case is most prominent in the shoulder muscle fibers.
Step 3
I highlight all the Midlund Flesh areas with a 50/50 mixture of Midlund Flesh (P3) and Thrall Flesh (P3).
Step 4
I continue highlighting by adding white to my 50/50 Midlund Flesh/Thrall Flesh mix. I focus on smaller and smaller areas – picking out the edges around exposed wounds and stitching.
Step 5
Now it is time to start with the shading – an important part when shading (and highlighting) is not to cover up the the mid-tones (In my case the Midlund Flesh and Midlunds Flesh/Thrall flesh mixes.) My first shade is a mix of Midlund Flesh and Dark Flesh (GW.)
Step 6
My second shade is a mix of Scorched Brown (GW), Dark Flesh and little bit of Exile Blue (P3.) I shade smaller and smaller areas making sure that the paint help shape the muscles.
Step 7
To give the flesh that rotten/beaten feeling i know glaze random areas on the skin with 2 glazes. One mix of Tallard Flesh and Traitor Green (P3) and one glaze of Tallard Flesh and Beaten Purple (P3.) I mix the glaze color with the basecoat color to make it easier for them not to just break the color of the skin. I thin the paint a lot and I paint towards the shaded areas – “pushing” the paint into place with the brush.
Step 8
I wash all the “fleshy bits” with Sanguine Base (P3) and I shade the areas I previously glazed with pure Traitor Green (for the green areas) and Beaten Purple (for the purple areas.)
The final step is just to clean up any highlights that might have gotten run over by the glazes and highlight the “fleshy” bits with a mix of Sanguine base and white – just picking the details out.
More pictures of the finished piece
