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This is Galhyan, Héliaste Cynwäll by Rackham!
The base is like always out of cork and normal sand. And one half of a COII zombie shield.
The shield was based with Luftwaffen Blue #105 and highlightet with white (but mostly only highlightning the edges) after it dried complitly I started weathering it. Starting wih thin layers of Black Red #035; then 50:50 #035+Oragne Brown #131; pure #131 and a mix with #131 and a tiny bit of Flat Yellow #015; after drying I smoked it and layered a few green layers onto the bottom were the shield comes out of the ground. And I “resharped” some of the edges with pure white.
The skin was based with a mix of cork brown #133 and Basic Skintone #017, highlightet till pure #017, + Light Flesh #006-pure #006,
His armour was done nearlly like my other Cynwälls. Based with Light Sea Grey #108, shaded with Azure #062 and this time Royal Purple #045 (instead of the normal Ultramarine version) And highlightet it back up to #108 and white.
His hair, which is not really shown was based like the shield with 105 and highlightet with Flat Aluminium #151
His shirt and boots were based with a 75:25 mix of Oxford Blue #049 + Deck Tan#110, shaded with #049, highlightet till pure #110 and a final mix of #110 + Offwhite #004
The violet gems were based with Violet #047, highlightet right away with Violet Blue #046 and with 3 mixes of #046+white and pure white.
The goldparts were based with Dark Yellow #116 shaded with Falt Earth #143, highlightet back up to #116 and then white.
Because of Galhyans background I wanted to make his masks all in different colors...it cost me quite some time to figure out which colors! I decided that the one in his left hand would be like the goldparts, the one on his right side like his armour, the one in his right hand like a smaragdmask! Baseing it with Balck Green #100 and highlightning it with a tiny bit of Emerald #071 and white. When I came to the fourth mask I didn’t have any idea left how to paint it so I simply decided it had to be a contrast to his violet armour! I based it a 75:25 mix of Stone Grey #104 and #105, and highlightet it with #104 + Ivory #005 till a final 50:50 mix of #005 + white.
The thing were his sword is in (sorry don’t know the english word for it) was based with French Mirage Blue #059 on the lower side and shaded with a bit of #105,highlightet back up to #059 and till pure Grey Blue #061. The upper side was based right away with #061 and highlightet till pure Pale Blue #064 and a bit of white.
Here I want to say a special merci to Fredy for telling me his white robes recipe, for without it I still would know how to paint a white robe.
I made a huge mix using a lot of Offwhite #004, a medium amount of Stone Grey #104, a bit of Balck #169 & Prussian Blue #051, and a tiny bit of Extra Dark Green #099...to get some sort of a “light grey” which I use as the basecolor for the white robe. Next up I shaded the hollows till pure black. And now started to highlight it back up to the “light grey” and till pure Offwhite #004...and always keeping to color very diluted and applying very thin layers so that the color beneath still shines through a bit. After all has dried I mix the same colors again starting from the light grey till pure #004 and repeating the highlightning to smooth it out. In total I think I had to repeat that step 4 times till everything was smooth enough and all bright surfaces pure #004. And for the final highlights I used pure white. The important thing for me was to paint the robe in an “cold” white and avoiding any warm colors with a beige/yellow touch. The freehands were done with a 00 Winsor & Newton in the same colors like the armour.
And finally the glowing of his halo was made with thin layers of Lime Green #077 and getting brighter with Ice Yellow #013 and white. And the halo itself was first based with #013, shaded with #077 and highlgihtet back up till white.
Uff!...damn long description!
Cheers Tom |
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