So, when we last saw the obliterators I just finished their rusted metal bodies.
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Now I am going to make them look more human* by painting up their skin.
*Results may vary
From my spray on primer I added a layer of lighter brown. This isn't really necessary, but my spray on brown tends to look a bit like leather.After the browns I use Reaper's fair skin color over the whole area. I avoid painting in the deep recesses, but pretty much cover everything else so that the brown is not showing through.
Next I wash all of the skin with purple. Yep, purple. I switched over to purple when I started my Fallen Angels last spring and it make the skin much more vivid than the brown washes I had been using previously.
Now I go over everything with the same fair skin color from before, but this needs to be thinner than the first time you painted it. I usually paint on two thin layers because you want some of the purple to still show through. I don't want everything to be purple, so my second (and sometimes) third layers won't cover the recesses.
I use the fair skin highlights (also from Reaper) to highlight any raised areas (eyebrows, cheekbones, chin etc.)
This was where I ended my skin for all of my fallen angels. 'Normal' humans should look sufficiently good at this stage; however, these are Nurgle blessed obliterators. Normal flew the coup a long time ago. To represent their dedication to Nurgle I am going to use GW's green glaze over all the skin. *Warning! When you first pain on the green glaze it tends to look a bit like Slimer from the original Ghostbusters, but as it dries and after the gloss coat at the very end it tends to mellow out.*
Now I am going to fill in the rest of the details, and mount on the bases found here. I am also going to do a comparison shot with the obliterators I painted about three years ago.
The photos on the left are the new models and the ones on the right are the old. I would like to think that I have improved a bit over the last three years.
Let me know what you think. I have a few thoughts on my next guide, but that will probably be in a bit. If you have requests for guides on particular techniques or styles let me know.