Hey all,
Thought I'd take a few and share my painting style for ghouls/Crypt Horrors.
It's super simple and yields great results IMO, also comes together quite fast.
I was looking for some stark contrast to my dirty skeletons, so after finding a can of Space wolves Gray in my garage I was inspired.
Begin by basecoating with SWG, or the Fang, as it is now called.
Then wash generously with Gulliman Blue, the glaze from citadel, these glazes are great! I've used waywatcher green for my hexwraiths, Spirit Hosts, etc... but that's for another thread.
I added another layer of glaze after the first had dried.
I then Drybrush with Etherium Blue, one of the new dry paints from Citadel.
These are also great as you no longer have to brush and brush and brush away the excess paint, you still have to a bit, but it's much more forgiving(i.e. no chalky look or streaks- we've all done it)
I then picked out the boney spikes and bones with Bleached Bone. (It's important to dillute your paints if you plan to wash them after as too thick of paint will lead to unnatural collections of shading from the wash.)
If I'm doing batch painting I'll dillute the whole pot a bit with some water, be careful, you can always add more but can't remove it.
Or you can just use a pallete.
I did the claws and metal bits in adeptus battlegrey, and then used dilluted scab red around all the open wounds and bits where bone was protruding.
When doing detail stuff like this think "Just the tip" you don't want too much paint on that brush and you can always reapply.
For the back portions I painted with dilluted Xereus Purple. Sometimes when feeling lazy to dillute paints for covering large areas I'll just dip the brush in the pot then jab it in my brush water to dillute it. Not too exact, but hey...
Then drybushed with Etherium Blue again.
I picked out some lumps and bumps on foreheads and arms with enchanted blue, then washed the bone parts with Seraphim Sepia-I also used this on my skellys and I think they turned out pretty good.
The backs were then washed with Magenta Ink, dilluted a bit of course.
When washing specific areas its VERY important to not have too much on the brush, as soon as it hits the model it has a tendency to "bleed" to the lower areas, this is obviously bad. I like to start mine in a central area and move outwards to control it.
Picked teeth and Eyes out with rotting flesh and a dot of red.
Voila!!
I'm far from an excellent painter, but by employing simple methods and starting with a basecoat, glaze, and drybrush paint that were close in color I feel they turned out pretty good. And they look really great mixed in with all that bone and batwing!
