Blood-maw painted with washes and glazes - now with base done

[FramFramson]

Just enough judicious spotwork. Great results.

[hallmarkFPS]

Thats beautiful!
well, real ugly but you get what i mean....

[Steam Flunky]

Great work!

[Treebeard]

He looks exactly like me when I have to visit my dentist.

Great painting

[Legion1963]

Indeed. Impressive beastie. Someone made the observations that it is, "quick and easy to work with washes and glazes". Is that true? ;-)

[antimatter]

Indeed. Impressive beastie. Someone made the observations that it is, "quick and easy to work with washes and glazes". Is that true? ;-)

It is definitely much quicker and easier than wet blending something this large and textured, at least for me.

[Andym]

Cracking stuff yet again! Thanks for tutorial and tips!

[Thew1]

I wouldn't want to bump into one of those ever ! Superb paintjob, really captures the textures. Would you recommend this sort of technique for painting a large scaly Dragon?

[Marine0846]

Your figure is so bad-ass.
Just super.
Love it.

[antimatter]

I wouldn't want to bump into one of those ever ! Superb paintjob, really captures the textures. Would you recommend this sort of technique for painting a large scaly Dragon?

That is how I would do it. I have some other examples of the methods in this PDF.  http://antimatter-games.com/products-page/books/painting-guides/painting-scaly-beasts/

[Neldoreth]

There's an incredible realism to this one, which is exceptional considering it's a monster. If I saw it in the flesh, I'd expect it to glisten with the same hues as this figure! Kudos, a work to be proud of.

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[Duncan McDane]

Awesome result and great step-by-step "manual". Love the skin, but the inner mouth makes it come truly alive. I never tried washes straight away over a white undercoat, but it's a great technique. Thanks for sharing! 

[ShortscaleDave]

This is ruddy amazing, thank you for the steps!  One question: when you use glazes of different colours to break up the grey, do you have a scheme for where you apply it,?  or is is a random process?  And how do you decide on those colours? 

[mhsellwood]

Really lovely painting on an interesting model. You mention a bloody mix in your step by step - it would be interesting to read the rough proportions / what you want the mix to look like as I am always after interesting ways of painting organic wet red.

[antimatter]

This is ruddy amazing, thank you for the steps!  One question: when you use glazes of different colours to break up the grey, do you have a scheme for where you apply it,?  or is is a random process?  And how do you decide on those colours? 

The color choice and placement is definitely not random. In choosing the colors, I was using the basic color wheel to pick complementary shades, green and purple, with the other colors either closer to green. The purple-black shade was a wash but it was brushed more into the shadows than the highlight areas. The basic wash naturally does this, but I "wicked" some of the wsah off the upper surfaces with a dry brush or lightly brushed it into the shadows. The other glazes (Raw Umber and Turquoise) were closer to green so they were applied more to the upper surfaces so they did not muddy the shadows.