BloodFather of Kharnath
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I can't seem to locate the image, but those who have the 8th edition Warriors of Chaos codex may know what I am referring to. In the example of Chaos Warriors provided, their is one mini with a rather striking effect that I would like to duplicate.
First, their armor itself appears to be painted with a sort of vermin brown tone, though it's difficult to say if this is so, or if the skulls that are free handed on the armor were just highlighted with a brown. Regardless, the effect is a neatly patterned, symmetrically aligned rows of tiny skulls painted on top of the armor. Their is the faintest touch of grey shadow at the top of the skulls, and each skull is highlighted with differing amounts of a shade of brown. A piece of leg armor might fit 3-6 skulls in this manner. It really looks quite awesome, and was just wondering if anyone has any advice on how to flatter the artist by mimicking them? I considered free handing slightly diamond shaped skulls, then using the background color to dot the eyes and nose. Then one can always reshape the skulls by using the background color. I tried this on a shoulder pad a few times though and it is really tough work. Hard to get an even saturation of pigment on each skull. Some came out too bold. Others too faint. Highlighting each was a task, and even aligning them properly and obtaining symmetry was a struggle. Considered cutting out the pattern from some tissue paper to ensure proper size and alignment. I'm not sure. Can anyone comment on this?
First, their armor itself appears to be painted with a sort of vermin brown tone, though it's difficult to say if this is so, or if the skulls that are free handed on the armor were just highlighted with a brown. Regardless, the effect is a neatly patterned, symmetrically aligned rows of tiny skulls painted on top of the armor. Their is the faintest touch of grey shadow at the top of the skulls, and each skull is highlighted with differing amounts of a shade of brown. A piece of leg armor might fit 3-6 skulls in this manner. It really looks quite awesome, and was just wondering if anyone has any advice on how to flatter the artist by mimicking them? I considered free handing slightly diamond shaped skulls, then using the background color to dot the eyes and nose. Then one can always reshape the skulls by using the background color. I tried this on a shoulder pad a few times though and it is really tough work. Hard to get an even saturation of pigment on each skull. Some came out too bold. Others too faint. Highlighting each was a task, and even aligning them properly and obtaining symmetry was a struggle. Considered cutting out the pattern from some tissue paper to ensure proper size and alignment. I'm not sure. Can anyone comment on this?
