How to Paint BEAT COPS - Batman: The Animated Series Adventures - Shadow of the Bat -- Cel Style

Steps

1. 1 Base coat the pants and cap with Arianrhod Blue.
2. 2 Fill in the eye pupils early with a fine black pen so any mistakes can still be covered up.
3. 3 Mix Bosh Chesnut into German Camo Black Brown for the dark-skinned officers' hands and face.
4. 4 Block in the whites of the eyes, shape the eye area, and clean up any pen overflow.
5. 5 Mix Offwhite into German Camo Black Brown for the light-skinned officers' hands and face.
6. 6 Go back in with the pen to add a dark outline around the whites of the eyes for definition.
7. 7 Paint the hair a different color per officer: pure black, Chink Orange, Cokum Copper, and German Camo Black Brown, including sideburns and mustaches on the alternate sculpts.
8. 8 Paint the hat brim Decay Black, then finish the rest of the hat body in Arianrhod Blue, keeping clear of the badge.
9. 9 Base coat the upper uniform shirt with Cold Grey.
10. 10 Paint the shoes pure black, then paint the gun, holster, and belt in Black Grey.
11. 11 Paint the hat, chest, and arm badges plus the belt buckle with Yellow Ochre.
12. 12 Paint the base with Stegadon Scale Green, the faction color for the Gotham City Police Department, and pick out the belt loops in Arianrhod Blue.
13. 13 Paint teeth into the open mouths with Offwhite, then add a thin Pink Horror line to separate the top and bottom rows.
14. 14 Dark line every seam, crease, and separation between elements using black thinned with flow enhancer, including the holster, belt, badge texture, collar, face, and fingers.
15. 15 Finish by painting pure black around the rim of each base.

Paints used

• Arianrhod Blue (Scale75 Scalecolor)

  Base coat for the pants, hat body, and belt loops

• Black Grey (Vallejo, Model Color)

  Gun, holster, and belt, so dark lining can still read over it

• Bosh Chesnut (Scale75 Scalecolor)

  Mixed into German Camo Black Brown for the dark-skinned officers' hands and face

• Chink Orange (Scale75 Scalecolor)

  Hair color for one of the light-skinned officers

• Cold Grey (Vallejo, Game Color)

  Base coat for the upper uniform shirt

• Cokum Copper (Scale75 Scalecolor)

  Hair color for one of the light-skinned officers

• Decay Black (Scale75 Scalecolor)

  Hair on one dark-skinned officer, the hat brim, shoes, base rim, and the dark lining pass

• German Camo Black Brown (Vallejo, Model Color)

  Mixed with Bosh Chesnut for dark skin and with Offwhite for light skin; used pure as a hair color for the final officer

• Offwhite (Vallejo, Model Color)

  Mixed into German Camo Black Brown for light skin tones; base coat for the teeth

• Pink Horror (Citadel)

  Thin line separating the top and bottom teeth

• Stegadon Scale Green (Citadel)

  Base coat, the faction color for the Gotham City Police Department

• Yellow Ochre (Vallejo, Model Color)

  Badges on the hat, chest, and arms, plus the belt buckle