How to Paint HE-MAN - Masters of the Universe: Clash for Eternia

Steps

1. 1 Prime the miniature black, then spray a white ink zenithal highlight from above.
2. 2 Paint the eyes and teeth with Ivory, then add the pupils with Black Ink, dabbing off excess so it doesn't run.
3. 3 Base coat all the skin with Brown Sand for a deep tan.
4. 4 Base coat the loincloth and boots with Hull Red, and the furry boot tops with Screaming Skull.
5. 5 Base coat the hair with Plague Brown.
6. 6 Base coat the chest plate, straps, sword, and (on the mounted version) the shield with Natural Steel, then paint the shield's inlays and the chest plate's cross and embellishments with Mephiston Red.
7. 7 Highlight the skin's muscles and face - forehead, cheekbones, nose, chin, jawline - and the fingers with Ivory mixed into Brown Sand, building up several passes toward almost-pure Ivory over a smaller area each time.
8. 8 Once dry, glaze the whole skin with thinned Brown Sand to tie the highlight layers together, then deepen the deepest shadows and material transitions - including between the fingers and on the face - with a Reikland Fleshshade wash.
9. 9 Highlight the hair with Plague Brown mixed with progressively more Lilith Yellow, then a touch of Ivory for the brightest pass, then reinforce the shadows with a thinned Cokum Copper and Plague Brown mix.
10. 10 Wash the boots, underpants, and material transitions with Agrax Earthshade, and wash the chest armor, sword, and (on the mounted version) the shield's underside and rivets with Nuln Oil.
11. 11 Reapply Screaming Skull highlights to the furry boot tops once the wash is dry.
12. 12 Highlight the boots and underpants by mixing progressively more Beherit Red into the Hull Red base, finishing near-pure, then knock it back with a thin Hull Red glaze over the underpants.
13. 13 Base coat the bronze metal pieces with Tinny Tin, highlight the raised rivets and edges with Silver mixed in, then edge-highlight the chest piece, sword, and (on the mounted version) the shield with pure Silver.
14. 14 Highlight the red armor and shield details with Bloody Red.
15. 15 Base coat the display base with Iraqi Sand, pick out the stones with Cold Grey, wash with Agrax Earthshade, paint the rim Black, then finish with a matte varnish spray.

Paints used

• Agrax Earthshade (Citadel)

  Wash over the boots, underpants, material transitions, and the display base

• Beherit Red (Scale75 Scalecolor)

  Mixed progressively into the Hull Red base to highlight the boots and underpants, finishing near-pure

• Black (Vallejo, Model Color)

  Rim of the display base

• Black Ink (Vallejo, Game Ink)

  Pupils, painted over the Ivory eye base

• Bloody Red (Vallejo, Game Color)

  Highlight on the red armor and shield details, over Mephiston Red

• Brown Sand (Vallejo, Model Color)

  Base coat for all the skin; mixed with Ivory for the highlight; thinned into a final glaze over the whole skin

• Cokum Copper (Scale75 Scalecolor)

  Thinned and mixed with Plague Brown to reinforce shadows in the hair

• Cold Grey (Vallejo, Game Color)

  Picks out the individual stones on the display base

• Hull Red (Vallejo, Model Color)

  Base coat for the loincloth, boots, and underpants; built up through Beherit Red for the highlight, then glazed back over the underpants at the end

• Iraqi Sand (Vallejo, Model Color)

  Base coat for the display base

• Ivory (Vallejo, Model Color)

  Base coat for the eyes and teeth; mixed into Brown Sand for the skin and face highlights, building toward almost-pure Ivory; a touch added to the brightest hair highlight

• Lilith Yellow (Scale75 Scalecolor)

  Mixed progressively into Plague Brown to highlight the hair

• Mephiston Red (Citadel)

  Shield inlays and the chest plate's cross and embellishments

• Natural Steel (Vallejo, Model Color)

  Base coat for the chest plate, straps, sword, and (on the mounted version) the shield

• Nuln Oil (Citadel)

  Wash over the chest armor, sword, and (on the mounted version) the shield's underside and rivets

• Plague Brown (Vallejo, Game Color)

  Base coat for the hair; mixed with Lilith Yellow for its highlight and with Cokum Copper for its shadow

• Reikland Fleshshade (Citadel)

  Wash over the deepest shadows and material transitions on the skin, after the highlight and glaze

• Screaming Skull (Citadel)

  Base coat for the furry boot tops, reapplied as a highlight after the Agrax Earthshade wash dries

• Silver (Vallejo, Model Color)

  Mixed into Tinny Tin to highlight the bronze rivets and edges, then used pure to edge-highlight the chest piece, sword, and shield

• Tinny Tin (Vallejo, Game Color)

  Base coat for the bronze metal pieces