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How to Paint PHANTASM - Batman: The Animated Series Adventures - Mask of the Phantasm -- Cel Style

tutorial Batman: The Animated Series - Shadow of the Bat

In this video I show you how to paint the Phantasm from Batman: The Animated Series Adventures - Shadow of the Bat’s Mask of the Phantasm expansion, in a cel-shaded, animated style.

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Steps

  1. 1 Base coat the entire body suit and outer cloak in solid Decay Black, leaving out any contour lines so the body reads as a flat black void, matching the movie's look.
  2. 2 Fill in the eyes with Offwhite.
  3. 3 Base coat the mask with Skavenblight Dinge, cutting in carefully around the eyes to shape them.
  4. 4 Mix Russ Grey with a little Mechanicus Standard Grey to darken it, and paint only the underside of the cloak, plus the boots and glove.
  5. 5 Base coat the scythe with Fenrisian Grey.
  6. 6 Lighten Fenrisian Grey with Offwhite and paint a non-metallic-metal highlight pattern onto the scythe blade and arm bands, following the card artwork's shapes.
  7. 7 Dark line the face with black thinned with flow enhancer, filling the mask's tooth grille and defining the eyes and cheekbones.
  8. 8 Dark line the recesses of the cloak, plus the seams between the cape, glove, and fingers.
  9. 9 Dark line the fabric folds on the boots.
  10. 10 Dark line the scythe: the arm-to-scythe join, the bands, and the separations between blade sections.
  11. 11 Add a fine dark line between the darker and lighter grey along the blade's edge, then apply an edge highlight along the upper blade with the side of the brush.
  12. 12 Circle each rivet on the side of the scythe with the dark lining.
  13. 13 Paint the base Black Grey, since Phantasm is unaffiliated, then finish with pure black around the base rim.

Paints used

  • Black Grey (Vallejo, Model Color)

    Base coat, since Phantasm is unaffiliated with any faction

  • Decay Black (Scale75 Scalecolor)

    Base coat for the entire body suit and outer cloak; dark lining throughout; base rim

  • Fenrisian Grey (Citadel)

    Base coat for the scythe; lightened with Offwhite for a non-metallic-metal highlight pattern

  • Mechanicus Standard Grey (Citadel, base)

    Mixed into Russ Grey to darken it for the cloak's underside, boots, and glove

  • Offwhite (Vallejo, Model Color)

    Base coat for the eyes; mixed into Fenrisian Grey for the scythe's non-metallic-metal highlights

  • Russ Grey (Citadel)

    Mixed with Mechanicus Standard Grey for the cloak's underside, boots, and glove

  • Skavenblight Dinge (Citadel)

    Base coat for the mask