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

Steps

1. 1 Prime the miniature black, then zenithal-prime with grey and white from above; fill the mouth, eyes, and nose sockets with pure Black.
2. 2 Base coat all the skin with Ahriman Blue, then base coat the skull face with Lemon Yellow, building up several coats for coverage.
3. 3 Glaze Tesseract Glow over the whole skull and let it pull into the recesses for a green tinge, then apply Nuln Oil to bring back detail; reapply Lemon Yellow highlights, and reinforce the darkest recesses and teeth gaps with Black.
4. 4 Base coat the hood with Royal Purple, then mix Royal Purple with Leadbelcher for the chest armor, boots, and staff; base coat the underpants with Black Grey.
5. 5 Highlight the skin muscle by muscle with layers of Flayed One Flesh mixed into Ahriman Blue, thinning the mix as it gets lighter.
6. 6 Wash Drakenhof Nightshade selectively between the muscles and on undersides, and to separate the underpants and boots from the skin.
7. 7 Highlight the armor with a mix of Royal Purple, Silver, and a little White, edge-highlighting straight surfaces and overbrushing the staff head's texture, then push the brightest areas with more white and silver.
8. 8 Highlight the hood over many layers with a mix of Royal Purple and Azure, working toward almost-pure Azure on the edges to frame the face, then glaze thinned Royal Purple over the transitions to smooth them.
9. 9 Highlight the top of the loincloth fur with white mixed into Black Grey, then cover the whole loincloth with Black Ink to unify it and add subtle contrast.
10. 10 Glaze a mix of Royal Purple, Leadbelcher, and Black into the darkest shadows of the armor.
11. 11 On the Panthor-mounted version painted alongside, base coat the back sword with Natural Steel, wash with Black Ink, then highlight the upper areas and blade edge with Silver.
12. 12 Give Skeletor glowing eyes: dot Bloody Red into each eye socket, then add a smaller dot of Lemon Yellow mixed into Bloody Red at the center for a bright orange core.

Paints used

• Ahriman Blue (Citadel)

  Base coat for all the skin; highlighted with Flayed One Flesh mixed in

• Azure (Vallejo, Model Color)

  Mixed with Royal Purple for the hood highlight, building toward almost-pure Azure at the edges

• Black (Vallejo, Model Color)

  Fills the mouth, eyes, and nose sockets; reinforces the skull's darkest recesses and teeth gaps, and mixes with Royal Purple and Leadbelcher to glaze the armor shadows

• Black Grey (Vallejo, Model Color)

  Base coat for the underpants and loincloth; highlighted with white mixed in on the top fur

• Black Ink (Vallejo, Game Ink)

  Covers the whole loincloth to unify it, and washes the Panthor-mounted version's back sword

• Bloody Red (Vallejo, Game Color)

  Dotted into each glowing eye socket, and mixed with Lemon Yellow for the bright orange center

• Drakenhof Nightshade (Citadel)

  Wash concentrated between the muscles and on undersides, and separating the underpants and boots from the skin

• Flayed One Flesh (Citadel)

  Mixed into Ahriman Blue over several thinning layers to highlight the skin

• Leadbelcher (Citadel)

  Mixed with Royal Purple for a metallic sheen on the chest armor, boots, and staff, and with Royal Purple and Black to glaze the deepest armor shadows

• Lemon Yellow (Vallejo, Model Color)

  Base coat for the skull face, reapplied for highlights after the Tesseract Glow glaze; mixed with Bloody Red for the eye glow's bright center

• Natural Steel (Vallejo, Model Color)

  Base coat for the back sword on the Panthor-mounted version

• Nuln Oil (Citadel)

  Applied over the skull after the Tesseract Glow glaze to bring back detail

• Royal Purple (Vallejo, Game Color)

  Base coat for the hood; mixed with Leadbelcher for the armor and staff, with Silver and White to highlight the armor, with Azure to highlight the hood, and glazed with Leadbelcher and Black into the armor shadows

• Silver (Vallejo, Model Color)

  Mixed into Royal Purple for armor highlights, and used to highlight the Panthor-mounted sword's upper areas and edge

• Tesseract Glow (Citadel)

  Glazed over the entire skull, pulled into the recesses, for a green tinge

• White (Vallejo, Model Color)

  Mixed into the Royal Purple/Silver armor highlight, and into Black Grey to highlight the loincloth fur