Painting HeroQuest: Episode 18 - The Warlock

Steps

1. 1 Base coat the skin with Bugman's Glow (the miniature was primed in Abaddon Black beforehand).
2. 2 Base coat the dress with Forest Sprite for the innermost layer and Familiar Pink for the layer above it, reusing Familiar Pink for the straps across the chest and back.
3. 3 Base coat the hair with Abaddon Black, the textured part of the dress with Jokaero Orange, and the blouse (plus the lining around the orange dress) with Warm Grey.
4. 4 Base coat the magic-wrapped hand and the dagger with White to set up the glow effects, and the shoes, book, and bag with Leather Brown.
5. 5 Highlight the skin by mixing Resurrection Flesh into Bugman's Glow and applying it to the upper arm and the forehead, cheekbones, nose, and chin, then dot in the eyes with Ivory and add pupils with a Micron pen.
6. 6 Shade the orange dress texture by working Fuegan Orange into the recesses.
7. 7 Highlight the bag and boots by mixing Ice Yellow into Leather Brown, focusing on the upturned areas and edges, then build a second pass with more Ice Yellow.
8. 8 Push the skin highlight further with a layer of pure Resurrection Flesh, then boost it with Resurrection Flesh mixed with Ice Yellow on the side of the face and body closest to the glowing hand and dagger.
9. 9 Highlight the blouse and its lining by mixing Warm Grey with Silvery Grey over the upturned ridges, building up two more passes with more Silvery Grey and finally a touch of White near the magic hand.
10. 10 Highlight the orange dress by mixing Ice Yellow and Orange Fire into Jokaero Orange, favoring the side lit by the magic hand, then build up two more passes and dot in some scattered texture highlights.
11. 11 Base coat the belt potion with Magic Blue, then highlight the green dress panels by mixing Ice Yellow into Olive Green over three progressively brighter passes.
12. 12 Highlight the pink dress parts with Emperor's Children on the folds and upward-facing surfaces, then wash Agrax Earthshade over all the leather (bag, book, and boots).
13. 13 Highlight the hair by mixing Silvery Grey into the Abaddon Black base in short strokes around the light-facing halo, building up several lighter passes toward the center, then reapply Fuegan Orange to reestablish the dress texture and coat the hair with Nuln Oil (twice if needed) to bring the darkness back.
14. 14 Boost the pink highlights again by mixing Silvery Grey into Emperor's Children, paint all the hero's base rims in Hull Red, then shade the belt potion with Drakenhof Nightshade.
15. 15 Build the OSL glow by mixing Ice Yellow into White for the brightest edges (dagger tip, palm, and fingers), stippling some into the surrounding magic for variation, then highlight the potion with a thin White contour line and light-catching dots.
16. 16 Glaze thinned Waywatcher Green over the dagger and the hand nearest it in two or three layers, then brighten with Green Fluorescent over the same areas.
17. 17 Thin Hull Red for the lips, reestablish the brightest glow point with thinned White on the hand and dagger edges, then cover those areas with Yellow Fluorescent as a highlight over the green.
18. 18 Finish with Glorious Gold on the arm jewelry, belt bobbles, and book details, and Silver on the bag's clasp.

Paints used

• Abaddon Black (Citadel)

  Primer coat before any color goes down; base coat for the hair, later mixed with Silvery Grey for the hair's highlight

• Agrax Earthshade (Citadel)

  Wash over all the leather areas — the bag, book, and boots

• Bugman's Glow (Citadel)

  Base coat for the skin, later mixed with Resurrection Flesh for the first highlight layer

• Drakenhof Nightshade (Citadel)

  Shading on the belt potion

• Emperor's Children (Citadel)

  Highlight on the pink dress folds and upward-facing surfaces, mixed with Silvery Grey for a second pass

• Familiar Pink (Army Painter, Speedpaint 2.0)

  Base coat for the outer dress layer and the straps across the chest and back

• Forest Sprite (Army Painter, Speedpaint 2.0)

  Base coat for the innermost layer of the dress

• Fuegan Orange (Citadel)

  Worked into the recesses of the orange dress texture; reapplied later to reestablish that texture after highlighting

• Glorious Gold (Vallejo, Game Color)

  The arm jewelry, belt bobbles, and details on the book

• Green Fluorescent (Vallejo, Model Color)

  Brightens the magic glow over the hand and dagger, after the Waywatcher Green glaze

• Hull Red (Vallejo, Model Color)

  Base color for all the hero's bases; thinned for the lips

• Ice Yellow (Vallejo, Model Color)

  Mixed into Leather Brown, Resurrection Flesh, Olive Green, and Jokaero Orange for their highlights, and into White for the brightest OSL glow edges

• Ivory (Vallejo, Model Color)

  Dots for the eyes

• Jokaero Orange (Citadel)

  Base coat for the textured part of the dress, later highlighted with Ice Yellow and Orange Fire

• Leather Brown (Vallejo, Game Color)

  Base coat for the shoes, book, and bag, later highlighted with Ice Yellow

• Magic Blue (Vallejo, Game Color)

  Base coat for the potion on the belt

• Nuln Oil (Citadel)

  Coat over the hair, applied a second time if it still looks too bright, to bring the darkness back after highlighting

• Olive Green (Vallejo, Model Color)

  Base coat for the green panels of the dress, highlighted with Ice Yellow

• Orange Fire (Vallejo, Game Color)

  Mixed with Ice Yellow into Jokaero Orange for the dress highlight

• Resurrection Flesh (Scale75 Scalecolor)

  Mixed into Bugman's Glow for the first skin highlight, then applied pure and mixed with Ice Yellow for further highlights near the magic hand and dagger

• Silver (Vallejo, Model Color)

  The clasp on the bag

• Silvery Grey (AK Interactive)

  Mixed into Warm Grey for the blouse highlight, into Abaddon Black for the hair highlight, and into Emperor's Children for a further pink highlight

• Warm Grey (AK Interactive)

  Base coat for the blouse and the lining around the orange dress, later mixed with Silvery Grey for the highlight

• Waywatcher Green (Citadel)

  Thinned glaze over the dagger and the hand nearest it for the green magic glow

• White (AK Interactive)

  Base coat for the magic-wrapped hand and the dagger; mixed with Ice Yellow for the brightest OSL glow edges, and used thinned to reestablish the light source; a touch also brightens the final blouse highlight and the potion's highlight line and dots

• Yellow Fluorescent (Vallejo, Model Color)

  Final highlight layered over the green magic glow on the hand and dagger