Painting HeroQuest: Episode 20 - Dread Warriors

Steps

1. 1 Prime both Dread Warrior sculpts with Grey Seer.
2. 2 Dry-brush Titanium White over the whole miniature with a big makeup brush to pre-highlight the edges of the armor and cloak.
3. 3 Base coat the cloak with Slaughter Red.
4. 4 Darken Vallejo Metal Color Silver with a touch of black and base coat all the metal armor, everything except the cloak.
5. 5 Dry-brush all the armor with Necron Compound.
6. 6 Reset the red fabric bits on the front of the armor with grey primer, then base coat them with Slaughter Red along with the eyes on the chest.
7. 7 Thin Abaddon Black with water and apply it to the darker recesses: the mouth on the shield, the mouth in the armor's midsection, and the openings on the helmet.
8. 8 Thin Payne's Grey ink with a Vallejo glaze medium and apply it over the rest of the armor for a darkish blue tinge.
9. 9 Paint the miniature base with Mechanicus Standard Grey, then go back and paint the shield's eyes with Slaughter Red as well.
10. 10 Thin down Hull Red into a glaze and dab it around the shield's mouth and other spots for a rusty, bloody effect.
11. 11 Dot in the warrior's eyes with a couple of layers of Fluorescent Red, letting each layer dry before reapplying.
12. 12 Add Blood For The Blood God around the shield's mouth for a final blood effect, varying how far it drips or spreads on each miniature.

Paints used

• Abaddon Black (Citadel)

  Thinned with water and applied to the darkest recesses: the shield's mouth, the armor's midsection mouth, and the helmet openings

• Blood For The Blood God (Citadel)

  Final blood effect around the shield's mouth

• Fluorescent Red (Vallejo, Game Color)

  The warrior's eyes, built up in a couple of layers

• Grey Seer (Citadel, spray)

  Primer coat for both Dread Warrior sculpts, and to reset the red fabric bits before rebasing them in Slaughter Red

• Hull Red (Vallejo, Model Color)

  Thinned into a glaze and dabbed around the shield's mouth for a rusty, bloody effect

• Mechanicus Standard Grey (Citadel)

  Base coat for the miniature bases

• Necron Compound (Citadel, dry)

  Dry-brushed over all the armor

• Payne's Grey (Daler-Rowney, FW Acrylic Ink)

  Thinned with a Vallejo glaze medium and applied over the armor for a darkish blue tinge

• Silver (Vallejo, Metal Color)

  Darkened with a touch of black and base coated over all the metal armor

• Slaughter Red (Army Painter, Speedpaint 2.0)

  Base coat for the cloak, the fabric bits on the front of the armor, and the eyes on the chest and shield

• Titanium White (Liquitex)

  Dry-brushed over the whole miniature to pre-highlight the armor and cloak edges before the speedpaints go on