Painting THE BREWESS from The Witcher: Old World

Steps

1. 1 Base-coat all of her skin with Bugman's Glow.
2. 2 Base-coat the dress, upper garment, and head bag with Dryad Bark, avoiding the apron and patches.
3. 3 Paint the wicker mesh in front of her face and all of the ropes over the miniature with Golden Brown.
4. 4 Base-coat the apron and its patches with Warm Grey.
5. 5 Base-coat the wooden spoons on her belt with Zandri Dust.
6. 6 Base-coat the leather sacks on each hip with English Uniform.
7. 7 Base-coat the ladle, the lock and chain, and the collar around her neck with Abaddon Black for a cast-iron look, to be finished later with non-metallic metal.
8. 8 Base-coat the sides and any exposed top of the base with Abaddon Black, and paint the claws Abaddon Black as well.
9. 9 Paint the rabbit carcass on the base with Silver Grey, then shade it with Ashen Stone.
10. 10 Highlight all the flesh in stages, mixing Miskatonic Grey into Bugman's Glow and building up over several layers on the upper skin and folds, keeping the undersides of the arms and hands dark and staying out of the recesses between fingers.
11. 11 Highlight the clothing by mixing Tallarn Sand into Dryad Bark, hitting upturned folds, the dress ridges, the rear of the garment, and the head bag; build the highlight up over more layers as it lightens.
12. 12 Add more Tallarn Sand to the mix and pick out short horizontal hash marks over the highlighted fabric to suggest stitching, building the texture up over several passes without brightening it further.
13. 13 Once dry, wash all of the clothing and ropes with Agrax Earthshade.
14. 14 Thin Druchii Violet Shade with water and apply it to the downward-facing skin and fat folds, stippling some areas to suggest bruising.
15. 15 Use black ink to shade the wicker mesh around her face and reinforce the shadows underneath the clothing folds for texture and grime.
16. 16 Thin Dark Fleshtone into a glaze and stipple it onto the apron for dried blood and dirt, then apply it sparingly elsewhere on the miniature, including a little on the skin for extra bruising.
17. 17 Highlight the metal lock, chain, and collar by mixing Silver Grey into Abaddon Black over the raised surfaces, then apply a final, smaller highlight of nearly pure Silver Grey for glints of light.

Paints used

• Abaddon Black (Citadel)

  Base coat for the ladle, lock, chain, and collar; the sides and top of the base; and the claws; also mixed with Silver Grey for the metal highlights

• Agrax Earthshade (Citadel)

  Wash over all the clothing and ropes

• Ashen Stone (Army Painter)

  Shading pass over the rabbit carcass on the base

• Bugman's Glow (Citadel)

  Base coat for all the skin; mixed with Miskatonic Grey for the flesh highlights

• Dark Fleshtone (Vallejo, Game Color)

  Thinned into a glaze and stippled on the apron for dried blood and dirt, and lightly on the skin for extra bruising

• Druchii Violet Shade (Citadel)

  Thinned wash on the downward-facing skin and fat folds to suggest bruising

• Dryad Bark (Citadel)

  Base coat for the dress, upper garment, and head bag; mixed with Tallarn Sand for the clothing highlights and stitching texture

• English Uniform (Vallejo, Model Color)

  Base coat for the leather sacks on each hip

• Golden Brown (AK Interactive, 3rd Generation)

  Base coat for the wicker face mesh and all the ropes on the miniature

• Miskatonic Grey (Scale75 Scalecolor)

  Mixed into Bugman's Glow, built up over several layers, to highlight the skin

• Silver Grey (Vallejo, Model Color)

  Base coat for the rabbit carcass; mixed with Abaddon Black for the metal highlights, with a near-pure final highlight for glints of light

• Tallarn Sand (Citadel)

  Mixed into Dryad Bark over several layers to highlight the clothing, and to pick out stitching-like hash marks in the fabric

• Warm Grey (AK Interactive, 3rd Generation)

  Base coat for the apron and its patches

• Zandri Dust (Citadel)

  Base coat for the wooden spoons hanging from her belt