Painting THE ROTFIEND from The Witcher: Old World

Steps

1. 1 Base-coat all the skin with Ungor Flesh, covering the entire figure except the base.
2. 2 Pick out all the places where the skin has torn away to reveal muscle underneath with Dark Fleshtone.
3. 3 Thin Carroburg Crimson and apply it over all the skin for subtle bruising and redness, without tinting the skin too heavily.
4. 4 Once dry, highlight or pick out the striations on the larger muscles with Bloody Red, leaving the surrounding Dark Fleshtone visible and keeping the highlight toward the middle.
5. 5 Pick out the teeth with Brown Sand, and use the same color to paint the ground on the base.
6. 6 Mix Offwhite into the Brown Sand and apply it over the teeth for a highlight, then add more Offwhite for a second, brighter pass.
7. 7 Lighten Ungor Flesh with Offwhite and highlight the skin as you would on any humanoid miniature — upturned surfaces, the lower edges of the large cuts in the skin, the folds around the face, and the large torus-like lumps on the back of the head — then lighten it further with more Offwhite for a second highlight over the same areas.
8. 8 Base-coat the rocks on the base with Cold Grey.
9. 9 Base-coat the bones with Screaming Skull.
10. 10 Base-coat the leaves scattered on the ground with Deathworld Forest.
11. 11 Base-coat the wooden branches lying on the base with Mournfang Brown.
12. 12 Dry-brush Screaming Skull carefully over the entire base to pick out the ground texture and the edges of the rocks, avoiding the finished figure.
13. 13 Apply Agrax Earthshade selectively into parts of the base — all the bones, the wood, and a few puddled areas — to darken them.
14. 14 Once dry, apply Athonian Camoshade around the places with leaves, and in a few other spots to suggest moss.
15. 15 Apply Druchii Violet Shade into all the little folds in the skin to deepen the shadows and reinforce the bruised look.
16. 16 Shade the entire base with Nuln Oil to bring it all together.
17. 17 Paint the rim of the base with Abaddon Black.

Paints used

• Abaddon Black (Citadel)

  Base rim, painted as the final step

• Agrax Earthshade (Citadel)

  Applied selectively to the bones, the wood, and a few puddled areas on the base

• Athonian Camoshade (Citadel)

  Applied around the leaves and a few other spots on the base to suggest moss

• Bloody Red (Vallejo, Game Color)

  Highlights the striations on the larger muscles, kept toward the middle of each exposed area

• Brown Sand (Vallejo, Model Color)

  Base coat for the teeth and the ground on the base; mixed with Offwhite for the teeth highlights

• Carroburg Crimson (Citadel)

  Thinned and applied over all the skin for subtle bruising and redness

• Cold Grey (Vallejo, Game Color)

  Base coat for the rocks on the base

• Dark Fleshtone (Vallejo, Game Color)

  Picks out the places where the skin has torn away to reveal the muscle underneath

• Deathworld Forest (Citadel)

  Base coat for the leaves scattered on the ground

• Druchii Violet Shade (Citadel)

  Applied into all the little folds in the skin to deepen shadows and bruising

• Mournfang Brown (Citadel)

  Base coat for the wooden branches on the base

• Nuln Oil (Citadel)

  Shades the entire base to bring it together

• Offwhite (Vallejo, Model Color)

  Mixed into Brown Sand for the teeth highlights, and into Ungor Flesh over two layers for the skin highlights

• Screaming Skull (Citadel)

  Base coat for the bones, and dry-brushed carefully over the entire base for texture

• Ungor Flesh (Citadel)

  Base coat for all the skin; lightened with Offwhite for the skin highlights