Vast Painting Guide Ep. 4: The Warlock

Steps

1. 1 Prime the miniature black, then spray white primer from above to zenithal-map where the highlights will go.
2. 2 Paint the face completely first, since it's tucked under the hat and easy to mess up later: base coat the skin with Huldra Blue.
3. 3 Base coat the underside of the hat with Black Grey and the hair with Sky Grey.
4. 4 Paint the eyes with a Chink Orange and Orcish Dermis mix, building the highlight toward pure Orcish Dermis over several layers, then ink in the pupils with a fine micron pen.
5. 5 Highlight the face by mixing Ivory into Huldra Blue on the nose, ears, cheekbones and forehead, and highlight the hair with Ivory mixed into Sky Grey.
6. 6 Base coat the rest of the miniature: Rakarth Flesh on the sleeve cuffs and hat wrap, Temple Guard Blue on the shirt, and Huldra Blue again on the spellbook.
7. 7 Base coat the gloves, boots, and orange checker diamonds with Chink Orange, and the remaining diamonds with Temple Guard Blue.
8. 8 Base coat the pants, belt, and spellbook pages with Iraqi Sand, and the hat, cloak, and remaining shield squares with Miskatonic Grey.
9. 9 Base coat the pouches and furry waist piece with Rakarth Flesh, and the wristbands with Black Grey to set up the non-metallic metal later.
10. 10 Highlight the fur, pouches, and hat wrap with Rakarth Flesh mixed with Ivory.
11. 11 Shade the fur with Nuln Oil, the spellbook pages with Seraphim Sepia, and the belt with Agrax Earthshade.
12. 12 Highlight the hat, cloak, and shield grays with Sky Grey mixed with Ivory, and the pants and belt texture with Iraqi Sand mixed with Ivory.
13. 13 Highlight the orange diamonds with Chink Orange mixed with more Orcish Dermis, the gloves and boots with Chink Orange mixed with Iraqi Sand for a dusty look, and the blue tunic with Temple Guard Blue mixed with Sky Grey.
14. 14 Dark-line the whole miniature with diluted Black Ink to sharpen the seams and recesses for a hand-drawn, cartoon look.
15. 15 Touch up the hair highlights with pure White, then freehand two spell icons onto the book pages with Hull Red thinned in Liquitex Flow Aid, filling in details with Iraqi Sand.
16. 16 Paint non-metallic steel on the wristbands and belt buckle: build a gradient from Black Grey through mid-grey to White, then edge-highlight with the lightest tone.
17. 17 Shade the hair with a wash of Apothecary White contrast paint, and dab Fuegan Orange onto worn and torn creases in the grey fabric.
18. 18 Paint the round base with Mechanicus Standard Grey and the rim with pure Black.

Paints used

• Agrax Earthshade (Citadel)

  Wash over the belt

• Apothecary White (Citadel)

  Applied as a Contrast wash over the hair for extra depth

• Black (Vallejo Model Color)

  Base rim of the round base, painted last

• Black Grey (Vallejo Model Color)

  Base coat for the underside of the hat and the wristbands; touch-up on the belt buckle and pouch latch

• Black Ink (Vallejo Game Ink)

  Diluted with water and used to dark-line the whole miniature

• Chink Orange (Scale75 Scalecolor)

  Base mix for the eyes; base coat for the gloves, boots, and orange checker diamonds; highlighted with more Orcish Dermis on the eyes/diamonds and with Iraqi Sand for a dusty highlight on the gloves and boots

• Fuegan Orange (Citadel)

  Dabbed onto worn and torn creases in the grey fabric for wear-and-tear

• Huldra Blue (Scale75 Scalecolor)

  Base coat for the skin and the spellbook, highlighted with Ivory on the skin

• Hull Red (Vallejo Model Color)

  Freehand spell icons on the book pages, thinned with Liquitex Flow Aid

• Iraqi Sand (Vallejo Model Color)

  Base coat for the pants, belt, and spellbook pages; mixed with Ivory to highlight the pants and belt texture; mixed with Chink Orange for a dusty highlight on the gloves and boots; thinned with flow aid to fill in freehand icon details

• Ivory (Vallejo Model Color)

  Highlight mixed into Huldra Blue for the skin, Sky Grey for the hair and hat/cloak, Rakarth Flesh for the fur and pouches, and Iraqi Sand for the pants and belt

• Mechanicus Standard Grey (Citadel)

  Base coat for the round display base

• Miskatonic Grey (Scale75 Scalecolor)

  Base coat for the hat, cloak, and remaining shield squares

• Nuln Oil (Citadel)

  Wash to shade the furry waist piece

• Orcish Dermis (Scale75 Scalecolor)

  Mixed increasingly into Chink Orange to build the eye highlight up to pure Orcish Dermis, and to highlight the orange checker diamonds

• Rakarth Flesh (Citadel)

  Base coat for the sleeve cuffs, hat wrap, pouches, and furry waist piece, highlighted with Ivory

• Seraphim Sepia (Citadel)

  Wash over the spellbook pages

• Sky Grey (Vallejo Model Color)

  Base coat for the hair; mixed with Ivory to highlight the hair and the hat/cloak; mixed with Temple Guard Blue to highlight the tunic

• Temple Guard Blue (Citadel)

  Base coat for the shirt and the remaining checker diamonds, highlighted with a Sky Grey mix

• White (Vallejo Model Color)

  Touch-up on the hair highlights, and the glints and final edge highlight in the wristband/belt-buckle non-metallic metal