Last week we ended up with a built base sadly lacking any paint, time
to rectify that!
I started off with a zenithal black/white prime, I then promptly
remembered that the miniature comes with some syringes for the base
so I glued those on after.
Once again I did some research for the floor, I was torn between
either using an all white/faded white for the tiles or alternating
dark and light. I decided to go with the dark and light option
because it mirrored the light and dark of the skin/coat on the
miniature. I used an off black (mixing in some dark sea blue to pull
in another colour I'd used on the miniature)
I tried a little loaded brush on the dark tiles working some light
areas at the top of the tiles. The light tiles were painted with an
off-white colour and then I used some glazes of watered down brown
washes (Army Painter Strong, Agrax Earthshade and a little Nuln Oil
in places) to dirty them up.
I painted the tiles on the wall in a similar way, I think I actually
went straight to the glazing over the zenithal prime rather than
doing any base.
The column was painted with various shades of grey, using both
careful drybrushing and selected glazing. I also washed some brown in
places to add some variation. I also did the same techniques on the
exposed concrete around the edges of the tiles except I also glazed
some blue in with Drakenhoff Nightshade.
You can't really see it from the photos but if you'll remember from
last week's assembly article the base below the floor was pretty much
just cork. I had intended to just leave this a dark colour as it's
pretty much all in shade. However after priming I realised that even
painted dark it still looks too much like cork. I sometimes like to
use earth in basing, one of the many tips I've picked up from the
amazing painters at Massive Voodoo. I used some PVA glue on the areas
I wanted to be earth and then just pressed dried soil from the garden
into it. (You can find more details of this technique here) Always
remember to dry the earth out first (can either do this in an oven or
just wait) When using earth before I have mostly used superglue, it
sets hard but I wanted to try something different this time. I used
PVA and then when dry I used some pigment fixer over the top to try
and fix the top layer, seems to work!
For painting the exposed rebars I wanted them to look suitably aged.
Also most rebar is shown as being ribbed poles, so I tried to paint
that effect on. I used a striped black and black/tank brown mix. Also
painted some cracks onto the tiles, some were pre cut in the building
stage, some just painted on. A dark scratch with a lighter highlight
line below it, using very thin brush strokes. Much of this will be
covered by the miniature but good to practice!
Finally we have the syringes. I used yellow to match with the yellow
on the dolls skirt on the mini and red because...well it seems
traditional! A white line painted down the vial makes it look like a
glass reflection. I then used my standard Black Metal up to Speed
metal Scale 75 set for the rest of the syringe.
We're sooooo close to the finish line. Next week's article will be
adding the mini to the base and then seeing if there are any final
touches needed to really finish the scene off.
