HOBBY: Arena Rex: Painting Micon Pt. 1
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Sep 30 2013
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Gentleben here. I finished a new batch of Arena Rex figures recently. Let’s do a step by step for Micon.
Step one is the skin. Since Micon is Syrian, I’ve tried to give him a skin tone true to his ancestry. To start it off I’ve mixed a basecoat that’s roughly a 2-1-1 of Bootstrap Leather, Umbral Umber, and Beaten Purple. These are all P3 colors, as are all the rest of the colors I’ll be using unless stated otherwise. To help with my blending I use Matisse Drying Retarder.
Next I start blocking out the highlights and shadows. To shade the skin I use a 1-1 of Umbral Umber and Beaten Purple while Hammerfall Khaki is used as a highlight.
Then I blend it all together.
Next I start on the metals. I’ve chosen to do a copper scheme for Micon’s armor so I start it off with a basecoat of Bloodstone. This receives a wash mixed from GW’s Agrax Earth and Guilliman Blue with some P3 Green Ink. Then I start adding a few highlights by lightening up the Bloodstone with a little Frostbite.
Next I start blocking in the shadows with Coal Black.
The next step is to once again begin blending it all together. I also further intensify the highlights by adding more and more Frostbite to the Bloodstone.
~ That’s it for this installment. Check back soon to see him get finished up.
Author: Ben Williams
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