Age of Sigmar: Hobby Highlight – Painting Ushoran, Mortarch of Delusion
It’s time to paint up a Flesh Eaters Mortarch Ushoran in this week’s Hobby Highlight!
Today I am showing how to paint Ushoran, Mortarch of Delusion, for Age of Sigmar.
The brand new Ushoran is a gross gem of a model for Age of Sigmar. Filled with details and a huge display base, the twisted Mortarch is creepy and evocative. I departed from a scheme that matches our studio Flesh Eater Courts army, which is pale, with dark fur and gory blood.
Ushoran Paint Scheme
The first models in this army were painted with a pale and sickly flesh, but I wanted the Mortarch to look more vital. Since he is technically a different subfaction than the rest of the army (our FEC are Blisterkin, while Ushoran is Hollowmourne), a different color scheme is totally appropriate. I decided to really set off the model, he would have a majestic and flowing, white cape. The rest of the army used some model railway flowers of a nice pink and yellow variety, but they were both challenging to use and discontinued. To replace them, I used some brightly colored (same palette) Gamer Grass tufts. Now that is out of the way, let’s paint up Ushoran!
Painting Recipe
Flesh
White Prime
Guilliman Flesh
Burnt Umber Oil wash and clean up
Spot touch with Cadian Fleshtone
Blood for the Blood God gore after sealing
Cape
White Prime
Furs painted Snakebite Leather, Drybrushed Screaming Skull, Cadian Fleshtone details
Burnt Umber Oil wash and clean up
Metals
Castellax Bronze and Leadbelcher
Nihilakh Oxide on Bronze
Burnt Umber Oil wash and clean up
Base
Ruins are Prime Grey, Burnt Umber Oil wash and clean up
Stirland Mud
Drybrush Loren Forest
Add various colored tufts
Happy hobbying!
