How I Paint - Skaven - Clan Eshin
As I continue to work through the various Warhammer Underworlds warbands, I finally reached Skittershank's Clawpack. The Clawpack are a group of Clan Eshin Skaven. I decided to paint them in classic scheme of brown fur and black robes. Here is my guide.
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Undercoats
The miniature was undercoated with Chaos Black spray.
I then gave the whole miniature a basecoat of Mournfang Brown thinned, with water.
Once the basecoat was dry, I gave the fur a very light drybrush with Karak Stone. This may look a little harsh but the washes will fix this in a later stage.
Basecoats
The next main step, was to block in all the basecoats on the miniature. I began with the flesh on the nose, ears, hands and feet. This was painted with a 1:1 mix of Bugman's Glow and Cadian Fleshtone. I made sure to feather the edges between the fur and flesh on the hands and feet. The eyes were painted in with Mephiston Red. The tail was painted with a 1:1 mix of Cadian Fleshtone and Pink Horror. The inside of the mouth was painted with Screamer Pink. The teeth and horns were picked out with Zandri Dust. The toe nails were painted Abaddon Black.
The cloth on the miniature was painted Abaddon Black. This was highlighted with a 1:1 mix of Abaddon Black and Eshin Grey. The bandages on the legs were painted with Steel Legion Drab. The rope was painted with Zandri Dust. I left the bombs on the rope unpainted, I painted these later.
Finally, the metal on the miniature was painted in with Leadbelcher. A few items, like belt buckles were painted with Warplock Bronze. The leather straps were painted with Rhinox Hide. The strapping and bandages were painted with Steel Legion Drab.
Washes
With all the basecoats complete, it was time to add shade to the miniature with washes. The tail was washed with Carroburg Crimson. The rest of the miniature, except the metal and black robes were washed with Agrax Earthshade. The black robes and metal were washed with Nuln Oil. The washes were left to dry thoroughly.
Highlights
With the washes dry, I started highlighting the miniature. I began with the brown fur. I highlighted it quickly, giving it a fairly rough appearance, mimicking the fur. To begin with I used Mournfang Brown. This was followed by a 1:1 mix of Mournfang Brown and Skrag Brown and then Skrag Brown on its own.
The lower two-thirds of the teeth were painted with Ushabti Bone, try to keep a vertical thin dark line in the centre of the teeth, to indicate two teeth. Then highlight the lower third of the teeth with Screaming Skull.
The bandages were carefully painted with Steel Legion Drab, to just leave the wash in the recesses. The bandages were then highlighted first with Baneblade Brown and then with Karak Stone. The rope was also highlight with Karak Stone, I used a thin brush to pick out the rope texture.
I then careful painted in the glass panels of the bombs on the rope with Ionrach Skin. The frames on the bombs were painted with Leadbelcher. The glass panels were carefully painted with a 1:1 mix of Warplightning Green and Contrast Medium.
The metal was highlighted with Ironbreaker. The sharp edges of the weapon blades were edge highlighted with Stormhost Silver. The Warplock Bronze was highlighted with Runelord Brass and then Canoptek Alloy.
Finally, the black cloth was highlighted with a 1:1 mix of Abaddon Black and Eshin Grey. Finer highlights were then applied with Eshin Grey.
The smoke on the base was basecoated with Dawnstone. This was then washed with Biel-Tan Green. The smoke was highlighted with Dawnstone. Further highlights of Administratum Grey were applied to lower half of the smoke.
I really like the neat feel of this paint scheme and it is extremely easy to do and will provide impressive results even if used to paint whole units of troops.
If you have any questions, please leave them in the comments below. Until then 'Happy Hobbying'.
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