Lupa15’s Warhammer Underworlds

Leather

Base with Citadel Corvus Black

Wash with Citadel Nuln Oil

(Not yet done) Highlight with Citadel Dawnstone

Armor

Base with Citadel Iron Hands Steel

Wash with Citadel Nuln Oil

Wash in recesses a 50-50 mixture of Citadel Akhelian Green and Citadel Contrast Medium

(Not yet done) Highlight with Citadel Stormhost Silver

So I came to the most challenging part of the project… painting fair skin.  I did a lot of research and found that Kislev Flesh and Pallid Wych Flesh are the most common paints used.  But another thing I know with painting female fleshtones is that you do not want a harsh contrast so using washes was out of the question.

In the end I settled on the following:
Fair Skin
Using several thin layers of Citadel Kislev Flesh on a basecoat of a white primer gets the initial starting point.

Use a 50/50 mixture of Citadel Kislev Flesh and Citadel Pallid Wych Flesh to leave the Citadel Kislev Flesh in the recesses.

Finally highlighting raised areas of the skin use a 2 part to 1 part mixture of Citadel Pallid Wych Flesh and Citadel Kislev Flesh.

Red Corsets/Robes

Build up Citadel Khorne Red over several thin layers.

Use a 50/50 mixture of Citadel Nuln Oil and Citadel Carroburg Crimson diluted partially with water.  I ended up using about equal parts of water and each wash paint.

Tidy up the raised areas with Citadel Khorne Red

Highlight the edges of the robes and corsets with Citadel Wild Rider Red.

Vines

Being very careful build up Citadel Loren Forest on the each of the vines.

Highlight the raised bits of the vines with a 2 part to 1 part mixture of Citadel Loren Forest and Citadel Screaming Skull.

Wood

Base the wood with a 2 part to 1 part mixture of Citadel Gorthor Brown and Citadel Dryad Bark.

Wash with Citadel Agrax Earthshade.

Highlight up the edges with a 4 part to 2 part to 1 part mixture of Citadel Gorthor Brown, Citadel Dryad Bark and Citadel Screaming Skull.

Finally on the sharpest edges use a 2 part to 1 part mixture of Citadel Gorthor Brown and Citadel Screaming Skull

I started painting the Blade Coven over the weekend.  The first step was to come up a painting scheme and the Warhmmer TV video of How to Paint – Morgwaeth’s Blade Coven served as most of the inspiration.

I started with the hair and the base as you can see from the images below.

Blue Hair

Base the hair with Citadel Corax White

Wash with 2 parts Citadel Contrast Medium to 1 part Citadel Contrast Aethermatic Blue

Drybrush the hair with Citadel Corax White

Drybrush lightly the hair with Citadel White Scar

Pink Hair

Base the hair with Citadel Corax White

Wash with 2 parts Citadel Contrast Medium to 1 part Citadel Contrast Magos Purple

Drybrush the hair with Citadel Corax White

Drybrush lightly the hair with Citadel White Scar

Bases

Base the whole base with a 50-50 mix of Citadel Zandri Dust and Citadel Rakarth Flesh

Wash the whole base with a 1-1-1 mix of Citadel Lahmian Medium, Water and Citadel Agrax Earthshade

For the dirt apply a second wash of the above mixture

For the rocks only highlight them with a 50-50 mixture of Citadel Zandri Dust and Citadel Rakarth Flesh

For the rocks only highlight them with a 50-50 mixture of Citadel Zandri Dust and Citadel Screaming Skull

For the skulls highlight with Citadel Ushabti Bone and a fine/edge highlight of Citadel Screaming Skull

I recently splurged and got two new Warbands!  I have always loved the look of the Daughters of Khaine but didn’t want to collect a full army. Morgwaeth’s Blade Coven gave me the perfect opportunity to finally collect and paint some.

Additionally I decided to pick up Steelheart’s Champions at the same time. Just because…

So I kind of just missed updating this project but I did complete Lady Harrow’s Mournflight.

Corset

50-50 mix of Citadel Doombull Brown and Citadel Gorthor Brown

Wash with Agrax Earthshade

Highlight certain areas back up to the 50-50 mix of Citadel Doombull Brown and Citadel Gorthor Brown

Edge Highlight with a 50-50 mix of Citadel Tuskgor Fur and Citadel Gorthor Brown

Dirt Base

A 50-50 mix of Citadel Celestra Grey and Citadel Stormvermin Fur washed with Agrax Earthshade

Stone

A 50-50 mix of Citadel Celestra Grey and Citadel Mechanicus Standard Grey

Wash with Nuln Oil

Layer most areas with a 50-50 mix of Citadel Mechanicus Standard Grey and Citadel Administratum Grey

Highlight the edges with a 50-50 mix of Citadel Eshin Grey and Citadel Ulthuan Grey

Vines

Citadel Deathworld Forest

Wash with Athonian Camoshade

Highlight the top of the vines with Citadel Straken Green

Roses

Citadel Screamer Pink

Wash with Druchii Violet

Highlight with 50-50 mixture of Citadel Pink Horror and Citadel Screamer Pink

Rim of Base

Citadel Stormvermin Fur

Metal

Citadel Leadbelcher

Wash with Agrax Earthshade

Highlight with Citadel Ironbreaker

Brass

Citadel Balthasar Gold

Wash with Agrax Earthshade

Highlight with Gehennas Gold

I started out by painting Lady Harrow’s Mournflight. The first step was to undercoat the miniatures with Corax White.

Following the undercoat a wash of Nihilakh Oxide would provide the ghostly glow.

Finally once wash was dry I generously drybrushed the miniatures with Ulthuan Grey and followed that up with a lighter drybrush of White Scar.

I think for the arms and skulls I am going to utilize the same colors but use a layering and highlighting technique rather than a drybrush.

I couldn’t resist jumping in on Warhammer Underworlds, especially after being inspired by a Warhammer TV painting video.  Back in 2016 I saw this video walking through painting spirit hosts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzjJqNV4Ei0

I loved the color scheme and wanted to paint some undead but I didn’t have anything…

Four years later Warhammer Underworlds gave me that opportunity to collect some ghostly undead without going all in on Age of Sigmar. So my project begins!