After building and priming all those models shown in the last post, I promptly went on to paint something different. So now, more than a year after building and priming them, I’ve finished painting Zarbag’s Gitz. In this post I’ll show you the two squigs, which I painted before the rest of the warband, and in a couple of days I’ll show the actual Gitz.
These two angry red balls were fun to paint, and quite quick as well, with so few elements to them. I tried some new recipes on these, mainly on the red skin and the teeth/bones. I shaded the red with Contrast paints, Blood Angels Red on one and Flesh Tearers (FT) on the other. Not much difference in the final product, FT provides a bit more contrast. Otherwise the process was the same. I used a flesh tone for highlighting, which was a first for me.
I wanted to try something different with the teeth as well, especially to provide contrast between the giant bone and the teeth on Bonerakka. I took inspiration from the studio models and tried Rakarth Flesh (RF) as a basecoat, shaded very carefully with thinned Nuln Oil. Highlighting with Pallid Wych Flesh (PWF) finished off the teeth. The bone was likewise RF, but shaded with Seraphim Sepia. I then layered with Flayed One Flesh and highlighted with PWF. Finally, I glazed on some color with a mix of Reikland Fleshshade and Carroburg Crimson. Very happy with the result!
One final note about painting the details: the brands on the squigs’ sides had me scratching my head for a bit, but happily one of my go-to sources, Tale of Painters, had me covered. Stahly has painted this warband very nicely and provides recipes for most of the colors, including the scarred flesh. Also helped with the mouths! I didn’t get mine to look quite as nice as the reference, but that’s fine.
I’m also sneaking in my hobby bingo card, as a week ago I built two new magnetic storage cases. The construction was exactly the same as the previous ones, so didn’t feel the need to post a picture of them. But with those, I should be set with storage for quite some time!
Nice work on these, the colors look great and the brand is really nice!
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Thanks a lot Faust, glad you like them!
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Very nicely done! 🙂 The teeth have come out really well!
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Much appreciated John! I like the teeth as well, and it was interesting to try out a new recipe. I think I’ve only ever used the basic bone recipe from GW before.
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These are great, that contrast between the teeth and bone works really well, which surprise me on such a similar recipe!
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Thank you very much! (and sorry for the late reply)
Yeah, the washes really change the tones quite dramatically!
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Fantastic work on the pair of these. What did you use for the base colour before shading with the different contrast paints?
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Thanks! I’m pretty sure it was just Mephiston Red. Khorne Red is also possible, but I think it was Mephiston. Heh, I don’t tend to write recipes down these days, especially these smaller projects and more organic models..
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Great work
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Many thanks IRO!
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