View the Orcus spotlight here... View the Orcus assembly guide here... You can find Orcus in our online store here...     As described in the assembly guide, I recommend you paint the body, throne and wings as separate parts attached on their individual stands and sprayed with a primer, I use a grey colour. Any imperfections can easily be seen at this point and any further cleaning completed. Colour palette Regardless of what paint brand you use the overall colour palette for Orcus is red, bone and light grey. Skin tone I generally start painting the largest part on the model; in this case it is his blood red skin. Starting with a dark red basecoat, working through lighter tones of red up to dark yellows, then ink washes to add richness and tone down the stark highlights. Wings A lines texture is applied, building up the layers ...

View the Valindra Shadowmantle & Wight assembly guide here... You can find Valindra Shadowmantle & Wight in our online store here... With the components cleaned up and attached to their individual painting stands, they are then sprayed with a mid-grey primer. Any more imperfections can easily be seen at this point and any further cleaning completed. Colour palette for Valindra Regardless of what paint brand you use the overall palette for Valindra is dark red, cream for her bandages and a light field blue tone for her skin.   Ragged dress I generally start painting the largest part on the model; in this case it is her dress. Starting with a dark red basecoat, it was soon apparent that the stage by stage photos where not showing up the detail as I wanted, so I have used extra bright images from the finished miniature and I will explain my methods as we go. After the initial basecoat, the whole dress was washed with a dee ...

View the Graz'zt spotlight here... Or view the Graz'zt assembly guide here... You can find Graz'zt in our online store here... Graz’zt painting guide   With the components cleaned up and attached to their individual stands, they are then sprayed with a mid-grey primer. Any more imperfections can easily be seen at this point and any further cleaning completed. Colour palette Regardless of what paint brand you use, the overall palette for Graz’zt is a dark, rich colour scheme of midnight blue, deep purple and black. This reflects the ostentatious dress-sense of Graz’zt and his decadent nature.   Skin tone I generally start painting the largest part on the model; in this case it is his dark blue skin. The basecoat is a 50/50 mix of black and dark blue to provide the basis of the shadows and then painting lighter tones of blue to build up to the final highlights and then ink washes to add richness and tone down the stark highl ...

View the Zuggtmoy spotlight here... Or view the Zuggtmoy assembly guide here... You can find Zuggtmoy in our online store here... Zuggtmoy painting guide With the components cleaned up and attached to their individual stands, they are then sprayed with a mid-grey primer. Any more imperfections can easily be seen at this point and any further cleaning completed. Colour palette Regardless of what paint brand you use, the overall palette for Zuggtmoy are dark yellow, deep red and warm grey. With this model, I have started painting from the inside outwards, the delicate fungal-frills. This allows the paintbrush to get into all the corners without having to concern myself with making any mistakes on the outer surfaces.   Head carapace and ribcage Arms The arms are a more orange tone of yellow, which is blended back into the upper-arm colour. A sand colour ink wash is added near the e ...