Vampire Counts Necromancer

[doogansquest]

Just got the itch to paint this little guy today, so I started some work on his face. Let me know what you think!

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7208/6911271819_5a106f79c8_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/63189830@N02/6911271819/)
IMAG0445.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/63189830@N02/6911271819/) by jmcolbeck (http://www.flickr.com/people/63189830@N02/), on Flickr

[energongoodie]

Lovely. I tried to do a head very similar to that yesterday but didn't get it close to as good as that.

[fuzzbuket]

wow thats really good!

[doogansquest]

Thank you.

It's quite a variety of colors, really. I used Vallejo Game Colour Heavy Warmgrey as my base, and mixed in a wide combination of "cool" hues like Hawk Turquoise (or Scurvy Green, if staying in the Vallejo family), Liche Purple, Necron Abyss, and Heavy Charcoal for the shade tones. Adeptus Battlegrey, Khemri Brown + Dheneb Stone, and a little Skull White for the various highlights.

I really just kept going in both directions until I got the "pop" I wanted. I then used a little Scab Red, mixed with some of the base flesh tones to get the effect on the lips and eyelids.

The teeth and eyes are actually both the same, bouncing off of the same Khemri Brown + Dheneb Stone variants, and "yellowed" by staying closer to Khemri Brown.

As complicated as it all sounds, the process actually went rather quickly.

[doogansquest]

An update! I started some work on his cape. It's got a ways to go, as in some major-league blending still has to take place, but I thought I'd run this for you anyway just to give you an idea of the progress. Enjoy!

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7188/6924539501_b06545259f_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/63189830@N02/6924539501/)
IMAG0450 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/63189830@N02/6924539501/) by jmcolbeck (http://www.flickr.com/people/63189830@N02/), on Flickr

[doogansquest]

Greetings all!

I've started some additional work on the cloak. I've had a little trouble defining each of the 3 layers of "cloaking" he wears, but I like the effects I've achieved thus far. Moved around the whole model today to get more color everywhere, as well as a little extra pop. Tell me what you think!

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7199/6787567046_4874e2c821_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/63189830@N02/6787567046/)
IMAG0453 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/63189830@N02/6787567046/) by jmcolbeck (http://www.flickr.com/people/63189830@N02/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7202/6787565384_a0f06c5038_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/63189830@N02/6787565384/)
IMAG0456 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/63189830@N02/6787565384/) by jmcolbeck (http://www.flickr.com/people/63189830@N02/), on Flickr


I will be working on the tattered edges of the cloak next to dirty them up a little bit, and then I will move on to some of the smaller details of the model. I also have a scenic base planned. Thanks for viewing!

[lattd]

How do you do the purple on the cape, it looks amazing!

[doogansquest]

@lattd: The funny thing is, the photo doesn't accurately portray the purple I used, or how it looks in person. These photos look bright and saturated, but it's far more subtle in real life.

Anyway, I started with a Liche Purple equivalent, and then shaded with a mixture of Necron Abyss, and the same grey I used on the cape. I then highlighted by mixing the lighter grey from the cape, and some Warlock Purple.

I used those purples to shade the grey areas as well, and added Heavy Charcoal to the darker areas.

[White Tiger88]

That is pretty awesome i love that cape & the face looks pretty neat as well i can't wait to see the rest of the model painted.

[Deadlift]

I love that face, its very very good. Do you enter golden daemon ? because that paint job is easily that sort of quality.

[brotheryorei]

that looks great

[slk28850]

Looks great. I like the purple cloak. Could you list the colors you used for the skin?