Chaos Dwarves

Someone has asked me to do another commission. The request is for 27 Chaos & Chaos Dwarf players to a basic table top standard. So I’ll be going with some speed painting techniques to get these done nice and quick, but looking good.

The first step is a basecoat in black and then an azimuth highlight with white; you can see all the miniatures (and a bonus one) in this picture below.

I started with the Chaos Dwarves. I was asked to do a Black/Green scheme. I started from the above by taking the few flesh parts you can see and painting them with the colours below. I then used the airbrush to add the grey as a thin layer. After that is was pretty much just careful brush work with a few washes and highlights picked out. Being mostly armour, these guys are pretty straight forward. However, they’re time consuming with all that trim on their armour.

Skin:

Base: Brown Sand (VMC 70.876)
Wash: Red Shade (VGC 73.206) & Sepia Shade (VGC 73.200) – 1:1
Highlight I: Base
Highlight II: Basic Skintone (VMC 70.815)

Beard:

Base: Red Leather (VMC 70.818)
Wash: Sepia Shade (VGC 73.200)
Highlight: Bright Orange (VMC 70.851)

Armour:

Base: Dark Blue Grey (VMA 71.054) – Airbrushed
Wash: Dark Wash (A.MIG-1008)
Skulls: London Grey (VMC 70.836) – Lightly brushed
Trim: Deep Green (VMC 70.970)
Numbers: Golden Yellow (VMC 70.948)
Bolts & Golden Spikes: Gold (VMC 70.996)
Chain Mail & Iron Spikes: Gunmetal Grey (VMC 70.863

Leather Scales:

Base: Flat Earth (VMC 70.983)
Wash: Dark Brown for Green Vehicles (AK 045)

Pouches & Straps:

Base: USA Tan Earth (VMC 70.874)
Wash: Sepia Shade (VGC 73.200)

Horns

Base: Desert Yellow (VMC 70.977).
Highlight: Ivory (70.918).
Wash: Sepia Shade (VGC 73.200) – 2 coats.

The Claw

Base: Scarlet (VMC 70.817).
Wash: Sepia Shade (VGC 73.200).
Highlight: Rose Brown (VMC 70.803).

Basing for these guys is really straight forward: it’s just Woodland Scenics’ Green Grass Fine Turf (T45) onto PVA. The rim is lightened black (75% black and 25% Black grey), as I’m starting to find pure black really stands out when it’s rimmed on the base.