Kharkov Warrior Part II

The stages I take when approaching this point in a build are to plan out how to marry the weathering of the boots, gear etc. with the base. For this Kharkov base I began by using a greasy looking mix of Tau Light Ochre, Machinarium Standard Grey and Burnt Umber. This was built upon with various levels of intentional randomness and deliberate blanket drybrushing. The successive mixes included; for the drybrushed blankets, an increase in Ochre with a decrease in burnt umber and an addition of Light grey from citadel and Iraqi Sand from Vallejo. The intentional random streaks and spots were added using various amounts of burnt umber, greys and browns in no apparent order except that they all related to the base coat in some way thus keeping the look subtle and harmonious. The bricks were base coated with a mix of Light Ochre and a deep red from Citadel. They were given a light highlight with the addition of light grey. Once all of this had set I applied a thinned brown ink to the areas around the details such as bricks, pits and wood. The final and most enjoyable part was the application of pastels. I used various independent tones from Mig, CMK and Warpig and began by dusting pu the bricks and applying detailed stroked to the wooded sections so that they could have some independence from the muck. These first strokes consisted of browns while the next phase used a dark burned looking brown to add some more depth to the shadows and pits. The final and smallest application was a dust colour added to the bricks and some of the barren patches to give them some character. Hical, James.