MASTERCLASS

Angel Giraldez
 Painting monsters, full of textures and weird skin tones that we
are not used to, tend to be tedious for painters. Usually, they are
bigger creatures, which takes more time and patience.

For this reason, I will teach

you how to paint a monster
quickly, and how to fool the
eye, using an eye-catching
color scheme, and not poli-
shing some parts too much,
in order to save time

For this miniature, I decided

to use a warm color scheme
(with colors that stand out)
For the base we will use dull
colors, creating a strong con-
trast with the figure.

Keeping this in mind,

LET’S START PAINTING!

Priming
1.
I airbrush 3 thin layers of Black Ref. 74.602.
I do use the Airbrush Infinity CR PLUS

Needle 0,4mm Pressure 1.8 Bar.

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Skin
1.
I paint the paws of the monster with
Bloody Red Ref. 72.010, applying more la-
yers to those areas next to the claws.
This way we create a black to red gra-
dient.

2.
For the first highlight, I use Hot
Orange Ref. 72.009.

I apply more layers next to the

claws.

The idea is getting a good gra-

dient from orange, to red and
then black.

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3.
The second highlight is painted with Orange Fire Ref. 72.008.
Once again, adding more layers next to the claws.

4.
Finally, I apply a third and last
illumination with a mixture of
70% Moon Yellow Ref. 72.005 +
30% Sunset Orange Ref. 72.110.

Very significant*
Apply this color using the sti-
ppling technique, in order to tex-
turize the paws.

I apply a glaze of Gory Red Ref.

72.011 to all of the black parts.

Like this, we will add a hue to the-

se parts, getting a less dark color.

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 Shell
1.
For the base color I mix: 70%
Smoke Ref. 70.939 + 30% German
Camouflage Beige WWII Ref.
70.821.

Pay attention: leave deepest

areas unpainted.

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2.
To highlight it, add a little German Ca-
mouflage Beige Ref. 70.82 gradually.

Painting the areas where light hits the

most is key now, do not miss highli-
ghting the edges and leaving deepest
zones in shadow.

3.
With pure German Camou-
flage Beige WWII Ref. 70.821,
I outline the edges to separa-
te each plate of the shell.

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4.
Finally, I apply glazes by airbrush with a mixture of 70% Smoke Ref. 70.939 + 30% Gory Red
Ref. 72.011.

Thinning the mixture down a lot is paramount (8 parts of WATER to 2 parts of PAINT). The
main idea is adding some hues to the shell and to smooth transitions.
(Later, we will apply some final lights to the shell to make it stand out a bit more).

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 Non Metallic Metal
1.
I do use Brown Ref. 70.889. To highlight
it, I gradually added a little Light Sea
Grey Ref. 70.973.

Very significant: when painting NMM, a

strong contrast between lights and sha-
dows is essential.

2.
With a mixture of 50% Pale Sand
Ref. 70.837 + 50% Light Sea Grey
Ref. 70.973, I apply the next hi-
ghlight to the same parts I pain-
ted before.

Remember reducing the highli-

ghted area.

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3.
Next, I add some glazes of diluted Olive
Brown Ref. 70.889, and also of diluted Tur-
quoise Ref. 70.966

Apply them to midtones and shadow areas.

(Glaze dilution: 4 parts of WATER to 2 parts
of COLOR).

4.
Finally, I do apply a final illumination with Pale Sand Ref. 70.837, making metallic parts
shine a bit more.

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Base
1.
With Vietnam Earth Ref. AMIG2159 I add texture to the base.
I do use an old brush to apply it.

2.
I painted the stones using a mixture
of colors (that I used on the SKIN and
NMM). It might seem foolish, but this
way we reuse the colors we previous-
ly used (Make some mixtures to get
brownish/grayish colors, using pale
colors for the highlights).

Using pale colors to upper rocks is

crucial to add contrast.

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3.
To add more texture, most natural and make
it look more vivid, I apply washes with green
colors.
For the field you can use some brown and
dry brush to highlight it (this way, the result
will be subtler, the base should be dark to
make the monster draw more attention.

4.
To conclude, I do use Ga-
mersGrass’ grass tufts to
decorate the base.

I decided to use green and

brown tufts.

As I already said, using mu-

ted colors, the monster will
draw more attention.

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Final Photos
Here you can see the monster finished, together with
its raider!

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