With the release of Outrage, the new Infinity manga from CB. I was lucky enough to get my hands on it soon enough to get the limited edition model Knauf.
In my excitement I wanted to make a painting guide for all the new owners of this beautiful model.
To start I primed the entire model with Vallejo Surface Primer 74.602 Black. Because of the NMM I'm going to do I didn't follow this with a white primer as I normally do. This was followed by an airbrush covering most of the model with Minitaire Coal. the coal covers almost the entire black surface from above. Always paint from the top at a 45 degree angles. After the coal was follow with Minitaire Rock in covering less surface area. to build up a strong metallic.
To finish the NMM I used a thin white to highlight the armor and apply scratches to the plate. This was followed by going along all the inside edges with black to increase the contrast on the metal.
To Start with the skin I used a thin sunny skin tone glaze and covered the entire face followed by a wash of Citadel Reikland fleshshade. Once dry I went back over with the sunny skin tone glaze to start the base of the skin.
All of this is done as a glaze. You want to first highlight the skin with Cadmiun and then finalize the highlights with pale flesh. The key part of this step is making a thin wash out of parasite brown and hit the parts of his cheeks just bellow his cheek bones, around his eyes, and the very tip of his nose. the contrast makes the face pop.
To finish the face I started with a gray around the sides of his head. With the same gray I made a wash and went over his face carefully to paint his stubble. I followed this with a glaze of a lighter gray drawing lines down to make beard hair. I finished painting the eyes a solid white, and a drop of black for the pupil.
The rest of the model I blocked out the colors to get a feel for the next steps. Knauf is a sniper by trade, so I wanted his coat to be a rough brown fabric. True to his pano origins I kept the blue undercoat but traded out the pants for black for when they stick out under his coat.
To get the red of the inside of the coat I started with orange around the most exposed parts. For the rest of the coat I followed up with a red. once dry I went back with black to repaint the hexagons of his coat.
For the coat use a stiff bristle brush to dry brush the following colors. For the front, or around the hood where you're at risk of getting the color on finished parts just paint it on.
To start the blue shirt I simply went from the night blue I started with and went up by mixing more and more sky blue. Finishing the highlight with sky blue and white. For the highlights on his pants I started with a neutral grey and followed with wolf grey.
For the straps I wanted them to be close to the colors I used on the coat but take the highlight farther. I started with a flat earth brown, followed by gold brown and finished with deck tan. While painting these I drew lines instead of trying to blend. For fabric I want there to be sketchy cross hatch style rather then blending the actual colors.
I wanted the buckle and bullet casing to be a bright NMM gold to stand out against the browns of the fabric. Everything is done as a single glaze with the exception of burnt umber which was a wash just in the buckle.
Knauf's career outside of Pan-o would have lead him to get an after market multi sniper. Because of this I wanted it to have warm white coloring along with the traditional military black. I started with a base of deck tan. To produce the shade in the cracks of the armor I applied the burnt umber wash I was already using on the buckle. I followed this with another base of deck tan for a solid base, followed by mixing white and ten until the rifle was completely white. For the highlights I started with a mix of 1/1 of black and white, and I mixed it it to make highlights till the gun was finished.
The final part of the model is the red OSL on his chest light and on his arm. This was done as a wash starting from the very middle of the light source and painting rings out around it from there. This way you can always make the middle more saturated without risking the edges until you know how it looks. I started with a deep red, and at the very end highlighted the middle with a mix of red and rosy skin.
You're done! Thank you for taking the time to read my post and enjoy you're beautiful new Knauf model!
