HTP: Black Knights

The black knights where a lot of fun. There's detail I didn't notice at first but ended up bringing a lot of character to the finished models. While I wish the tendons and muscle on the skulls and neck wasn't on, the rest of the kit was amazing. 

I rattle canned them black, and started the bones with burnt umber. 

70.986 Deck Tan is applied to completely cover all the bones.

Citadel Agrax Earthshade goes over all the bone to shade it.

Final step for the bone is to drybrush with Deck Tan

To block out the rest of the colors I went over it again with black. For other knights I delayed this step till when I started painting the fabric. Once the metal is painted you'll need to clean up again anyway.

For any armor and weapon blades I went over with Citadel Lead Belcher.

Because undead always wear Brass I then went over the armor with Runelord Brass. I feel it's very fitting.

The reds of any fabric, and the reigns are done with Burnt Red, and the Vines were started with Brown Violet.

For the saddle I phoned it in and used Burnt Umber.

Now that all the colors are blocked out I went over everything except the bone with Nuln Oil.

To represent the wear on the brass I hit the edges of the armor, and the parts that showed battle damage and decay with Lead Belcher again.

Highlights! for the black I highlighted Dark Grey, for the red I basically painted on glazes of flat red to build up saturation. Finally I used pure Flat Green to paint the vines. 

Fun part, I used Nhiklakh Oxide to weather the brass. use this very sparingly.

The shields simple. You can't see the inside, so I simply painted it Burnt Umber and washed it with Nuln Oil.

For the muscle tissue I started again with Burnt Red. 

To shade I washed with Nuln Oil

I went back over the muscle with Burnt Red.

Finally I highlighted by mixing Burnt Red with White. This makes it look distinct from the red of the fabric and gives it a sinew look.

The mixed highlight on my pallet.

For the banners I went over the outside fabric with Sky Grey, for the bones I went over with Deck Tan.

Deep Yellow took two coats. It's more of a glaze, but it works. I went over the crowns and the frills on the edges.

I washed the yellow with two coats of Seraphim Sepia, I went over the bone with Agrax.

Final step for the banners is to go over the bone again with Deck Tan. This looks brighter than the bone of the soldiers because it's brushed on instead of dry brush.

And BAM, you're done!