First, the wood parts. These were painted in a very simple way, which is probably familiar to most people. It is a process which looks like this:
1, Basecoat with Hashut Copper. This color does not cover very well and you will probably need to layers of basecoat. Don't be tempted to put on a very thick layer. Be patient and do two layers!
2, Wash heavily with Agrax Earthshade. Make sure the wash gets into all the recesses, especially on the statues. Make sure this is completely dry before moving on to the next step.
3, Apply Nihilakh Oxide. This paint is one of the technical paints that Games Workshop released about a year ago. They are all very useful and this particular paint makes for great verdigris effects with little effort. It is similar to a wash in consistency. Apply it in much the same way, but this time focus on areas where (rain) water would pool and run on the statues, doors, signs, etc. This is sometimes the reverse of the shadows, as some shadowed areas might be protected from rain, but generally this means recesses and deeper areas where water might gather. On the doors, this means around the little spikes and other details like that, and generally near the bottom. After applying, wipe of the excess with a paper towel. You can always apply another layer if you want more verdigris, just make sure you do not leave any right on the top of the statue for example.
4, Do a quick drybrush of Hashut Copper to bring out the base color and highlight areas which have been darkened by the wash. This can also fix some ill applied Nihilakh Oxide.
5, Drybrush and do some quick edge highlightning with Ironbreaker/Chainmail. Keep this very light and it will make the areas pop. For the doors, also do some very light brushing/stippling across the whole areas. This will look like weathering and create a bit of texture/structure to the bronze.
Examples of finished bronze parts:
The brass was painted much like the bronze above, but without the verdigris. Instead I washed them extensively with agrax earthshade and nuln oil after painting them, to make them look sooty and dirty.
The silver parts were basically painted boltgun metal/leadbelcher, washed with nuln oil and drybrushed with chainmail/ironbreaker. I then dirtied them a bit, especially under them, with agrax earthshade and nuln oil.
Examples of finished metal parts below:
I did paint a few skulls like real skulls. These were the skulls that looked like real skulls, that had cracks or were positioned slightly askew, anything that suggested that they might be real skulls. The most typical ones were in the alcoves of the chapel (see the left and right picture below).
These skulls can be painted in many different ways. I like this way:
Karak Stone base – Wash Agrax – Karak stone/ushabti bone – Ushabti Bone
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