Leagues of Votann Step by Step

Hello!

As promised in the previous entry, here's a step by step tutorial on how I painted the purple Leagues of Votann. We're going to be looking at the plasma gun guy here, but I did in fact batch paint the whole lot at once, which this scheme should allow to be done relatively easily. 

First up, the models were sprayed bone (I used army painter spray but I'm sure pretty much any bone coloured spray will work), then heavily drybrushed with white.

Next, I used Skeleton Horde Contrast, diluted to about 1 in 3 with medium, to wash over all the undersuit sections, giving a cream look.

Time for some purple. It's Leviathan Purple Contrast, mixed to 1 in 2 with medium so it goes on nice and smooth, and still shows through some of the highlights from the drybrush earlier. I went over all the armour panels, leaving as much white as possible over the sections that are going to be yellow.

A couple of steps here - the yellow shoulders and black for the metal areas. The yellow is Vallejo Game Colour Heavy Ochre, I think it's my favourite yellow, nice muted colour and good coverage, a couple of slightly thinned coats worked for the majority of the models. The black is just straight up neat Black Templar Contrast, covering tubes and cables as well as the exposed metal parts of weapons and backpacks etc. I also used the black to go into the gaps around the head inside the armour.

Here's the most fun stage, followed immediately by the least fun. I sponged on some Gunmetal (I used the Game Colour one, but there should be a suitable equivalent in your paint range of choice) over all the metal and some select armoured areas, trying to avoid going onto the under suit too much. This gives a good worn effect for the metal and some nice chipping on the armour, and is loads of fun.

Then I had to tidy up the bone areas, which was boring, but necessary. In addition to cleaning up any under suit mess, I painted the bone over any slips onto the faces or pouches.

Speaking of pouches, they were up next with Snakebite Leather Contrast. This was also done over the coats and stowage for the Pioneers and Kahl. At this stage I also used Militarum Green to paint the containers on the back of the Pioneers.

On to some more detailing. The gold for visors and other details was painted with Game Colour Glorious Gold (though again, I'm sure most ranges have a good equivalent) and then washed with Skeleton Horde. The faces and hair were all washed with various contrast paints, Guilliman Flesh and Snakebite Leather doing most of the work in some combination.

Final details were any glowing areas painted white then washed with Hexwraith Flame - leaving a bit of over spill to simulate a bit of lighting, and any final tidy up - like repainting some of the goggles or facial cybernetics.

Last but by no means least the bases - Astrogranite Debris Texture paint doing most of the work, with black rims and the odd tuft here and there.

Ta da! Done, as you can see he fits in there on the bottom right corner with his fellow Hearthkyn. Hope this helped in some way, thanks for reading, and stay safe out there.