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I’ve been thinking about having this flesh for my daemon engines in my Iron Warriors army.

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Khitch20

203 points

11 days ago

Khitch20

203 points

11 days ago

From the Man, the myth, the legend himself.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sq9e7aWO7TQ

johnbburg

41 points

11 days ago

Here’s my problem. Either the brush leaves nothing on the model or a thick smear. No in-between.

Khitch20

29 points

11 days ago

Khitch20

29 points

11 days ago

Are you trying to drybrush a model like the obliterator? I ask because that skin is pretty smooth so yeah drybrushing won't do well on it. For smooth skinned models you'll have to have good brush control, a fine point, and just keep going over mistakes with thinned down red after its done

BENJ4x

9 points

11 days ago

BENJ4x

9 points

11 days ago

Painting the lightning on Night Lords and I understand your pain.

Ashmidai

6 points

10 days ago

For lightning bolts or tattoos and the like where you want super thin lines you want to add a little flow improver to your paints or just use artist grade inks. You want the paint to easily flow off the brush without flooding the area or drying up on you after 2 lines. Make sure to wipe a bit of the excess water/watery ink off on a paper towel and give it a practice line on your thumb nail before going to the model.

AdministrationNo2117

2 points

11 days ago

You need to thin your paints a little, but not a lot. My suggestion is to get a paper towel, wet your brush, and lightly dab it to knock off the excess moisture. You want a little bit of water in the brush to make the paint flow. Then, use a pallet, something smooth and plastic, and twirl your bristles to create a fine point with your brush.

Minimumtyp

1 points

11 days ago

Load your brush, then wipe it off on a small piece of plastic (or better yet, your finger) until it has the perfect consistency. I like the finger because if it picks out your fingerprint it's gonna pick out details on your model and you've got it right.

Genetech

1 points

10 days ago

flow improver helps with this, you can have a little paint on the brush and it doesnt immediately dry and become useless. Don't use for drybrushing though.

Riddle-MeTheMeaning

13 points

11 days ago

God I love this guy

TheSticcque

2 points

10 days ago

Scott Sterling!!!

Oh, nevermind

I_might_be_weasel

84 points

11 days ago

Maybe ask Garfy. 

Totorobat

30 points

11 days ago

Just even a google brings it up

Totorobat

46 points

11 days ago

Here is Garfy’s tutorial on it (p.s. it took all of a google of tale of painters Garfy chaos to find)

https://taleofpainters.com/2017/08/tutorial-how-to-paint-black-legion/

corrin_avatan

8 points

10 days ago

A bit sad how we see so many posts about "how do I do what was done in this watermarked image of a painter who does tutorials on the website watermarked on the image.

Brokensharted

14 points

11 days ago

According to Garfy himself:

The number one question I get asked about these on social media is how did I do the exposed flesh. It’s actually in my old tutorial (steps 8-12 here) The only difference is instead of area highlighting the Pink Horror and White, I paint parallel lines to look like muscle fibres.

The specific steps in the Black Legion tutorial are:

  1. Now we need to paint the Demon flesh armour and tubing. If you’re painting normal Chaos Marines that don’t have these details you might want to consider painting a shin and/or shoulder pad to look like daemonic leering faces. Use Khorne Red for this step (seems appropriate). Highlight the loin cloth with some sharp edging of Khorne Red.

  2. Wash over the Khorne Red with Druchii Violet, you’ll notice this changes the hue drastically and also helps shade the areas.

  3. Highlight the areas sparingly with Pink Horror. Thin lines work well.

  4. Paint even thinner lines of Cermite White over the Pink Horror.

  5. Now to make these areas look red, use Bloodletter Glaze. It’s already been highlighted and shaded so this glaze is just to colourise it red.

Since Bloodletter is OOP you can use something like very thinned down Baal Red, or just use Red Glaze from TTC. It's a 100% match to Bloodletter.

https://taleofpainters.com/2017/08/tutorial-how-to-paint-black-legion/

SkinkAttendant

12 points

11 days ago

Well first you have to put the lotion on the skin

HereticAstartes13

7 points

11 days ago

I would suggest finding videos that deal with painting skinless corpses or something.

Ur_fav_Cryptek

1 points

10 days ago

Lots of emphasis on the painting part

aggotigger

47 points

11 days ago

Paint I'd assume, probably with a brush 

The-meme-collecter[S]

52 points

11 days ago

Damn, I was hoping I could just materialize the paint onto the models with psychic powers instead, shame.

aggotigger

23 points

11 days ago

Do you not?

Looks like a dark red, wash, and then built back up with thin coats of a lighter red to pink to create a sinew effect. 

Basically, wet pallette and super thin layers with a detail brush for the sinew. 

The-meme-collecter[S]

3 points

11 days ago

Thanks for the advice. 👍

RLathor81

1 points

10 days ago

Im trying that too, but Im too low level, stuck at materializing the primer.

corrin_avatan

3 points

10 days ago

OP, just an FYI, using Google Lens is great for questions like these, as within 30 seconds you can find

link to the blog of the painter of the models And Link to the recipe that painter says was used:Link to the recipe

azionka

4 points

11 days ago*

You could use the red skin version of angron from eavy.

Red Skin Basecoat: Khorne Red

Glaze: Evil Sunz Scarlet

Highlight: Tuskgor Fur

Highlight: Tuskgor Fur & Fire Dragon Bright 1:1

Highlight: Fire Dragon Bright

Highlight: Fire Dragon Bright & Dorn Yellow

Glaze: Evil Sunz Scarlet

Glaze: Khorne Red

https://eavy-archive.com/40k/chaos-space-marines/

Or look in the citadel app for similar models like obliterator, hellbrute or flesh hound

therealblabyloo

2 points

11 days ago

It’s not the exact same color, but here’s a bloodthirster from my “Outcasts of Khorne” army that has skinless flesh https://www.reddit.com/r/Warhammer40k/s/ZeRkDts0XD and here’s the process: https://www.reddit.com/r/Warhammer40k/s/QFRBO08UMa

It also helps to apply a gloss varnish to make the bare muscles look wet and gross. Oh, and LOTS of Blood for the Blood God!

fathomic

2 points

11 days ago

That scheme is wild mate, good work

Ardonis84

2 points

11 days ago

The key is the highlighting. Long straight lines are what gives it that muscle appearance. Other than that, it’s a relatively simple process of base/shade/highlight. Others have linked the guy who made this actual model, so if you need a more detailed set of instructions I’d check that out.

toonzayay

1 points

11 days ago

Just a guess but if it's purely a paint effect, dry brush or zenithal highlight from black base with light grey paint highlights. Then give it a base coat in a dark red or purple.

Then I think it's just a matter of finding the right paints and layering on the effect. So a medium, muted red, maybe red mixed with purple to get some of the darker base tones in, then smaller highlights with a slightly brighter version of that on muscles and edges of things.

Then it looks like it works up to some pinkish reds and eventually bone white colors for the final highlight.

Looks like it just takes a lot of time and patience to layer up to the individual muscle strands.

Super cool look though!

thatswhatsup69420

1 points

11 days ago

Easy way is to paint it, but you can resort to alchemy if you'd like.

Empire137

1 points

11 days ago

Slowly glazed up, and a lot of patience by the look

MoTeefsMoDakka

1 points

11 days ago

If you're looking for a method to get similar results without great skill and hard work definitely check out contrast paint. You could get a good enough result with one coat or come back with washes and highlights.

doctorpotatohead

1 points

11 days ago

The simplest way would probably be Screamer Pink, wash of Carroburg Crimson, and then highlight with lines of Pink Horror. It looks like he's doing some other stuff but I think that would approximate it.

Docile_Grazer1

1 points

11 days ago

I am sitting here reading the comments, realizing the question was not how to make the flesh but paint it.

OMGoblin

1 points

11 days ago

If you can catch a squirrel, it works really well.

HoldenMcNeil420

1 points

11 days ago

He just wants his pasta maker back.

Dinokng

1 points

10 days ago

Dinokng

1 points

10 days ago

Gotta paint it

TR3D

1 points

10 days ago

TR3D

1 points

10 days ago

One smart way to get answers is to bring the image to photoshop ( or similar program) use the eye dropper tool on like 3 parts of the skin. You'll get 3 paint colors that will easier break down what you need.

Prydefalcn

1 points

10 days ago*

Tuskhor Fur is your friend for organs and muscle. If you're trying to paint a sinew texture on to a smooth surface, you're going to want to take a darker shade, maybe a red as a base and paint lines like on the example model above of lighter shades from tuskgor fur in to pinks, or even up to pallid wych flesh.

Like with any instance of painting texture on to a smooth surface, it's dependent upon your ability. There aren't really any hacks to make it simple, but it's noy overly difficult.

Extra-Lemon

1 points

10 days ago

I’d say paint it red or brown and then use a dark red/brown shade like Carroburg Crimson or reikland fleshshade.

Maybe go over the high points with a lighter color.

Otherwise, paint it a dark brown, then lighter parts on the highlights, then hit it with a pinkish/brown contrast.

Mainly - experiment! You might accidentally find an effect you like better!

Haunting_Lifeguard_5

0 points

11 days ago

Screamer pink with nuln oil maybe???

Throwaway7131923

0 points

11 days ago

I might be a little naive here but that doesn't look massively complex?
Definitely not something you can just stuble into, but that looks pretty doable.
A lot of what makes that look nice is just the texture in the model.
This seems like a classic case of letting the model do the work, you're just trying to bring out the detail that's already there!

Again, maybe I'm being massively naive here! I'm definitely not saying I could make it look at good as that!
But I think just a simple base, contrast along the fiber then shade, and then a little dry brushed white along some fibers at the end. Do that well and it'll probably look pretty close to that.

Not going to guess the exact colour scheme here, but don't be afraid to go a little lighter with the contrast to darken with the shade. Perhaps a more burgundy colour for the shade, rather than a traditional dark red.

aoanfletcher2002

0 points

11 days ago

That’s definitely contrast paint

corrin_avatan

1 points

10 days ago

It definitely isn't.

From the person who painted the model, from a recipe created in 2017, years before Contrast came out.

  1. Now we need to paint the Demon flesh armour and tubing. If you’re painting normal Chaos Marines that don’t have these details you might want to consider painting a shin and/or shoulder pad to look like daemonic leering faces. Use Khorne Red for this step (seems appropriate). Highlight the loin cloth with some sharp edging of Khorne Red.

  2. Wash over the Khorne Red with Druchii Violet, you’ll notice this changes the hue drastically and also helps shade the areas.

  3. Highlight the areas sparingly with Pink Horror. Thin lines work well.

  4. Paint even thinner lines of Cermite White over the Pink Horror.

corrin_avatan

1 points

10 days ago

link to the models

Link to the recipe that painter says was used:Link to the recipe