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Hey all

This kind of follows on from my other thread about painting a dark grey that would take a wash...

As we're all aware GW have released these "new" paints called contrast paints. So, naturally I'm wondering if they have any application for myself and the models I have...


I have 3 Minotaurs I want to paint for Warhammer Quest (1995), they're from Reaper Miniatures, this is the model -



I'm inspired by the Blood Bowl Death Zone rule book artwork -



And this is a paint of the Reaper model I have that I've spotted on Ebay via Google -




So, using Citadel contrast paints, I'm thinking I can achieve that black looking skin/fur easily without having to resort to highlighting, which I suck at on skin (I've never learnt to blend). I've looked at the GW website and I'm thinking that Black Templar over a bone colour base for the skin (Ushabti Bone Air to save on buying the new Wraithbone base) and perhaps a brown coloured base for the fur is the way to go?

Any tips/ideas?

Basilicanum Grey is nice and dark, and will approach that skin tone (over grey primer). BT black will probably be too dark.

You can go over the fur with a normal shade to darken it further if you like.