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Hi! Just getting back into painting after a few years away. Can anyone give me some suggestions on painting a unit of WH beastmen?

I've undercoated them with black carpaint. For their skin I started off with Citadel Layer Gorthor Brown, then a drybrush of Citadel Bestial Brown before a light drybrush of Vallejo German Cam Pale Brown. It looks alright - not amazing but okay. Where I'm struggling a bit now is:

horns - Ideally I'd like them a bone/cream colour, what should I layer on? Painting straight on to the black undercoat looks terrible.

fur - I think a dark red could look good, any suggestions?

weapons - I drybrushed boltgun silver straight onto the blades and it looks stupid. Far too shiny.

Thanks in advance!

Yeah, Boltgun Silver is going to be a tad bright for what are supposed to be crude weapons.
Ironbreaker washed with Agrax Earthshade would look pretty good, giving it a dingy iron look.

For the horns you should start with a dark brown, like Rhinox Hide. Build it up to bone/cream and make sure you leave small 'streaks' of the dark brown towards the bottom. If you look at some actual horns this would be a good way to get a feel for how horns look.

 Kanluwen wrote:
Yeah, Boltgun Silver is going to be a tad bright for what are supposed to be crude weapons.
Ironbreaker washed with Agrax Earthshade would look pretty good, giving it a dingy iron look.

For the horns you should start with a dark brown, like Rhinox Hide. Build it up to bone/cream and make sure you leave small 'streaks' of the dark brown towards the bottom. If you look at some actual horns this would be a good way to get a feel for how horns look.

Great tips, thanks!