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Hi Dakka,
Here's a quartet of commissions I finished a little while ago for a repeat customer. It's my 2nd Guilliman to finish off nigh on 3k of Ultrmarines I've done for him over the past year or so, along with Trajann Valoris, one of my favourite Forgeworld minis and the 'it's not finecast honest' horror that was Eisenhorn




The Horror!

Eisenhorn was a pig to paint as I had to work quite hard to bring out any details at all as they were all soft - like he had been cast in marshmallow I had to use satin varnish to fill as many air bubbles as I could and the end result was acceptable enough but it's a shame as the sculpt is awesome.




All in all I enjoyed painting the psyker the best - I love that mini!

Thanks for looking

Shame about the Eisenhorn sculpt - I feel less bad about missing it now!

Great work - what is your recipe for the custode - the gold looks fantastic.

Thanks for sharing

Beautiful work!!

Thanks guys I appreciate it

The gold recipe is:

- Undercoat with Retributor Armour spray (any parts you miss you can apply a thin base brown and go over them with a mid-gold - I used Darkstar Molten Metals Classic Gold which is a perfect match as Retributor armour from the pot has a different tone to the spray).
- Agrax the recesses for depth (neaten up with the base gold if necessary)
- Wash it all in Reikland Fleshshade Gloss - be liberal (a little goes a long way) but be mindful of pooling - gravity really takes a hold of the gloss wash.
- Apply Druchii Violet sparingly in the recesses to add more depth where you want it.
- Highlight the edges with Darkstar Molten Metals Fine Gold (any light gold or silver mixed with a tiny bit of gold)
- Vallejo Matt Varnish (applied thinly with a soft brush after 24hrs) to take the shine off.

I had to find a way to save time for the gold and the gloss wash works really well as you can avoid re-layering the gold. You could also add a touch of medium to basic Reikland Fleshshade and a little water for a similar effect.
Arbuckles Brown by Scale75 is also a great paint to add depth to gold if you glaze it in towards the recesses.

If you use a gloss wash you really need a good Matt varnish otherwise it looks horrible

You have a really nicely subdued style to my eyes. Nice work!

Eisenhorn and host are the bomb.