Painting Astoraths face

[gav1892]

So as it says I'm going to start painting Astorath The Grim soon but not sure how to get that pale vampiric look on his face. Any help much appreciated

[Atia]

he actually wears a mask, if that helps :)

[Father Mehman]

I would try painting the face with various light greys. Maybe try a thinned mixture of Drakenhof Nightshade / Lahmian Medium (1:1) for the wash. Or Druchii Violet instead of Drakenhof Nightshade.

I know that's not a lot of help but it's something in the right direction .

[Bryan Blaire]

This is the face on my Angels Encarmine Terminator Sergeant:

Here's how I got it together:

1) Base everything with Rakarth Flesh (including mouth)

2) Paint thin line of Pallid Wych Flesh

3) Shade in recesses of eyes with Drakenhof Nightshade

4) Shade deepest recesses with Agrax Earthshade (under the jawline, under the lip, under the nose, under the bionic eye, in the ear & edges of the face)

5) Shade entire face with Reikland Fleshshade

6) Layer face with Rakarth Flesh

7) Layer with Pallid Wych Flesh

8) Thin 2:1 clear acrylic medium/Lahmian Medium:Guilliman Blue glaze and glaze lower 2/3rds of the face

9) Paint small veins with Guilliman Blue on edges of face

10) Use thinned Pallid Wych Flesh to highlight middle 1/3rd of the face, trying to leave the blue veins and some tint showing through (this is where I got it too thick)

11) Cover eye with one layer of Bloodletter (I ended up using a second layer of this on the eye, which is why it came out too stark red)

Hopefully you can get some ideas out of this.

If you are going at it with the mask angle, I would suggest making it colder and without the flesh tone to it by mixing 1:1 Vallejo Pale Grey Shade:Guilliman Blue glaze and using that in place of the Agrax Earthshade and Reikland Fleshshade. You'll also not want to paint the "small veins" step.

[gav1892]

Cheers guys and thanks for the how to on that face looks ace btw. Will try it out see how it goes