14501, Scuttlebones Crab WIP

[Metalchaos]

Ok, here is my newest work in Progress, Scuttlebones the Undead Crad. Yes, yet another one for my Razig army.

This mini was sculpted by Jason Wiebe. It's amazing but needs a lot of care before painting.

 

I had to pin the front legs as the glue was not strong enough to solidly hold them in place.

 

 

Then a pale green base coat over a grey primer coat.

 

 

 

Some brown wash.

 

 

 

Some more brown wash.

 

 

Then I started some green highlight / blending.

 

 

 

At that point I started working on the base as I needed to mark the location of the legs on the putty and I didn't want to ruin the paint. I used some Milliput to shape a reef on which the crab will be standing. Then i'll use green stuff to create textures. I also intend to carve some waves like the ones I did on the bases of my Water Elemental and Wereshark.

 

[Inarah]

I like your color choices.

[MonkeySloth]

The claws look great.

[TaleSpinner]

Very nice. I like where you are going with it. Can't wait to see it progress.

 

Andy

[Metalchaos]

I worked on the base last week. I covered the putty with green stuff and added some textures.

 

 

I carved some waves.

 

 

And, I applied the primer. So now the base is ready to be painted.

 

[MamaGeek]

The base looks great! Can't wait to see it painted!

[Metalchaos]

Ok, here are some step by step pictures from painting the water.

 

I started with a Powderburn Brown wash on the rocks.

And, I fully painted the waves using a Dark Prussian Blue.

 

 

Then, I applied a lighter Blue blend.

 

 

I added a green wash on some areas.

 

 

A mix of light Bleu and pale Bleu blending.

 

 

Then, a light Blue and green highlight.

 

 

And finally, some white and pale green/yellow glazing.

 

 

Next step, the rocks.

[Metalchaos]

Ok, so here's what I did for the rocks.

 

A dark Bleu Grey dry brushing.

 

 

Then, a light Grey dry brushing.

 

 

Some more light Grey blending.

 

 

And a Brown Sand wash.

 

 

 

 

Then, I was thinking of a Beige dry brush on the top surface to create a sand effect...

But, I'm really not sure as it already looks nice like that. What should I do?

[Stubbdog]

can we see a pic with the crab on it as it is now, that might help with suggestions...

[Metalchaos]

Ok, here are some more pictures. Expect the crab to be much more colorful.

The front claws will be a mix of yellow, orange and red. And all the legs will be cyan blue.

I still need to choose a blending colors for the shell.

 

I worked on the green blending some more.

 

 

And I started highlighting some areas.

 

 

Here are some pictures of what's done for now.

 

 

 

[MamaGeek]

Great work on that base! It fits perfectly! I'll keep watching as the crab comes along...

[Metalchaos]

I added some blue on the legs and the shell. And, I painted the interior of the shell.

 

 

 

[MamaGeek]

Very cool! That blue is great!

 

I think I'll bookmark this thread as a beach base tutorial, though. It really is very informative!

[Metalchaos]

The yellow base coat is now completed on the claws.

I left some green spots so the colors will blend when I’ll apply the upcoming layers.

 

 

 

 

Happy 4th of july!

[Metalchaos]

Some more pictures... I think orange is really adding life to it.