SEA YAMA | MASTERCLASS | DAV A A Neil Green is a PCRs Masterclass series and OTe SUSU Berns Mute nts POUR ued prea aie tar Re) Cold One. DREADLORD here are many Dreadlords who owe their positions of power to their loodlines, cruel and dashing exploits, or favour at Malekith’s court. Others are granted temporary power by means of a wrt of iron, granted by one of the rulers of the great cities of Naggaroth. A writ of iron grants the Dreadlord power and influence equal to that of his sponsor. However, should the Dreadlord fail in his appointed task, the writ is melted down and the molten remains poured down the noble’s throat, Such is the price of failure in Nage All of these paints are available from the Citadel h and Foundation ranges of paints. © Bleached Bone Catachan Green Chainmail naos Blac codex Grey wart Flesh © Fowess Gey © pots © Lire Pune O wir siver orkid Shas Regal Sue Rting Fi Scorched Brown Mike Anderson’s brilliant Dreadlora, mounted on Jes Goodwin's new-look Cold One, perfectly encapsulates the menace and power of a Dark Elf Noble. This meant it was a perfect candidate for a Masterclass. Once again, ‘Eavy Metal veteran Neil Green volunteered to ‘masterfully paint this beautiful miniature. Neil started by meticulously cleaning up all the metal components, before gluing them together with superglue. The fine joins were filled with green stu and then filed down smooth when dry. The whole ‘model was then undercoated Chaos Bla ‘Shall White Shining 6 look Purple Baaab aac Space WoWves Grey Devan Mus Grypronne Sepia n Thraka GreenRe RO UU tel od It’s always good to plan out your colour palette before you get started. For the Cold ‘One, Neil wanted to use a palette of cold colours similar to the other Dark Elf Cold ‘Ones, as a direct contrast to the warm reds that have been used for the Cold One mounts in the Lizardmen range. Bearing that in mind, Neil went for a cool blue colour for the scales and then a complementary green for the creature's skin. When he was painting the skin, Neil thought the green was becoming too warm and so added Space Wolf Grey to the mix, as described in Step 3 below. The tal was painted wit a dar were applied wih a fine bush & Painting the Skin Step 1 For the Cold Ones skin tones, Neif state with busecoat of Orth Shade falomed by a layer of CCatachan Green Painting the Seales ‘Step 1. The scales were given a Daecoat ef Regal Blue. An inal 11 highlight mix of Regal Blue and Koting Flesh was applied to the edges of each o he sales Step 2. 1:1 mix of Cotachan Gree and Camo Green was pplied as a midtone, More ‘Camo Green was added 0 the iis forthe next ayer ‘Step 2A furthr highlight layer was applied, adding abit move Rotting Fesh othe mix before Dining onto the edges of the Seales once more Step 3.4 highligh of Camo Dy an even finer highligh using 2 15 mix of Camo Green and Space Wolves Grey. Stop 3. A wash of Auman Blue ‘ver the scales. The highlghc me trash of Teak Green, {Groen was thom apie, followed fn Thraka Green wae appted all was then reapplied ollowee by a ‘Step 4. The stn was given With of Armen Bue, and a Fina 13 highlight mix of Camo Green and Space Wolves Grey ‘nae applied to the most Other Scale Colours The 'Favy Metal team have also painted some Dark Elf Cold Ones in ruddy dark greens, highlighting them With white and yellow. wow.games-workshop.com 95rte urate yy Dark blues and deep purples have been associated with blue and green of the Cold One. To get a rich, deep every incarnation of Dark Elves we've produced over the _ purple, Neil used a base of Liche Purple with a shade years, Traditionally, purple is also linked with nobility mixed from Chaos Black and Liche Purple because it was an expensive dye that only the rich could The shield was painted using the same method as the afford. So, for the Dreadlord, Neil wanted it to be the purple cloth, although Neil added far starker highlighting prominent colour. It also contrasts well against the cool to the sharp edges of the shield. Purple Cloth ‘ep 1. The cloth was given 9. ‘Sep 2 Anil ils wing Step Tre fr hghlighs Step 4 orth final sag the Inecoa ofticte ple AI a S11 mn che Pane were died each tia, ribet of he hth ere Inicotliche Puplesed Chaos Warlock Puple nd Bleschod ima leached Bone nthe once again highlighted, ths Black was then panied inthe ‘Bones painted ona aut Awathos211 micof time witha 11-2 mi of Liche recessed sess Be deepen recesses che Pople, Warlock Pre Ppl Warlock ple ar ints ad Chats Bac ws ther Biesced Bore Painting Skin poled tothe whole ses ‘Step 1.4 basocoat of pre ‘Step 2.4 ayer of Dwar les Stop 3.4 highlight of 11 mt 4. The eye were painted ‘nin frown was puted on, wat hen nied on tothe st Bat Flesh and Bleached seth Scorched Bown and felled by a 1:1 maf Yomi ted reas of the face, Bone nas en onedA ther “ot with Bleached Bone Brow and Ow Fes fellonedy 23:1 mi of wart iglight wae appied ating » The face was shaded wih tes on Bache Bone Iie Stl wht othe moe titre down Scorched Brown 96 WHITE DWARF. ‘EAVY METAL MASTERCLASS: DREADLORD‘Another example of planning out your colours before you begin painting can be seen on the Cold One. Both silver and gold were used on the armour to highlight the fact that this Cold One was a Dreadlord’s mount. The Cold One's armoured helm, the champron, was painted gold to suggest a crown, further defining the mount as one of the } £ Ingest and most vicious examples of the speci, The {Rama on bth the Dreads eg andthe Cold Ones barding was edged with sold On the Drealordhimse fold banding was used ois armour agan fo mark hi) ut as a character and make him stand out when placed in the ranks of the Cold One Knights. Painting Steel a basecoat of Boligun Metal all over the metal ace, Step 2. Neste shaded the metal with thoned-down 1-1 mic of Chaos Black and Codex Grey The Botgun Metal was reapolied followed by a a biti of Chain Painting Gold ‘Step 1.4 1:1 mi of Shining Gold and Scorched Brown was Used ae a basecolour When dry Ie! washed the area with ‘ester don Scorched Brown Step 2. Shining Gold was bred on over the basecoat, followed bya highlight using 2 13 mi of Shining Gold an Muha Sven OD Step 3. wash of Devan Mod tras added next. When ths was hy the areas were washed ‘gain with Badab Black, Final the ase areas ad edges were ighighted with Mth! Siver Gold Inlay ‘avy Metal's Joe Tomaszewski took a diferent approach to the armour of his Dreadlord, and gave the model really ostentatious look by Using gold inlay. Fist he painted the metal areas Silver, and then he marked off the gold areas with Chaos Black. These were then painted with the gold method used by Neil. The silver areas were then re-highlighted where they ret the gold banding. Step 3. A wash of Devlan Mud ‘was then applied, before 2 final wash of Gyphonne Sepia was {heed 0 finish of the gold eect. wow.games-workshop.com 97Ere nna The shield design was painted by Neil in freehand. {t does take a bit of practice to be able to paint glyphs, sigils and dother race markings with just a brush and a steady hand, but even the guys in ‘Eavy Metal don’t always get it right ‘on their frst attempt. To start with it’s always best to draw your design on a piece of paper and then copy it. Don't make it up on the fly ~it rarely works! Spacing and size are also very important; use dots to mark prominent points, fr some other visual cue to make sure your design fits into the space. Take your time and draw the basic shape, even if ies quite rough at first. The joy of painting means you can always cover up any mistakes and refine your design Painting Black Step 1. Sting with Chaos Black basecont, Nel highlighted t ‘tha Te micof Chaos Black {nd Cedex Grey and then applied 1 lurther highlight of Codex Grey Step 2.A fuer highlight of Step 5. When dy, Ne Fortress Gey was then lihly reapplied Fervess Grey ppled beter being shaded bigights Atal highlight of 9 ‘mths wash of Bada Black 15} mx ofForress Grey and Skull White was then added to the moa ated ares Battle Standard Joe converted his Dreadlord into a Battle Standard Bearer with a simple weapon swap for the standard. As you can see from the picture above, the banner itself features an icon designed by Joe and painted on frechand. For Joe it was important that the design wat placed in the middle of the banner, so he carefully plotted the jnting the Shield Rune centre and extreme points ‘Step 1. Once Neil had finalizes of the icon before he 2 design, he copied i very Actually started painting it aretlly onto the surface ofthe shield with Vor Brown, Step 2. Bleached Bore was used Step 3. Neil then carefly tiled tovreate fine keyline sound ep the design exng Stull White the edge ofthe design Sd Lice Purple to further ‘efi and neatan up the mage, 98 WHITE DWARF. ‘EAVY METAL MASTERCLASS: DREADLORD.To finish the model Neil picked out the smaller details, While it’s tempting to rush through these last few bits, such as the Cole One's eye, the rune at the base of the you should always spend plenty of time on them to make sword blade and the skulls, sure the whole model comes together. sing 2 mi of Vomit Brown an Bleached Bone a black sit was creily painted inthe cate ofthe ee sing Graveyard Eat Ts mic of Graveyard Earth ane Bleached Bone olowed by = ‘Stall White highlight givens basecoat of Vor Brovun followed by am Iighlgh of Skul Whe The icon onthe Cold One's skull was eareuly painted on wow.games-workshop.com 99