Tutorial
How to
paint the Darkelf Rider of Freebooter Miniatures
by Holger Schmidt
Part 8
The Lizard
The lizard does have a big surface compared to the rider with a very detailed skin. If I would paint it the same way as I did the rider I would need loads of time which I usually do not have. So I decided to prime the skin with the lightest tone of my color choice and add some layers of glazes of darker and darker tones. The thinned down acrylic paint allows the lighter color to shine through and runs into the deeper parts. At those deeper parts it covers the lighter surface much better and defines the shadows of the structure. This technique is also called a wash. Although this sounds simple you will need some practice to get good results out of it which do not show the techique you used but look natural. If you do not thin down the color enough the complete surface will become too dark and stained. The letter can also appear if you used too much color at once.
The lizard was primed and given some darker glazes:
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