I found this really old OOP Fire Elemental. I don’t remember where I got it from but it is from the same batch of elementals that I bought that I first painted for this blog.
I glued it to a really cool Dark Age Warmachine base and added GS Putty to simulate a base with flames.
And based it black. Which was a mistake actually, should have used white because I had to start the model with yellow, and everybody knows, yellow doesn’t go on black well.
First things first, paint from the inside out, get the flesh color for the elemental right. I decided to go with grey. Charadon Granite base, highlighted with Bleached bone 4-5 levels.
Detailed the eyes and teeth (can’t see here) and based the flames white, painted Sunburst Yellow, drybrushed with Blazing Orange, Blood Red, Blood Red + Black, and dry brushed the tips black.
Also added lighting effects on the body of the elemental to show the glow from the fire below. You can see the eyes and teeth here too. Again, because I made a mistake with starting with a black base, I had to rebase it white, then Sunburst Yellow. You can see how I gradually built up the fire effect that I used on the flames on the base.
Drybursh Blazing Orange.
Drybrush Blood Red.
Drybrush Blood Red + Black
Finally drybrush Black.
Touch up the lighting effects on the hands and found out that you can actually see the hands and the nails on the top of the smoke stack. Had to detail that too. highlighted the nails with Orange base and worked up to bleached bone.
what do you think of the lighting effect? my second try. Need more practice!
