In a Grim Alternate Universe, There is Only Steam: Ghosts N' Stuff

I'm back! I got some time after catching up on some house stuff to do some painting. I've been working on some Cryx models for a friend and was given free reign as far as theme goes. I saw an article on ghost Cryx in No Quarter magazine and decided it might be cool to do. I tweaked the NQ scheme a bit because I wanted to go more Scooby-Doo Ghost Pirate/ Obi Wan Kenobi ghost with this army. The ghosts needed to look legit, so I'm going with a graveyard theme on the bases. Let's start with those:

This is a base for a Deathripper bonejack. I decided to use some Warhammer Fantasy tombstones and various Warhammer 40k Chaos space marine bits to push the graveyard theme. Ironically, my interest in both of those games are also in a graveyard somewhere. I always do a dry fit when sculpting the bases and use green putty to make the ground uneven for more "realism," albeit 12' tall metal men controlled by warrior wizards are far from that ideal.

Same old base, now with sand! I am a huge proponent of Gorilla Super Glue and making shit last forever. I put a couple of drops of the Gorilla Super Glue on the base, spread it so its thin and covering all the space I want then I sprinkle sand on. The glue dries super hard and affixes to the plastic and green stuff like a champ.

This Slayer has been pinned to this base. One of the most terrifying experiences with this project has been drilling and pinning the helljacks and bonejacks to their respective bases. They have WEAK ankles and I can't stress that enough. His base actually features a tombstone I sculpted!

In hind sight, this picture is pretty terrible and I apologize for it. Prior to this picture, the models were attached to their bases and primed in black with Vallejo Air Black Surface Primer. For this step and the next I used an airbrush as well. The first color was Vallejo Air Olive Green, which I tried to hit most of the body with leaving the underbody and the feet only lightly sprayed. I want these areas to retain a lot of darkness.

After the initial spraying of Olive Green, I mixed Vallejo Air US Interior Yellow with the Olive Green in a 3 drops Yellow:5 drops Green ratio. I used this to do some highlighting. 

In the picture above, you'll notice I put the mediums I used in the background like a nice guy. The model on the left is the previous step, the model on the right has been completely washed in watered-down P3 Green Ink. This gave the airbrush Green a move glowy quality that I really liked.

After my ink dried, I continued highlighting with P3 Iosan Green. The model on the left is from the last step; the one on the right has the new layer of highlights. 

Aiakos!?!?!?! Where did you come from? In this step, I do even more highlighting with P3 Necrotite Green. You might be able to notice that I left his feet very close to black; I'm hoping that this will give him a more ghostly feeling. I try to keep my brighter colors higher but don't be afraid to highlight a cool detail, ghosts don't play by the rules of light.

The final step incorporates doing one more highlight in white. I just used some random craft store paint to do this part. If you don't make the white overwhelmingly bright, you are good to go. After looking at some of these pictures, I should probably make a photo box for better quality shots. Ah well, until next time.