Lenny Craft-it

<p>Hi everyone,</p><p>A follower on Instagram asked how to paint Nighthaunts, and since I still needed to paint the Underworlds warband called Thorns of the Briar Queen, I decided to make a tutorial on one of the Chainrasp ghosts. Nighthaunts are spectral undead from the Warhammer universe, known for their ethereal and haunting appearance. This tutorial will guide you through painting these ghostly figures with a step-by-step approach.</p>

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Nighthaunt Chainrasp with Blue Glow

Undercoat the model with black; I used a spray. Then paint the upper cloak with Abaddon Black and the bottom one with Mechanicus Standard Grey.

Citadel Chaos Black Spray

Citadel Abaddon Black

Citadel Mechanicus Standard Grey

Layer the bottom cloak with Sotek Green, applying two thin layers.

Citadel Sotek Green

Shade the green with Contrast Akhelian Green.

Citadel Contrast Akhelian Green

Paint a gradient with wet Sotek Green on 50% of the top of the bottom cloak. Then highlight all the edges of the cloak with Sotek Green.

Make a 50/50 mix of Sotek Green and Gauss Blaster Green. Now do the same thing as step 4 but only on 30% of the top of the cloak. Then highlight all the edges of the cloak with the same mix.

Citadel Gauss Blaster Green

Make a 25/75 mix of Sotek Green and Gauss Blaster Green. Now do the same thing as step 5 but only on 20% of the top of the cloak. Then highlight all the edges of the cloak with the same mix.

Highlight the cloak with Gauss Blaster Green.

Citadel Guass Blaster Green

Highlight only the sharpest corners and upper edges of the cloak with a 50/50 mix of Gauss Blaster Green and White Scar.

Citadel White Scar

The Contrast paint made the dark parts a bit shiny, so we tone that down with Lahmian Medium.

Citadel Lahmian Medium

Paint all the steel parts with Leadbelcher.

Citadel Leadbelcher

Shade the steel parts with Agrax Earthshade.

Citadel  Agrax Earthshade

Paint a rough highlight on the upper cloak with Dark Reaper.

Citadel Dark Reaper

Paint a slightly finer highlight on the Dark Reaper with Thunderhawk Blue.

Citadel Thunderhawk Blue

Paint a highlight with Russ Grey, but only cover 75% of the previous highlight.

Citadel Russ grey

Paint a highlight with Fenrisian Grey, but only cover 75% of the previous highlight.

Citadel Fenrisian Grey

Paint a fine highlight on the end of all the highlights with Blue Horror.

Citadel Blue Horror

The black looks pretty good already, but I wanted to give it that blue night twilight effect. So we cover the whole upper cloak with Contrast Terradon Turquoise.

Citadel Contrast Terradon Turquoise

Basecoat the skull and the arms with Mechanicus Standard Grey.

Citadel Corax White

Shade the arms with Contrast Apothecary White. Then shade the skull with Contrast Black Templar. I also shaded some of the iron parts for some contrast.

Citadel Contrast Apothecary White

Citadel Contrast Black Templar

Highlight the arms with Corax White and White Scar.

Roughly highlight the skull with Eshin Grey.

Citadel Eshin Grey

Citadel Dawnstone

Fine highlight the skull with Administratum Grey and add a dot highlight with White Scar on the teeth.

Citadel Administratum Grey

Basecoat the base with Rhinox Hide, the skull, and the rocks with Administratum Standard Grey. Paint the rose branch with Mournfang Brown and the spines with Averland Sunset.

Citadel Rhinox Hide

Citadel Mournfang Brown

Citadel  Averland Sunset

Shade the whole base with Agrax Earthshade.

Drybrush the base with Baneblade Brown, then with Karak Stone, and a very drybrush with Flayed One Flesh.

Citadel Baneblade Brown

Citadel Karak Stone

Citadel Flayed One Flesh

Citadel Kantor Blue

Highlight the rose with Thunderhawk Blue and then with Temple Guard Blue. Then paint a fine highlight with Blue Horror.

Citadel Temple Guard Blue

Make a mix of PVA glue, modeling snow, and White Scar. It should be a 33/33/34 mix. Make piles that you then smear.

Paint the edge of the base with Abaddon Black and put some Valhallan Blizzard on the piles to create the effect of some wetter snow on top of the other snow.

Tutorial

Nighthaunt Chainrasp with Blue Glow

Tutorial steps archived

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