Arena Rex Painting: Ur-kek

And here is the second of my Arena Rex Moritui: Ur-kek!

He was a lot of fun to paint. I decided to do the NMM golds as there Morituri have the Egyption aesthetic. The skin tones were 2-3 Browns that I mixed for a gradient. The blue starts as a turquoise with a boy wash and I just highlight up. The blade was a fun experiment. I wanted a stone cleaver look and painted the light effects to show how he had his blade at an angle. I am not going into as much detail in explaining my process  as I just have been short on time. Here are the other WIP photos:

Next is Zahra! Stay tuned as I also have my Legio XIII starter in the way!

Painting Arena Rex: Mago

Today I finished another mini, this time from a new game to me, Arena Rex! I picked up most of the Morituri line.

The first I decided to tackle is Mago, the Retiarii (net and trident gladiator). 

I did the base first due to the net. I did my stone effect bases of layering feathered greys. I used simple sand (it's an arena) and some stones for accents.

Next I washed the model in Agarax Earthshade and started to paint the flesh. It was my first time painting dark skin tones.

I used a turquoise on the cloth and a red on the spear sash. I washed the turquoise with a blue wash then highlighted up through various mixes of the turquoise and white. The Metal on the chest parts and his helmet were mixes of a mustard and a brown with flesh tones being added in during highlights. The pauldron was similar but used mixes of yellow as well. The iron/steel was blending greys up to nearly white.

The final touches were reds on the trident sash and highlights here and there.

Mago was a lot of fun to paint and I look forward to the rest of my Morituri! Stay tuned for more and as always, feel free to comment!