Originally, after the release announcement, I didn’t care too much for Warlock’s miniature. But like many things, I actually like how it looks a lot more after I’ve seen it in person. He’s a challenging miniature to paint, in hindsight I think I would have done a few things differently. Here’s how I painted him this time around.
credit: Brushwizard
Painting the Glowing Recesses
To get started on Warlock, we will need bright yellow in the recesses of his armor plating. We’ll do this by painting his entire body with AK Interactive’s neon colors. Starting with Fluorescent Yellow and then painting Luminous Orange and Fluorescent Orange in various spots to give the feel of power pulsing through his body. Think of the darker oranges as your shadow colors too.
- Basecoat: AK Interactive Fluorescent Yellow
- Layer: AK Interactive Luminous Orange
- Layer: AK Interactive Fluorescent Orange
Painting the Armor Panels
Now comes the tedious part. You’ll need to have a very sharp paint brush to get all of these tiny areas painted. We want to leave all of the yellow in the recesses showing and brush control is very important. Once you have all of those areas painted black, we can highlight it with drybrushings of Mechanicus Standard Grey, Administratum Grey and Ulthuan Grey.
- Basecoat: Vallejo Model Color Black
- Drybrush: Citadel Mechanicus Standard Grey
- Drybrush: Citadel Adminstratum Grey
- Drybrush: Citadel Ulthuan Grey
Painting the Red Bricks
While painting Marvel: Crisis Protocol bases, I like to give it a bit of extra color if possible. For Warlock I’ve used the bricks and manhole base. For the red bricks, I start with a basecoat of Doombull Brown. From there I pick out a few bricks to paint Rhinox Hide and Tuskgor Fur, in order to make it more interesting. Then I wash the area with Agrax Earthshade.
- Basecoat: Citadel Doombull Brown
- Layer: Citadel Rhinox Hide
- Layer: Citadel Tuskgor Fur
- Wash: Citadel Agrax Earthshade
Painting the Rubble
My general go to for concrete colors starts with Stormvermin Fur as a basecoat. I then stipple or drybrush the base with Administratum Grey and Ulthuan Grey. Once that’s all finished, I give it a full coverage wash with Nuln Oil to dirty it up a little bit.
- Basecoat: Citadel Stormvermin Fur
- Stipple/Drybrush: Citadel Administratum Grey
- Stipple/Drybrush: Citadel Ulthuan Grey
- Wash: Citadel Nuln Oil
Painting the Metal Treadplate
Anything on a base that is going to be rusty steel is painted the same way. I start out with a basecoat of Mechanicus Standard Grey and follow it up with a quick stippling of Mournfang Brown. After that is done, I drybrush the area with Fire Dragon Bright and then give it a wash of Agrax Earthshade.
- Basecoat: Citadel Mechanicus Standard Grey
- Stipple: Citadel Mournfang Brown
- Drybrush: Citadel Fire Dragon Bright
- Wash: Citadel Agrax Earthshade
Special thanks to Atomic Mass Games for providing Goonhammer with the Sunspot and Warlock character pack. These guys are out now, just ask your friendly local game store for availability. Did you pick them up? If you did, hit me up on Twitter/X (brushwizard), Instagram (brushwizardry), or if you’re a member of the Goonhammer Discord server share them on the dedicated Marvel: Crisis Protocol channel.
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