The time has come — the time for the resurrection of Apocalypse and the coming of the Age of Apocalypse, or at least that’s the goal anyway. Today’s How to Paint Everything: Marvel Crisis Protocol is all about the absolutely massive Rejuvenation Chamber terrain set. This thing is huge, measuring over 12″ long from end to end, and is packed with details such as the sarcophagus of En Sabah Nur himself. This thing really is the centerpiece of the entire terrain set.
Since I don’t have access to an airbrush set up at home, most of the basecoats have been painted using Citadel spray primers and working in as many sub-assemblies as possible. I started by spraying all of the pieces with Chaos Black spray and then I would tape off any areas that would remain black and sprayed the sandstone areas with Zandri Dust. If I needed areas to be a lighter stone color, I couldn’t tape it as easily, so I handbrushed the areas with Wraithbone.
Here is a notated diagram of which colors were used for each type of material, followed by descriptions of how each section was painted.
credit: Brushwizard
Painting the Sandstone
All of the areas that are sandstone were painted with Zandri Dust spray primer. I then painted a recess wash of Skeleton Horde Contrast paint into all the of recesses and shadowed areas. Once the wash was dry, I used a sponge and Ushabti Bone to add a bit of texture to the surface and finished it off with a drybrush of Screaming Skull to highlight it.
- Basecoat: Citadel Zandri Dust Spray Primer
- Recess Wash: Citadel Contrast Skeleton Horde
- Sponge: Citadel Ushabti Bone
- Drybrush: Citadel Screaming Skull
Painting the White Stone
The white stone areas were painted in a similar way to the sandstone. This time I started with Wraithbone as a base, a Skeleton Horde recess wash, a quick sponging of Ulthuan Grey and finally I drybrushed the entire area with White. Unlike the other terrain kits, I hand painted the basecoat on to this one, which required roughly 3 coats to get enough coverage.
- Basecoat: Citadel Wraithbone
- Recess Wash: Citadel Contrast Skeleton Horde
- Sponge: Citadel Ulthuan Grey
- Drybrush: Vallejo Model Color White
Painting the Metals
Silver
I wanted a very dark silver for the metal areas, since it would contrast nicely with the brighter gold and copper colors. For the silver areas I started with a black basecoat, this was either Citadel Chaos Black spray primer or Vallejo Model Color Black depending on if I needed to do touch up work from overspray or accidentally hitting it with the drybrushed colors. I then drybrushed the surface with Iron Warriors, Leadbelcher and Stormhost Silver for easy metallic silver.
- Basecoat: Citadel Chaos Black Spray Primer – or – Vallejo Model Color Black
- Drybrush: Citadel Iron Warriors
- Drybrush: Citadel Leadbelcher
- Drybrush: Citadel Stormhost Silver
Gold
The gold areas also started with a black base coat and then given a quick and easy drybrush of Retributor Armor and Stormhost Silver.
- Basecoat: Citadel Chaos Black – or – Vallejo Model Color Black
- Drybrush: Citadel Retributor Armor
- Drybrush: Stormhost Silver
Painting Purple Glow Effects
The purple glow was a fun effect to do. In order to create it, I stippled white on the surface of the area I wanted to look like it was glowing and painted the center solid white. I then washed the targeted area with Doomfire Magenta Contrast paint. Once that was dry I painted the center white again, leaving some magenta showing around the edges and edge highlighted the surfaces facing the middle with white to create the illusion of bright light reflecting.
- Stipple: Vallejo Model Color White
- Wash: Citadel Contrast Doomfire Magenta
- Layer: Vallejo Model Color White
- Edge Highlight: Vallejo Model Color White
Painting the Sarcophagus
The Sarcophagus was painted by first drybrushing it all with the same siler metals colors we have been using. I then painted the blue areas Caledor Sky and the Purple areas Xereus Purple, giving them a quick drybrush of Leadbelcher to make it look a bit weathered.
Blue Areas
- Basecoat: Citadel Caledor Sky
- Drybrush: Citadel Leadbelcher
Purple Areas
- Basecoat: Citadel Xereus Purple
- Drybrush: Citadel Leadbelcher
The Rejuvenation Chamber is a very impressive piece of terrain and it looked intimidating to paint at first but once I got rolling it wasn’t too bad at all. Sub-assemblies are a must, make sure to keep the attaching parts, such as the walls, arches and sarcophagus look for painting. Otherwise, you’ll have a hard time trying to reach into all the different tight spaces.
Special thanks to Atomic Mass Games for providing Goonhammer with these terrain sets. Apocalypse and his terrain are slated for release in September, ask your friendly local game store for availability or they are also available for pre-order on the Asmodee web shop now. Will you be picking up these? If you do, 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.
Next time, I’ll be covering the next set of the big man himself, Apocalypse!
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