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The Vile Corrupted

Process was:

glue on random stuff I found outdoors and dried with a not-so-hot air gun.
prime light grey
spray on some brown, mostly on the base, where the grass grows on him and the weapons shaft
spray on some bright green from the top for some sickly lighting
paint the metal silver
paint patterns over the metal with a light pink and chipping medium
chip the paint with a stiff brush and water
apply rust texture effect and paint streaks or use a 2nd brush to wipe down streaks when its half-dried
apply rust texture effect in the "panel lines" where you would expect washes to gather
wash the flesh on his back with red wash
brown wash in areas that still were too bright
paint the long (chestnut) spikes with black mixed with gloss varnish
splash brown paint with a old brush and a toothpick at the cloth hanging down
gloss varnish base for wet effect

For the banner:

paper towel
fold it around the back of a brush
dampen it with pva+water mix
hairdryer for a bit, try to pose the "folds"
put dried thing over his pole-arm
fix with glue
paint banner
splash banner with watered down brown

Model from: "The Valiant and the Vile"

Category: Modeling and sculpture Fantasy

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Decoration and priming

I went outside and gathered some moss, a chestnut, half a snail shell and some other random bits for the base.

I used a hairdryer to dry the pieces I found outside.

I glued on gras tufts into several recesses on his body.

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Basecoat metalls

Here i got a bit ahead of myself and started basecoating the metal areas.
In retrospect it would be better to do that after airbrushing.

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Aairbrush brown and green

I airbrushed some brown to cover all of the base, then proceeded to paint all the grass tufts and other plant materials on his body.
The rest of the model I tinted with a light green, like a light source above him.
Several areas were still the base primer, but I knew the weathering I would apply would cover them.

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Chipping medium, armor paint, rust texture and banner

In this step I mixed a bright pink with chipping medium and applied a pattern to the armor.
I also went ahead and applied rust texture in most recesess and painted streak marks of rust running down in some areas.

For the banner I simply used some kitchen paper towel and dampened it with PVA glue and water.
then I wrapped it around his weapon and dried it with a hair dryer.

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Chipping, washes and more rust and dirt

Now i used a stiff brush and water to activate the chipping medium and wear down the paint on his armor.
When this was done I painted some more rust streaks.
I also used some brown paint and a toothpick to flick dirt splashes on the lower part of the model.
The banner was painted in the same color as his armor and then dirt was splashed onto it as well.
The paper towel absorbs the thinned paint giving a effect just like dirty cloth.

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Finishing touches

I made sure I painted the tips of all the spikes on his back black and used gloss varnish to give them a pointy shine.
I also applied gloss varnish where his base was not glossy yet, for that wet mud look.
I applied black or brown washes in areas where there was not much paint yet.
I also flicked some more brown splashes onto lower parts to get the effect of him running trough mud all day.

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