Asarnil the Dragonlord

How to paint 

Deathfang the Dragon

Starting from Deathfang the Dragon

Citadel colours used:

(Old name/New name)


Ice blue/Lothern blue

Enchanted Blue/Caledor Sky

Asurmen blue/Drakenhof Nightshade wash

Bestial Brown/Mournfang Brown

Bleached Bone/Ushabti Bone

Scorched Brown/Rhinox Hide

Rotting Flesh/Nurgling Green

Seraphim Sepia/Gryphonne Sepia

Goblin Green/Warboss Green

Step 1

Clean & Assemble

• Assemble and clean the model, fill gaps with green stuff

Step 2

Prime and add base colour

• Spray with black undercoat and give a layer with Ice Blue/Lothern Blue

Step 3

Painting the scales

• Give it a second layer with Ice Blue/Lothern Blue
• Start painting scales with Regal Blue/Kantor Blue

Step 4

Using a "shade"

• Give the complete model a wash with Asurmen Blue/Drakenhof Nightshade

Step 5

Getting into the first layer

• Paint first layer for horns, nails and other detail, I used Bestial Brown/Mournfang Brown for the horns and Bleached Bone/Ushabti Bone on the back
• Inside of the mouth Dark Flesh/Doombull Brown

Step 6

Adding details to the bones

• Wash the backbones with Gryphonne Sepia/Seraphim Sepia and put a layer Bleached Bone/Ushabti Bone on the horns
• Paint the tongue with a fleshy color

Step 7

Drybrush

• Drybrush the horns with Bestial Brown/Mountfang Brown and drybrush the backbones with Bleached Bones/Ushabti Bone, same for nails or teeth

Step 8

Working on the wings

• Drybrush the horns with Scorched Brown/Rhinox Hide on the parts you wanna make darker
• Paint the wings with Rotting Flesh/Nurgling Green

Step 9

Adding the final details

• Wash the wings with Gryphonne Sepia/Seraphim Sepia and finish some details here and there
•  Paint the base Goblin Green/Warboss Green or whatever you wanna do with it

Step 10

Making the base

• Spray the model with Satin Varnish to give it some protection
• Add some grass with PVA glue

And you are done!!!

Mount the rider once he's finished