After putting quite a bit of effort into my last few models and using mostly dark and cold colours, I decided I needed a change of pace. Inspired by John Blanche's use of Contrast paints (it's somewhere on the Warhammer Community website if you feel like searching for it) I decided to try doing something with a yellowish palette.
I had a hunt through my boxes of sprues I found some more ghouls I thought I'd lost or traded. They seemed like a good choice for playing with Contrast paints and dirty, yellow tones, and as I'd already sold the other ghouls I'd painted there was no obligation to keep to that colour scheme. A couple of days of building and painting later, they were done!
While these were nice to paint, I'm not quite happy with how they came out. The yellow seems to have green undertones to it that I wasn't really aiming for. One problem this project highlighted for me was that I still don't understand the Contrast method of painting as much as I'd like - I forced myself not to use any highlights after the Contrast paints but wasn't quite able to get the level of nuance of light that I would have liked. I guess it all comes down to practice. Maybe I should try painting with traditional watercolours.
Anyway, it was still nice to have a change, and while they're not the best they do look pretty good in the cabinet (which now needs extra shelves, but more on that later). As I don't have a place for ghouls in any of my armies, I intend to sell or trade them off at some point for something else that looks fun to paint.
Until next time, happy painting!
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