[Archon Grimherald]

So i want to paint skulls, i want them to look real, any ideas on how to achive that not bleached bone color but more of a yellow aged bone color? Chaos Marines have so many skulls on everything and some i want to make look older than others while some i want to look newer. Its mostly just a way for me to identify my command models in the units that way i know who has what abilities and what have you.

 

[Nacho libre]

Ushabti bone
Nuln oil
Dry brush or highlighting with averland sunset w/ ushabti bone. 1:1

I've used this with skulls on my rhino and it has worked fine.

 

[Silens]

Old colours, but whatever:

Dheneb Stone
Devlan Mud
Dheneb Stone Highlight
1:1 Dheneb Stone:Skull White second highlight
Pure Skull White extreme highlight.

 

[torealis]

I've found the GW way has produced great results on my terminators.

Base is Zhandri Dust, then work up with mixes to Ushabti Bone, with a white highlight. Then wash.

 

[Noctum]

My preferred method for that aged yellowing is the seraphim sepia wash

I usually do a brown base coat beastial brown/mornfang brown
Light coat of screaming skull
Dry brush screaming skull/ bleached bone
Seraphim sepia wash
Doing the wash last keeps it yellowed, if too much go for another dry brushing

 

[morfangdakka]

My preferred method for that aged yellowing is the seraphim sepia wash

I usually do a brown base coat beastial brown/mornfang brown
Light coat of screaming skull
Dry brush screaming skull/ bleached bone
Seraphim sepia wash
Doing the wash last keeps it yellowed, if too much go for another dry brushing

This is what I do for my bones/skulls as well the only change is I do a pure white dry brush before doing the last wash but that is just my personal preference to give it more definition.

 

[Archon Grimherald]

sweet, glad i sold my collection of MTG so i could afford more warhammer...say any tricks to making Yellow Metal?

 

[Nordicus]

Yellow Metal?

For Chaos Space Marines? I would go for:

1) Paint it in Leadbelcher
2) Wash with Nuln oil
3) Drybrush with Leadbelcher again
4) Wash it lightly with Cassandra Yellow