Kreoss

Started with Kreoss on my Menoth box set.

Using P3 pins with an Excel drill @ 1.25mm. Seems to be a good size. Simply drilled into the bottom of Kreoss' cloak far enough to get the pin in and keep him steady. Make sure with pinning you have a deep enough hole to keep the model from wobbling around on it - nothing sucks more than painting a precision line of detail to have the model spin around on your and make a fat line of paint where you dont want it.

Army Painter Skeleton Bone. I swear by army painter. Low odor, very thin even coats. Expensive, sure, but if you are painting to a decent standard this stuff is amazing. I chose this color because it's what made me go for Menoth in the first place. I loved the army's fluff, overall vibe, and color scheme. I HATE priming white, and really want that bone-white to be smooth and clean - priming black and trying to paint the Menoth white isn't something I'm willing to risk - I'm not that good with low-pigment colors ;)

With priming you want to make sure you aren't point-blank distance from your model to avoid paint pooling up in the detail. I've found with Army Painter you can be a little bit closer and it will still look great - however 5"-8" away is the sweet spot. Don't forget to hit the model from all angles for coverage - above, below, sides, front, and back.

This is a Bone prime - a wash of Gryphonne Sepia - and a heavy drybrush of Vallejo Bone White to pick up highlighted areas. I'm glad I didn't go to Devlan mud as it would be too stark a contrast. Even the Sepia was a little jarring. Stuck the pin in a wine cork and it worked very well.

Notice the cloak is not very smooth in terms of transition of color. We will fix this with another light wash of Gryphonne Sepia followed by targeted washing in the recesses to make sure shaded areas are darker - light wash as necessary to help blend.

The next few steps are skipped in terms of photos, but what we're going to do is smooth out the color transition in the cloth and shoulder pads, targeted wash on the Menofixes and other areas that should pop out and have depth, black out all metallics (very tedious but worth it to preserve the bone color), and Vallejo Scarlett Red for the shoulder trim, leg and cod panels, trim of the hat, scarf and headpiece.