Tutorials

Stubble and its application...
For your rough and ready barbarians, a little 5 o'clock shadow always helps capture that I-sleep-under-the-stars-and-gut-rabbits-with-my-teeth look. I have seen a number of different ways of achieving the stubbled look, but have found a particularly easy, consistent method.

Paints used (GW colours):
- Dwarf Flesh
- Codex Grey

1) After you have painted all the flesh tones on your model, take a look and see where you think stubble is appropriate - this may be a shaven head or beard or even something a little more stylish like the beginnings of a goatee.

2) Starting with an equal mix of Dwarf Flesh and Codex Grey (and of course some water - you want an almost milky consistency), block in the areas that you want stubble.

3) Load your brush with codex grey, and then wipe most of the paint back off the brush as if you were going to dry brush something. Dapple the paint over the areas blocked out in 2)

4) Repeat 3) using dwarf flesh, but remember you only want a slight dappling effect otherwise you will cover the whole area, so keep the movements light.

For a slightly heavier stubble, you can then add a touch of black to the codex grey and dapple VERY LIGHTLY back over the desired areas. You can also use a very light black was to get a similar effect, but I like the almost textured feel you get from dappling the paint on.