- Hello, everyone!
I'm Becca Scott and this is How to Play Painters Corner.
We're painting each of the seven monster figures
in Horrified: Universal Monsters from Ravensburger.
And if you wanna catch up on more Horrified action,
you can check out How to Play and Game-to-Game
right here on Geek & Sundry.
And now, let's join Nox Berf as he brings
the undead to life with Dracula.
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- Thank you, Becca, for that introduction.
Like you said, this week, we've got Dracula.
Let's get started.
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Before we begin painting, it's helpful
to do some prep work.
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We're gonna gather some simple tools
and we're gonna use them to clean up
the imperfections in the model that can happen
during the manufacturing process.
We're gonna use an X-Acto knife or a hobby knife
to clean off the mold marks.
It's fairly common to have these
and it's gonna be really easy to remove
with just a little bit of work.
You're also gonna want a hobby file and an emery board.
We're gonna use these to smooth out surfaces
to create a perfect finish before
we begin our priming process.
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Now that our miniature has been prepped,
we're ready to prime.
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To do so, we're gonna start with a basic black undercoat.
Now, I'm using an airbrush to do this
but don't be intimidated if you don't have an airbrush.
You can do this with an aerosol spray can
that you can get from a hobby store or from online.
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Once you have the black undercoat completed,
what we're gonna do is we're gonna use a white ink.
And that white ink is going to be sprayed in one direction
over the black undercoat,
and it's gonna create what's called a xenical highlight
and what that's gonna do is, it's going
to simulate light and shadow,
depth and nuance on our miniature.
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With Dracula's base coat, we're gonna be using
a thick, rich red.
Now, this is gonna be a glaze,
and that glaze is gonna allow the xenical highlights
to come through.
Typical acrylic paint can be very thick and opaque.
We wanna create something that's translucent.
You can use either water or mixing (mumbles) to do this.
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The first thing that we're gonna wanna do
is apply two or three thin coats of the glaze
and slowly build up the rich color that we're looking for.
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With his black clothing,
it's going to be much like any other black
that we've painted in the past.
We're going to need to slowly build up those layers
and allow for highlighting of both blue, white, and gray.
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Now, for this cold clammy flesh of the undead Dracula,
we've chosen a slight gray color.
When you're painting white, you almost never wanna
use pure white.
Start out with a darker tone
and slowly build up your highlights.
And again, as with all faces, take your time,
thin down your paint, and be patient.
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We're now ready to begin the fine details of Dracula.
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On the back of his cape you'll notice
that there's a great amount of detail.
All of those folds can be followed along,
using edge highlighting and wet blending
to create separation and contrast.
The important part here is to mix in some gray
with the black, so that you're creating
a contrasting color that's going to keep the black
from being just flat and dull.
We're not allowing any of the layers to dry here,
and we're looking specifically towards
the edges of the cape.
As it begins to get to the edge,
we're gonna go brighter and brighter with our highlights,
closer to the pure gray.
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Moving on from that, we're gonna paint the glowing red eyes.
Now, I didn't paint this as I would
with a normal set of eyes.
I've actually used a thinned-down glaze,
and I'm washing this across the stark white
of the face to create the glow.
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Finally, we're painting the highlights of the face.
And to do this, we're gonna use a layering technique,
mixing in more and more white paint into our original gray.
This is gonna create a ceramic type, porcelain skin.
Once it's done, Dracula is gonna be ready
for the gaming table.
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And that is Dracula, everyone!
If you enjoyed this video, we'll be painting
the rest of these monsters right here
on Geek & Sundry.
And if you wanna see some other Universal Monsters
in action, tune into Game-to-Game,
coming to you on October 3rd.
and make sure to check out Horrified: Universal Monsters
available now at Amazon, Target, Barnes & Noble,
and your local hobby store.
I'm Nox Berf, and I'll see you next time.
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