Nemesis – Painting the Intruders – Part 2: Creepers

Posted on April 30, 2023

I am not in love with the creepers miniatures, mostly due to their rather pedestrian pose, but as I painted them they grew on me.

I chose to paint the base first, with flat black.

Followed by a metallic drybrush, to avoid leaving metal streaks on the body later. I saved the weathering for last.

I then applied two dry brush layers of lead belcher and silver. This is not very visible when first applied but will be revealed as a metallic shine after the next step.

The body received a coat of GW Contrast Leviadon Blue and the head a coat of GW Contrast black templar. The metallic drybrush applied in the previous step becomes very visible at this stage.

Once dry, the body received three progressive drybrush layers of GW Altdorf Guard Blue, GW Russ Grey and GW Dry Praxeti White, in progressively smaller and more light-exposed areas.

Finally, the little bumps on the creeper’s backlog received dots of GW Emperor’s Children. The base was spottily dotted with GW Typhus Corrosion followed by very light drybrush of Ryza Rust.