The Avatar of Khonshu, Moon Knight, is the focus of today’s How to Paint Everything: Marvel Crisis Protocol. This time we’re going to try to make painting white a bit more interesting and inject a bit of color into it, for this we will start with a base coat of Pastel Violet and then highlight up to White. I’m really happy with the results and it makes the white much more lively.
Below you’ll find a handy paint chart of all of the colors used on Moon Knight. Let’s get into it.
White Suit
Basecoat – AK Interactive Pastel Violet
Shadows – AK Interactive Pastel Violet: AK Interactive Dark Sea Blue
Clean Up – AK Interactive Pastel Violet
Layer – AK Interactive Pastel Violet: AK Interactive Ivory
Layer – AK Interactive Ivory
Highlight – AK Interactive White
As I mentioned earlier, all of the white was painted with a basecoat of Pastel Violet to give the white a bit more visual interest. The deep recesses and recess lines were painted with a mix of Deep Sea Blue and Pastel Violet. I played with mixes a bit in this step and went more blue the darker the shadow was, such as the interior of the cape. After doing a bit of clean up with Pastel Violet, I then mixed Pastel Violet with Ivory. This mix was used to start building up the white highlights, while keeping the violet tint. I then added another layer of Ivory on it’s own, and finished it all off with pure White.
Staff
Basecoat – Citadel Stormvermin Fur
Layer – AK Interactive Dark Sea Blue
Layer – AK Interactive French Blue
Layer – AK Interactive Snow Blue
Layer – AK Interactive White
I painted the staff with colors that I would normally use in my NMM Chrome recipe. I wanted it to seem like it was reflecting the white of Moon Knight’s costume, but also have some of the colors of the sky and ground. I started by painting the staff Stormvermin Fur and then added Deep Sea Blue on the surface facing the sky. From there I added a layer of French Blue and Snow Blue, trying to create the look of reflections.
The closer it got to the suit, the more of it became White highlights, until I got to the ground, and switched to Stormvermin Fur. In all honesty, it was a lot of playing around and I’m not really certain if I’m happy with the effect. But sometimes done is better than perfect and I had to move on.
Gold Bits
Basecoat – AK Interactive Sahara
Highlight – AK Interactive Sand Yellow
Highlight – AK Interactive White
The gold caps on his staff were painted in a super simple NMM Gold. I started with a basecoat of Sahara and then I highlighted them with Sand Yellow and White.
Base
Basecoat – Citadel Stormvermin Fur
Stipple – Citadel Administartum Grey
Stipple – Citadel Ulthuan Grey
Wash – Citadel Nuln Oil
His base is painted in my usual way. I start with a basecoat of Stormvermin Fur and then stipple the surface with Administartum Grey and Ulthuan Grey and I finish it off with a wash of Nuln Oil.
Moon Knight is now ready to rumble and deliver justice in the name of Khonshu! Thanks to Atomic Mass Games for providing us with the Midnight Sons Affilation Pack, stay tuned for more How To Paint Everything articles the other models in the box. The Midnight Sons Affiliation Pack is now available in stores, make sure to check your friendly local gaming shop or you can also order it directly from Asmodee’s webstore.
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