Spawn of Change

Ooo. Nasty. I can't find anything about this monster online, so I don't know if it's an actual D&D character or an invented one. Either way, it's awesome.

The Spawn of Change, or Eddie as I've named him, has been hanging around the Magical Box of Unloved Lead since November. He was bought on a whim during one of my frequent Etsy shopping sprees because he's such an ugly bugger and works really well in either a fantasy or sci-fi setting.

He's another large mini, measuring about 4" to the top of his tentacles. I decided to eschew my usual greyish schemes for Eddie and go with a nice bloody red colour. In real life his red skin is darker, but you can't tell that from my crappy photos.

After being glued to a 60mm base and spray-primed black, Eddie was treated to a couple of thin coats of Khorne Red and a wash with Carroburg Crimson and another with very thinned Nuln Oil. I left his tentacles, claws and spikes alone until I'd got the skin done.

I cracked out the Mephiston Red and began to layer it over the raised bits, and there's a lot of them. It took two or three layers on various areas to get the redness I wanted, and once dry Eddie got a quick coat of matte varnish before getting more layers of Vermilion. I wanted him to be red but I didn't want to go too orangey with the highlights, so I stopped there.

Once the reds were all done, I touched up his tentacles with Black before layering their tips with thinned Khorne and Mephiston reds. Lastly, I painted his claws, teeth and spines Black and gave them a quick highlight with diluted Dark and Neutral greys.

Eddie's base is just Vallejo Black Lava paste painted Violet, shaded with Druchii Violet, and highlighted with Hexed Lichen, Purple, Blue Violet and a light touch of Pink. I glued on some alien tufts and he was done.

Eddie was pretty easy and straightforward to paint, and he's come out looking really good. I think the blood red skin works well on him and makes him stand out among all my other monsters. Stay tuned for some scenery, which will be coming soon!