Village Attacks - Succubus & Banshee

She’s probably reaching for your balls.

She’s probably reaching for your balls.

Emboldened by the Dullahan I decided to jump right into the next two monsters the Village Attacks core box, the Succubus and the Banshee.

As with the Dullahan, I gave them both the same priming treatment: wash with Biostrip, spray with Army Painter Uniform Grey spray and a coat of Vallejo Matt Varnish.

Unsurprisingly, the Succubus has a lot of skin showing so it seemed like the best place to start. So I gave it a base coat of Rakarth Flesh and as I knew I wanted the straps around her arms and legs to be black I base coated them in Corvus Black. I then washed both with Nuln Oil. For the skin, I then layered Rakarth Flesh on the raised areas, then a fifty-fifty mix of Rakarth Flesh and Pallid Wych Flesh to highlight the most prominent areas. For the wings, I used the lighter colours more as glazes than highlights so that the colours blended more evenly.

For her clothes, once again I decided against the black depicted in the artwork and went with yellow, as that is the Succubus’ Monster Type colour. I was a little worried that the yellow and black would make her look like a bee or a wasp, whilst that would be fairly appropriate for a Succubus, it turned out not to be the case. So I started with a base coat of Averland Sunset, followed by a wash of Seraphim Sepia. I chose a yellow wash as it wouldn’t darken the clothes too much like Nuln Oil would. From there it was a case of layering the raised areas with Averland Sunset then highlighting with a mix of Averland Sunset and Yriel Yellow. I didn’t do a highlight of pure Yriel Yellow as it would make the figure a bit too bright compared to the other darker areas such as the skin.

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The hair stumped me for a while; blond would be too close to the yellow of her clothes, black would be too similar to the wraps on her arms and legs, and I just couldn’t see her as a brunette. My partner suggested that she might be a red-head, but not a ginger red-head and not a red red-head either, if that makes sense. So, I mixed some Mephiston Red and Jokaero Orange which combined the best of both, and base coated it on both her head and the small tuft of hair on her tail. I then washed both areas with Red Tone from The Army Painter and picked out a few prominent strands with pure Jokaero Orange.

The only other bits that I needed to pick out was the dagger in her hand and the ascot/scarf under her hair. As the dagger was somewhat lacking in detail, I gave it a simple coat of Leadbelcher then a wash with Nuln Oil. For the ascot, I decided on a deep red so it didn’t clash with either the orange-red hair or the yellow clothes. For this, I mixed Khorne Red with Corvus Black, I felt it didn’t need a wash as it was dark enough already. 

That silky smooth leg…

That silky smooth leg…

As the Banshee is actually dead I decided that I wanted her skin closer to a white than the undead grey I used on the Dullahan or Succubus, with that in mind I gave her exposed skin a base coat of Pallid Wych Flesh, followed by a wash with Nuln Oil. I then went back with the Pallid Wych Flesh to glaze back up to an alabaster white on the smooth areas of skin, particularly on the right leg. For the mouth, I mixed Rakarth Flesh with a touch of Red Tone so that the screaming mouth would stand out without looking too “alive”.

For her skirt/dress I gave it a base coat of Vulkan Green followed by a wash of Athonian Camoshade as I felt that Nuln Oil would darken what is already a rather dark green a bit too much. Unfortunately, this didn’t quite create the contrast that I wanted so I ran some Nuln Oil into the deepest recess and each of the holes. For the highlights I mixed Vulkan Green with Averland Sunset in a two-to-one mix and applied it to the edges and around the tears to make them pop out.

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With the most prominent parts of the model complete, the remainder of her was fairly trivial. For the scarf that she wears I base coated it with Skeleton Bone then gave it a wash of Strong Tone; the off white helped to set it apart from her skin and the brown wash gave it a nice dirtied appearance. For the hair, I base coated it with Mechanicus Standard Grey, washed with Nuln Oil then highlighted with Dawnstone. And finally, for the shawl I painted it with Dryad Bark before giving it a wash of Strong Tone. Then I used Mournfang Brown to highlight the folds and also to pick down the treads on her dress/skirt.

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