How To Airbrush Be’lakor’s Skin: Next Level Painting Tutorial

By Travis Pasch | November 14th, 2023 | Categories: 40k News & Articles, Chaos Daemons, Chaos Space Marines, How To Tutorial, Next Level Painting, painting miniatures, Tabletop Gaming News & Rumors, Videos

This week, Kenny shows how to airbrush Be’lakor’s skin effectively with this quick and effective tutorial from Next Level Painting!

Kenny is no stranger to all things painting, as he cranks out streams and videos to help other hobbyists learn to paint better.

This time, he’s showing off the techniques to get your Be’lakor looking amazing! If you want to see more of his great content or every part of this paint job, check out his Patreon here! Or, if you want to see his previous tutorials, you can check them out here!

How To Airbrush Be’lakor’s Skin: Next Level Painting Tutorial

We’ll be focusing on the skin this time around, but if you want to see the entire thing, you can watch it on his Patreon or Twitch! Let’s get into painting the mini.

Step 1:

To start, he sprays the whole thing black. After that, he adds some Transparent Blue to the mix and resprays most of the skin. Then, add just a squirt of Sky Blue to the mix.

He sprays this from the bottom up and builds up the opacity by slowly adding more of the Sky Blue to the mix. The brighter in color you go, the smaller you want your highlights to be from the top down.

Eventually, all the way up to Sky Blue and hit smaller highlights.

Step 2:

To keep building up the layers, he next adds some Tan Flesh to the pot. You’re going brighter here, but you’re changing the makeup of the color. For this, he focuses on the belly and chest.

Just like with the Sky Blue, slowly add more Tan Flesh to the pot and keep building up the colors. Now, it starts getting a little exciting.

Then he adds some Transparent Red with some water to the airbrush. With this color, you want to hit the connection areas, like the shins into the ankles and other limbs. You can even spray a little right up against his abs.

Just make sure to do this in multiple passes, as one big one will not look great.

Step 3:

He dumps the pot before moving on. Then he adds pink into the airbrush and starts blending the previous flesh color with the red so there are no harsh transitions.

To Bring the effect closer together, he then goes back to the Transparent Red and hits the tiniest spots to bring it together. While this isn’t easy, it just takes time and focus.

Throughout the whole process, you want to build up the opacity in layers through many light passes. Just don’t rush, or you won’t get such a nice blend on the skin.

Finished Model:

He also shows off some other little details in the video, but at this point, your skin is done, and you can watch the full video below for all the details!