Games Workshop Citadel Pot de Peinture - Technical Texture Mordant Earth (24ml)

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Temple Guard Blue (teal) – This cool, blue-green teal color provides a balanced contrast with Mordant Earth, creating a harmonious color combo that works well for painting infantry and tanks.

For the OSL technique, I used this simple video for OSL for Beginners from Next Level Painting. This glazing video from Next Level Painting was also useful for seeing how thin you can go with a glaze to slowly build up colours. Off again to the internet and I found a video on Warhammer TV suggesting to put down ‘Ardcoat on top of the paint rather than PVA. Same principle I suppose and a good place to start. And should the PVA be above or below the paint? I broke down a number of test scenarios and set about to see what would look best. All of these bases were primed with Wraithbone first, all references to “paint” are a splotched mix of Mephiston Red, Vallejo Light Orange, and Vallejo Flat Yellow. Here’s what I inflicted on each one: In addition, I thought the surface of the dried Mordant Earth was just too smooth and shiny for what I had in mind. It was far more pāhoehoe than ʻaʻā. It looked frankly like a hard chocolate coating which just made me need to get some ice cream while I pondered what I was going to do next. What Went Wrong, and How to Do It BetterIt was at this point that I was discussing the bases with my brother, and he obnoxiously asked if I’d used straight PVA or watered down. Another variable to consider, another round of samples!

I recently got it in my head to make some lava bases for a new army – cooled bits of stone over hot molten magma. While poking around the internet on how to make them look good I noted a recent(ish) Citadel Technical paint – Mordant Earth. But a test base had some strange results so I thought I’d document my experimentation with it and other methods for the benefit of you, gentle reader.Iron Hands: For those who prefer a grittier, industrial look, Mordant Earth is ideal for painting the metal components of the Iron Hands’ cyborg bodies. Its earthy tones complement the metallic elements and give the impression of aged and well-used machinery. I wondered at first if the white I was seeing was the base material of the Mordant Earth somehow separated from the pigment, but no, the paint itself had pulled apart. I was able to peel off the toppings from the base and this is what it looked like underneath – you can definitely see where the red paint retracted leaving chunks of white showing through. Weird, and kind of gross. I threw the last one in there because I thought I should try the old school approach rather than all these fancy technical paints, just to be sure.