I've been a bit strapped for cash, so I was reading around online and a lot of sites said cheapo acrylic paints work just fine, they're some no name from walmart
I only thinned them down to about the consistency of one of those yogurt smoothies, though the more I read the more people say it should be about the consistency of milk. Lesson learned
I primed them all in black, I wanted them to look grittier and grimer, since they're nightmares and all.
I did the usual paint from the inside, start with a darker base then work your way up. With LCB from the black primer, I went to a gray, did a coat of that. Did another coat and I thought it was a tad dark so I added a touch of white.
Followed the same process with the red on the sash, I had some darker red paint for the base then I added a touch of white. I forgot exactly how many, but I think it was 3 coats of gray and red.
Since he is an unnatural abomination I didn't want his mouth to be the usual pinkish red, so I mixed up a foul looking purple. I'm quite proud of the color scheme actually.
The skull and teeth was white mixed with a bit of tan and yellow for a boney/off white. Applying a couple of coats of that over the gray wasn't too bad
Took a bit of dark red for the eyes and used a really fine brush to get it in the sockets for an evil look, though the purple might have looked better. Not sure.
For the chains it was yellow with a touch of black to darken it up a tad. using a fine brush I was able to get them fairly well accurately.
I also tried dry brushing some white onto LCB's cloth to make it look a little more sheer. The Lord of Nightmares has to enjoy the finer things in... unlife? no?
I was going for a sort of "connecting theme" of red. LCB has his red sash, Coppelius his coat, the gore of the stitched togethers, and the Dreamer I gave a red blanket. I plan on stripping him, priming him in white and then going from there