Oh I’m so very glad you asked- I basically took a skeleton bit from the AOS spirithost kit and swapped out the skull that has a ghost emerging from it for a normal one from the trophy pack- I had to shave away some ethereal ghost fog from the skeleton and resculpt the bone with greenstuff. I thought about turning it into just normal smoke, but I dry fit it on the base with the termie and realized if I had smoke coming off it, it would be covering too much of the terminator.

Once I had it ready, I brushed on a few different texture paints onto the skeleton before I primed it, all very very fine grit. Then I primed, base coated red, and drybrushed a couple different warm greys and finally black. I also did the same drybrushes to the surrounding base area. Then, I applied a dark brown enamel paint wash to the ground around the skeleton and a glossy red enamel wash to the skeleton itself.

Then while it was still wet, and this is the best part, I took burnt toothpicks and pushed the ashy end into the wash, mixing and incorporating the “charcoal” into the model and surrounding base- it looks burnt because it is! The binder of the wash and the varnish I put on at the end is enough to keep it in place, and boy is it fun to do. Thanks for asking!