How I painted these tiny hobbit wrestlers from "The Heavy Pounders" team for Rumbleslam. Be sure to check out my guide for the full team, if you want to see the other members.
Halfling Skin
- Basecoat with an equal parts mix of Cadian Fleshtone , Kislev Flesh &
- Use Reikland Fleshshade to glaze and recess shade. I'd recommend popping some on your wet palette and use a thin brush, to make it easier to control.
- Selectivly shade the most shaded parts with Doombull Brown and a thin brush.
- Now gradually increase the amount of White in the mix and add some highlights. Like with the human shin, I did this in roughly three stages.
- Finish off with specular highlights of White , in a few select places.
Don't forget to pick out teeth with Screaming Skull too.
Brown Hair
- Basecoat with Mournfang Brown .
- Wash with Agrax Earthshade .
- Mix increasing amounts of Lugganath Orange into your Mournfang Brown , then pick out smaller and smaller highlights.
Black Hair
- Basecoat with Abaddon Black .
- Pick out hair strands by overbrushing with Stegadon Scale Green .
- Mix increasing amounts of Fenrisian Grey into your Stegadon Scale Green , then pick out smaller and smaller highlights.
Eyes
- Add a little Thunderhawk Blue to your base skin colour, then glaze it under the eye.
- Now, add a little Black to the above mix and paint around the eye. This is easier if the paint is thin.
- Pick out the eyeball with Ulthuan Grey .
- Do a small dot with Black for the pupil.
Blue Cloth
- Basecoat with Stegadon Scale Green .
- Shade the recesses with 1:1 Stegadon Scale Green and Black .
- Apply chunky highlights of 1:1 Stegadon Scale Green and Thunderhawk Blue .
- Now highlight everything with fine lines of Thunderhawk Blue .
- Selectively highlight with 1:1 Thunderhawk Blue and Fenrisian Grey .
- Add specular/very small highlights of Fenrisian Grey .
White Wristbands
- Basecoat with 1:1 Celestra Grey and White .
- Soft shade with Fenrisian Grey .
- Shade more selectively, in the deeper parts of the folds with Dark Reaper .
- Add chunky highlights of Celestra Grey and White , mixed roughly 1:3.
- Finish off with selective highlights of White .
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