WIP

Warhammer - The Old World: Wood Elves

  0
  • Written by
  • Published
    17 Dec 2023
  • Updated
    17 Dec 2023
  • Shareable URL

How I paint my wood elves

Undercoat

  1. Spray with White Scar

Base Coats

  1. Paint all the green cloth areas with Creed Camo
  2. Paint all of the tan cloth areas with Aggaros Dunes
  3. Paint the skin with a 1:1 mix of Guilliman Flesh and Contrast Medium
  4. Paint the wooden areas with Wyldwood
  5. Paint leather areas with Garaghak's Sewer and/or Gore-grunta Fur . Mix these up to create variety.
  6. Paint the hair with Skeleton Horde
  7. Paint the shafts of any arrows with Snakebite Leather
  8. Paint the fletching of arrows with a variety of different colours
  9. Paint any steel areas with Iron Hands Steel , and any gold areas with Retributor Armour . Wash these areas with a 1:1 mix of Coelia Greenshade and Lahmian Medium , and Reikland Fleshshade respectively.
  10. Paint any spites with Aethermatic Blue

Layers

  1. Note: to save time, only layer larger areas that are easy to see, as well as the flesh.
  2. Layer the green cloth with Waaagh! Flesh
  3. Layer the tan cloth areas with Tallarn Sand
  4. Layer the skin with Flayed One Flesh
  5. Layer the steel with Iron Hands Steel and the gold with Retributor Armour

Highlights

  1. Highlight the green cloth with Straken Green and (optionally) Nurgling Green
  2. Highlight the tan cloth with Karak Stone
  3. Highlight the skin with Pallid Wych Flesh
  4. Highlight the wooden areas with Gorthor Brown
  5. Highlight the Garaghak's Sewer with Skrag Brown and/or the Gore-grunta Fur with Deathclaw Brown
  6. Highlight the hair with Ushabti Bone and (optionally) Screaming Skull
  7. Highlight the steel areas with Stormhost Silver and the gold with Liberator Gold with an optional highlight of Stormhost Silver
  8. Highlight the spites with Ulthuan Grey
Citadel Painting System 31
Base 3
  • Iron Hands Steel
  • Retributor Armour
  • Waaagh! Flesh
Shade 2
  • Coelia Greenshade
  • Reikland Fleshshade
Layer 14
  • Deathclaw Brown
  • Flayed One Flesh
  • Gorthor Brown
  • Karak Stone
  • Liberator Gold
  • Nurgling Green
  • Pallid Wych Flesh
  • Screaming Skull
  • Skrag Brown
  • Stormhost Silver
  • Straken Green
  • Tallarn Sand
  • Ulthuan Grey
  • Ushabti Bone
Technical 2
  • Contrast Medium
  • Lahmian Medium
Spray 1
  • White Scar
Contrast 9
  • Aethermatic Blue
  • Aggaros Dunes
  • Creed Camo
  • Garaghak's Sewer
  • Gore-grunta Fur
  • Guilliman Flesh
  • Skeleton Horde
  • Snakebite Leather
  • Wyldwood
Sign up to compare these recipe requirements to your own paint collection