HeroQuest (1989): Elf

HeroQuest (1989): Elf

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Pale Skin

  1. Basecoat with a mix of 2 parts Cadian Fleshtone , 1 part White and 1 part Screaming Skull .
  2. Mix some of the base colour 2:1 with Doombull Brown , then add some soft shading to the skin. For this stage, I like to keep it nice an thin with some Lahmian Medium .
  3. Increase the amount of Doombull Brown in the mix. it should now be arounf 1:2 base colour and Doombull Brown . Refine the shading further.
  4. Around eye sockets and particuarly deep recesses, you may want to shade with some pure Doombull Brown .
  5. Now, mix some White into the base colour and highlight the skin. Do this in a few passes, increasing the amount of White and highlighting smaller each time.

Blonde Hair

  1. Basecoat with Tallarn Sand .
  2. Wash with a mix of Reikland Fleshshade and Seraphim Sepia .
  3. Pick out strands with 1:1 Tallarn Sand and Ushabti Bone .
  4. Highlight selectively with Ushabti Bone .

Light Green Cloth

  1. Basecoat with Nurgling Green .
  2. Shade the cloth with some Straken Green .
  3. Mix a little Black into the Straken Green and shade deeper folds.
  4. Mix a little Wraithbone into the Nurgling Green for highlights.

Green Cloth

  1. Basecoat with Elysian Green .
  2. Shade with some Deathworld Forest .
  3. Mix a little Black into the Deathworld Forest and shade deeper folds.
  4. Edge highlight with 1:1 Elysian Green and Ogryn Camo .
  5. Selectively highlight with Ogryn Camo .
  6. Finish with a few very small/specular highlights of Ushabti Bone .

Dark Green Cloth

  1. Basecoat with Caliban Green
  2. Shade the cloth with some 1:1 Caliban Green and Black .
  3. Highlight with 1:1 Caliban Green and Warpstone Glow .
  4. Add fine highlights of Warpstone Glow .
  5. Mix some Ushabti Bone into your Warpstone Glow and highlight more selectively.
  6. Finish with specular Ushabti Bone highlights on points and at the apex of upward facing curves.

Brown Leather

  1. Basecoat with Rhinox Hide .
  2. Highlight with Doombull Brown .
  3. Selectively highlight with XV-88 .
  4. Finish with very small/specular highlights of Ushabti Bone .

Blade

  1. Basecoat with Leadbelcher .
  2. Glaze Gryph-charger Grey towards the guard, starting from just below the half way point on the blade.
  3. Add a little Black to your Gryph-charger Grey , then glaze a smaller area. This should create a nice dark transition to the gold.
  4. Edgde highlight everything and glaze half closest to the tip with Ironbreaker .
  5. Finish with selective highlights of Silver RLM01 Metallic .

Gold

  1. Basecoat with Retributor Armour .
  2. Wash with Reikland Fleshshade .
  3. Mix a little Silver RLM01 Metallic into your Retributor Armour , then add general highlights and highlights to all hard edges.
  4. Increase the amount of Silver RLM01 Metallic in the mix, so it is a very pale gold. Now selectively highlight.
  5. Finish with specular highlights of Silver RLM01 Metallic .

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Citadel Painting System 22
Base 7
  • Caliban Green
  • Deathworld Forest
  • Leadbelcher
  • Retributor Armour
  • Rhinox Hide
  • Wraithbone
  • XV-88
Shade 2
  • Reikland Fleshshade
  • Seraphim Sepia
Layer 11
  • Cadian Fleshtone
  • Doombull Brown
  • Elysian Green
  • Ironbreaker
  • Nurgling Green
  • Ogryn Camo
  • Screaming Skull
  • Straken Green
  • Tallarn Sand
  • Ushabti Bone
  • Warpstone Glow
Technical 1
  • Lahmian Medium
Contrast 1
  • Gryph-charger Grey
Vallejo Model Air
Base 1
  • 71.063 Silver RLM01 Metallic
Vallejo Model Color
Base 2
  • 70.950 Black
  • 70.951 White
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