Spartan Generals

Spartan Generals

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    23 Nov 2024
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    09 Dec 2024
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How I painted these lovely Spartan Generals from Warlord Games. This was a quick passion project for me, based upon my love for the '300' graphic novel AND the movie adaptation. Maybe it will end up as a full army one day?

Skin

  1. Basecoat the skin 4:1 with Cadian Fleshtone and Screaming Bell .
  2. Highlight with Cadian Fleshtone .
  3. Apply fine highlights of Kislev Flesh .
  4. Selectively with 1:1 Kislev Flesh anf Pallid Wych Flesh .
  5. Add specular highlights of Pallid Wych Flesh .

For the eyes, I made sure the colour around the sockets was dark enough with a shade of thin Doombull Brown . Then I basecoated the eyes with Ulthuan Grey and I finished them with a Black pupil.

This is best done before you begin highlighting the skin.

Hair

  1. Basecoat with Black .
  2. Pick out hairs with an equal parts mix of Kantor Blue and Black . Do this pretty roughly with an overbrush.
  3. More selectively highlight with 2:1 Thousand Sons Blue and Sybarite Green . At this stage you should be looking to create a "halo" of light on the top of the head and a secondary one around the shoulders.
  4. Finish with small highlights of Fenrisian Grey , within the last stages highlights.

Red Cloth

  1. Basecoat with 1:1 Wazdakka Red and Screamer Pink .
  2. Shade with 1:1 Khorne Red and Screamer Pink .
  3. Add some Abaddon Black to the mix above, then shade
  4. Edge highlight everything with 1:1 Wazdakka Red and Morghast Bone .
  5. Take what remains of the above paint, and mix it 1:1 with Screaming Skull . Use this new colour to selectively highlight the cloth.
  6. Finsih with very small/specular highlights of pure Screaming Skull .

Bronze Shield

  1. Basecoat with 2:1 Runelord Brass and Retributor Armour .
  2. Shade with Reikland Fleshshade .
  3. Add extra definition by shading recesses with thinned Rhinox Hide .
  4. Add Silver RLM01 Metallic to the base mix and apply higlights.
  5. Finish with small highlights of Silver RLM01 Metallic .

Striped Plume

For this detail, I just blocked out the main colours, picked out the hairs and then applied a selective and specular highlight. I used increasingly bright colours for the white, red and black sections as follows.

  1. Basecoat of Administratum Grey , then Corax White , Ulthuan Grey and White .
  2. Basecoat of Khorne Red , then Evil Sunz Scarlet , Wild Rider Red and Fire Dragon Bright .
  3. Basecoat of Black , the Dark Reaper , Thunderhawk Blue and Fenrisian Grey .

Dark Brown Leather

  1. Basecoat with Rhinox Hide .
  2. Glaze everything but recessed details with Mournfang Brown . Make sure you drag your brush towards the details you will be highlighting.
  3. Apply highlights with Skrag Brown .
  4. Highlight again, this time with a 1:1 mix of Skrag Brown and Ushabti Bone .
  5. Selectively higlight with Ushabti Bone .
  6. Mix some White into your Ushabti Bone , and apply speculat highlights on corners and areas where you want to emphasize wear.

Wooden Spear Shaft

  1. Basecoat with Rhinox Hide .
  2. Highlight the centre of the staff with Doombull Brown .
  3. Edge highlight more selectively with Bloodreaver Flesh .
  4. Add a small highlight of Gorthor Brown .

Spearhead

  1. Basecoat with Leadbelcher .
  2. Wash with Nuln Oil .
  3. Edge highlight with Ironbreaker .
  4. Add fine highlights with small amounts of Vallejo Model Air Silver RLM01 Metallic .

Arid Basing

  1. Basecoat with Zandri Dust .
  2. Washe with Agrax Earthshade .
  3. Drybrush with Zandri Dust to reestablish the basecolour (if needed).
  4. Repeat with a lighter drybrush of Ushabti Bone .
  5. Drybrush very lightly, essentially draggin your drybrush over the details with a single pass of Screaming Skull .
  6. Wash the rocks with Reikland Fleshshade .
  7. Pick out prominant details and add general highlights to the rocks with Pallid Wych Flesh .
  8. Finish with a few small White highlights on large rocks.
  9. Finish with a nice Steel Legion Drab rim.

Rookie Brushes

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Citadel Painting System 38
Base 15
  • Abaddon Black
  • Corax White
  • Kantor Blue
  • Khorne Red
  • Leadbelcher
  • Morghast Bone
  • Mournfang Brown
  • Retributor Armour
  • Rhinox Hide
  • Runelord Brass
  • Screamer Pink
  • Screaming Bell
  • Steel Legion Drab
  • Thousand Sons Blue
  • Zandri Dust
Shade 3
  • Agrax Earthshade
  • Nuln Oil
  • Reikland Fleshshade
Layer 20
  • Administratum Grey
  • Bloodreaver Flesh
  • Cadian Fleshtone
  • Dark Reaper
  • Doombull Brown
  • Evil Sunz Scarlet
  • Fenrisian Grey
  • Fire Dragon Bright
  • Gorthor Brown
  • Ironbreaker
  • Kislev Flesh
  • Pallid Wych Flesh
  • Screaming Skull
  • Skrag Brown
  • Sybarite Green
  • Thunderhawk Blue
  • Ulthuan Grey
  • Ushabti Bone
  • Wazdakka Red
  • Wild Rider Red
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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