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
- Basecoat the skin 4:1 with Cadian Fleshtone and Screaming Bell .
- Highlight with Cadian Fleshtone .
- Apply fine highlights of Kislev Flesh .
- Selectively with 1:1 Kislev Flesh anf Pallid Wych Flesh .
- 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
- Basecoat with Black .
- Pick out hairs with an equal parts mix of Kantor Blue and Black . Do this pretty roughly with an overbrush.
- 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.
- Finish with small highlights of Fenrisian Grey , within the last stages highlights.
Red Cloth
- Basecoat with 1:1 Wazdakka Red and Screamer Pink .
- Shade with 1:1 Khorne Red and Screamer Pink .
- Add some Abaddon Black to the mix above, then shade
- Edge highlight everything with 1:1 Wazdakka Red and Morghast Bone .
- Take what remains of the above paint, and mix it 1:1 with Screaming Skull . Use this new colour to selectively highlight the cloth.
- Finsih with very small/specular highlights of pure Screaming Skull .
Bronze Shield
- Basecoat with 2:1 Runelord Brass and Retributor Armour .
- Shade with Reikland Fleshshade .
- Add extra definition by shading recesses with thinned Rhinox Hide .
- Add Silver RLM01 Metallic to the base mix and apply higlights.
- 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.
- Basecoat of Administratum Grey , then Corax White , Ulthuan Grey and White .
- Basecoat of Khorne Red , then Evil Sunz Scarlet , Wild Rider Red and Fire Dragon Bright .
- Basecoat of Black , the Dark Reaper , Thunderhawk Blue and Fenrisian Grey .
Dark Brown Leather
- Basecoat with Rhinox Hide .
- Glaze everything but recessed details with Mournfang Brown . Make sure you drag your brush towards the details you will be highlighting.
- Apply highlights with Skrag Brown .
- Highlight again, this time with a 1:1 mix of Skrag Brown and Ushabti Bone .
- Selectively higlight with Ushabti Bone .
- Mix some White into your Ushabti Bone , and apply speculat highlights on corners and areas where you want to emphasize wear.
Wooden Spear Shaft
- Basecoat with Rhinox Hide .
- Highlight the centre of the staff with Doombull Brown .
- Edge highlight more selectively with Bloodreaver Flesh .
- Add a small highlight of Gorthor Brown .
Spearhead
- Basecoat with Leadbelcher .
- Wash with Nuln Oil .
- Edge highlight with Ironbreaker .
- Add fine highlights with small amounts of Vallejo Model Air Silver RLM01 Metallic .
Arid Basing
- Basecoat with Zandri Dust .
- Washe with Agrax Earthshade .
- Drybrush with Zandri Dust to reestablish the basecolour (if needed).
- Repeat with a lighter drybrush of Ushabti Bone .
- Drybrush very lightly, essentially draggin your drybrush over the details with a single pass of Screaming Skull .
- Wash the rocks with Reikland Fleshshade .
- Pick out prominant details and add general highlights to the rocks with Pallid Wych Flesh .
- Finish with a few small White highlights on large rocks.
- Finish with a nice Steel Legion Drab rim.
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