Here is how I painted my Cowboys for Dead Man's Hand. Unlike my gangs so far, I played with much loser rules with their clothing. In my mind, this is a disparate band of ranchers that have banded together, so wouldn't have any kind of uniform. They do however all have brown leather hats, so they are identifiable on the table.
Dark Brown Leather
- Basecoat the leather area with Rhinox Hide .
- Glaze most of the leather with thinned Mournfang Brown . Use quite a small brush and drag towards edges in rough lines. This should create some extra texture.
- Add a chunky edge highlight of Skrag Brown to all edges.
- Highlight everything again, this time with a fine line of Skrag Brown and Ushabti Bone mixed 1:1. This is a good mix to throw in occasional fine lines as scratches too.
- With pure Ushabti Bone , selectively highlight corners and exposed edges of the leather. Put a dot of this colour where the additional scratched above meet edges too.
- Add a little pure white (like Dead White ) to your Ushabti Bone and add dot highlights to corners.
Skin
- Basecoat with Kislev Flesh .
- Wash with Reikland Fleshshade , then re-establish with Kislev Flesh where needed.
- Mix the Kislev Flesh 1:1 with Pallid Wych Flesh and highlight selectively.
- Finish with specular highlights of Pallid Wych Flesh .
Rugged 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 .
Blue Cloth
- Basecoat with Night Lords Blue .
- Shade recesses with thin Corvus Black mixed with Black .
- Apply chunky highlights with 2:1 Night Lords Blue and Administratum Grey .
- Highlight again, but with fine lines of with a 1:2 Night Lords Blue and Administratum Grey .
- Selective highlights of Administratum Grey .
- Add very small/specular highlights. For this, I like to mix a little White into my Administratum Grey .
Brown Cloth
- Basecoat: Stormvermin Fur, Rhinox Hide & Black 3:3:1
Soft Shade: Steel Legion Drab & Rhinox Hide 1:1
Deep Shade: Rhinox Hide
Highlight: Basecoat Mix & Deepkin Flesh 2:1
Highlight: Basecoat Mix & Deepkin Flesh 1:1
Dirty White Cloth
- Basecoat with 1:1 Karak Stone and White .
- Soft shade with Karak Stone .
- Shade the deepest parts with a small amount of 1:1 Karak Stone and Dryad Bark .
- Pick out raised details with White highlights.
Green Cloth
- Basecoat with 1:1 Loren Forest and Ionrach Skin .
- Soft shade with thinned Loren Forest .
- Deep shade with Loren Forest . mixed with a little Dryad Bark , where needed.
- Highlight with Ionrach Skin .
- Selectively highlight with Deepkin Flesh .
Steel
- Basecoat with Leadbelcher .
- Wash with Nuln Oil .
- Highlight with Ironbreaker .
- Add fine highlights with small amounts of Vallejo Model Air Silver RLM01 Metallic .
Arid Basing
- Basecoat with Zandri Dust .
- Wash with Agrax Earthshade .
- Drybrush with Zandri Dust to re-establish the base colour (if needed).
- Repeat with a lighter drybrush of Ushabti Bone .
- Drybrush very lightly, essentially dragging your drybrush over the details with a single pass of Screaming Skull .
- Wash the rocks with Reikland Fleshshade .
- Pick out prominent 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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