Or if we're going with another sniper movie pun, Eldar Maid at the Gates.
A very short painting progress post - it's just the one, the movie trope lone sniper from the Blackstone Fortress set. Although in fairness, she's not the lone sniper, there's the ratling one too. But if you're going to romanticise one model from the box, it would probably be this one.
Painting Guide:
- Coat - Black, Eshin Grey layer, Dawnstone Layer, very dilute white layer, Nuln Oil. Lining done with Rakarth Flesh, washed with Nuln Oil, built back up to Pallid Wych Flesh with White highlights.
- Armour - Incubi Darkness, Nuln Oil Gloss, Incubi Darkness layered up with a tiny bit of white
- Gun/Bone bits - Standard GW rules here, Ushabti Bone + Seraphim Sepia, Ushabti again, Tyrant Skull drybrush, Pallid Wych Flesh highlights
- Knife Blade - Pallid Wychflesh, three thin coats of Tropical Green shimmer paint, which comes out in a nice mother of pearl effect
- Red - Khorne Red, Carroberg Crimson, Wazdakka Red, Wild Rider Red
- Chaps and Gaunlets - Rhinox Hide, Nuln Oil, Rhinox layered up with Skrag Brown, Skrag Brown layered up with a dot of white
- Gems - Xereus Purple, Druchii Violet, Khorne Red, Wazdakka Red, Wild Rider, plain white dots
- Base - plasma lines done with Ahriman Blue or Genestealer Purple, washed in at the sides with a diluted mix of 50-50 of the same colour with Lahmian Medium, then layered up towards white. Stonework is one of the texture paints, Armageddon Dust I think, which I got a cheap pot of because it was a bit thicker than it ought to be. Painted it Eshin Grey, then Nuln Oil, then a quick drybrush of Terminatus Stone
Isn't the Kroot basically a sniper, too?
ReplyDeleteUlthwe looks good there. Biel-Tan is my fave Eldar colour scheme, tho, so I'm going with that when I get around to finishing her. Well, a modification of it. I'm going to try to do something similar to the basing with her cloak, like it's adaptive active camo that's mimicking the surroundings. We'll see if I can pull it off.
Sounds good!
ReplyDeleteAnd you're right about the Kelly, really, he looks snipey as well. Dunno why I didn't think of him. Maybe there's a philosophical discussion there about the difference between a sniper and a hunter.
And by Kelly I mean kroot, thanks autocorrect. When will you ever learn - R Kroot is my favourite artist, after all.
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