The Sylvaneth of Springash - army log

@angelicdespot requested some details on how I’m painting this army, so here we go.  I had a couple of aims for painting my Sylvaneth – a very woody look with accents of bright, springlike colours; and  s p e e d .  😛  I’m painting mostly with washes, shades and the occasional contrast paint.  First up is the wood, which is actually a couple of colours painted at the same time.  You can see them in this Kurnoth Hunter – the main, darker wood, and a lighter wood as an accent.

1. Spray with GW Zandri Dust, and touch up with the same colour out of a pot, to ensure an even coat.
2. Pick out focal areas (faces, chests, edging of ‘armour’ like on the KH, etc) with Army Painter Necrotic Flesh.
3. Apply two reasonably heavy washes of GW Seraphim Sepia, allowing them to dry fully in between.
4. Shade the darkest areas with GW Agrax Earthshade.
5. Blend branches/horns to a darker brown using multiple layers of Earthshade, getting darker further from the body.
6. Highlight the areas that started out as Zandri Dust with Zandri Dust.
7. Highlight the areas that started out as Necrotic Flesh with Necrotic Flesh.

The last two steps are optional, and I’ll mostly only be doing this on larger models and characters.  Hordes of Dryads will  n o t  be getting this treatment. 😉

I’m also more or less settled on the recipe for the green and the pink, which you can see in the Tree-Rev below:

The pink still needs some work for larger areas like this, but it goes something like this:

1. Undercoat White.
2. Basecoat with a 5:1 mix of White and Vallejo MC Pink.
3. Wash with GW Volupus Pink and Contrast Medium in a 5:1 ratio(ish).
4. Reapply step 2 as a highlight.
5. Shade deeper areas with Amy Painter Red Tone wash.
6. Highlight with White.

The green goes like this:

1. Necrotic Flesh basecoat
2. Apply two washes/glazes of Secret Weapon Fallout wash.  This is luridly, almost neon green – but we’ll knock that back with:
3. A wash of Army Painter Military Shader and Glaze Medium in a 1:2 ratio.
4. Shade the deeper areas with straight Military Shader.
5. Highlight with 3:2 Necrotic Flesh:Fallout.

I hope that’s useful, or at least interesting!