Answering the Call to Arms (Elder Scrolls)

I’ve decided to go ahead and crack on with the Bleak Falls Barrow delve set first. It’s intended to be used as a solo/co-op set, and my first games of Call to Arms will probably be either solo, or with my partner, who prefers co-op games. I started off with the Skeleton Archers as they seemed to be the easiest to get done first.

I painted the body and the base first. The bones were based with screaming skull, and then covered in Skeleton Horde contrast. The base was done using a generic dark-ish brown acrylic mixed with PVA, and then dry-brushed with XV-88.

Once all that was dry, both the model and base were drybrushed with screaming skull.

Next it was onto the details. For the Elder Scrolls minis, I want to try and make the colour schemes as close as possible to how they appear in the game.

The first challenge was to replicate the look of Iron that is in the game, which commonly appears on some shields and Ancient Nord Weapons (amongst some others), I have posted an example below.

To do this, I experimented with a Dryad Bark base, drybrushed with Brass scorpion, which will then later have an Agrax Earthshade wash.

In Skyrim, Ancient Nord Weapons tend to have parts made from Ivory or Bone, which seem to have a greenish tint. I found that Ionrach Skin was excellent to use as this colour.

I then used bugmans glow for the fins on the arrows, and then covered the bow and quiver with Agrax Earthshade. Finally I used Baharroth Blue for the eyes.

Next up will be the Draugr warriors and Overlord, but first off I need to look up some references for how they look (by that i mean, play some Skyrim).

If you have any ideas on a better method to replicate the iron, please feel free to suggest it. I’m not fantastic and trying to get a colour match for things. Also you can’t really see how its turned out with the archers, when I finally get around to the Dragonborn, it will be a lot more visible.