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Getting Harald Hardrada Ready for Battle - Part 3

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Skill 5
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Time to getting painting, I would really like to get this guy ready for gaming this Sunday. There’s nothing more satisfying than seeing your hours of hard working going into battle 🙂

A Quick Way to Paint Red

If your after a quick way to paint a punchy red I have found that painting with Lava Orange and then washing with a couple of coats of Red Tone (both from The Army Painter) works a treat.

The Lava Orange goes on really well/fast and the Red Tone dose a really nice job of changing the whole shade into red (funny that) but leaves some orange showing through for highlights.

You can then paint some Lava Orange back on to highlight here and there giving you three shades for colour providing some depth without much hassle. But be subtle with thin coats on large areas, you still want the colours to look red. If it turns to orange you can try a bit of Pure Red over it to knock it back again.

Lava Orange + Red Wash = Class Red!Lava Orange + Red Wash = Class Red!

Finishing Up the Paint Job

To finish I just flat coated all the other areas with the colours I wanted and then used a combination of different washes (Soft Tone, Strong Tone, Dark Tone, Red Tone and Flash Wash) and then just added some highlights here and there.

The washes where particularity useful on the pelt, providing an easy was to give it a few different shades getting darker towards the centre.

Getting Harald Hardrada Ready for Battle - Part 3
Getting Harald Hardrada Ready for Battle - Part 3

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oriskany
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Always glad to see historical content! Great texture on the fur and the chain mail, @lloyd !

144artist
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I’m with Oriskany, always nice to see historical minis. I tried giving you some Skill points but only the Tutoring button seems to be working. Looking forward to seeing more of these!

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