Gaz's Spring Clean Hobby Challenge 2020

I couldn’t help but put more time into this guy as it is such a lovely sculpt and I wanted to see how far I could push myself. Super pleased with the results and what I have been able to learn.

Soo what was the process

Sprayed him Chaos Black then highlighted him with a zenith of Corax white from the front and wraithbone from the back.

Next, I painted the non-metal areas.

For the Black

1. Templar Black (C)
2. Lahmian Medium 50:50 Nuln Oil (S)
3. Stage 2 again in the shadows/creases
4. Eshin Grey (L)

For the Red

1. Blood Angels Red (C)
2. Khorne Red (B)
3. Evil Sunz Scarlet (L)
4. Evil Sunz Scarlet again (L)
5. Carroburg Crimson (S)
6. Evil Sunz Scarlet highlight (L)
7. Carroburg Crimson in the shadows (S)

For the White

1. White Scar (L)
2. Lahmian Medium 50:50 Nuln Oil (S)

For the metal areas the sword and the silver braiding

1. Basilicanum Grey thinned layer (C)
2. Eshin Grey
3. Nuln Oil 50:50 Water (S)
4. Mechanicus Standard Grey (B)
5. Dawnstone (L)
6. White Scar (L)
7. Nuln Oil heavily thinned (S)

For the sword, I played around with the combo above breaking it into thirds and then trying to blend each third to one another. I ran a silver edge to the blade using Runefang Steel (L) and then a thinned wash of Nuln Oil (S) over it.

Finally for the holster and leather straps and supports

1. Dryad Brown (B)
2. Dryad Brown (B) 50:50 Lahmian Medium
3. Skrag Brown (L)
4. Seraphim Sepia (S)
5. XV88 edge highlight (L)
6. Tallarn Sand final small area highlight (L)

Really enjoyed painting this mini and hope you find some of this info useful, gonna have a break before starting the next part of the squad but when I do I plan to do 5 of the infantrymen at the same time to see if I can batch paint them in this scheme.

Stay safe out there and happy hobbying everyone!