Assassin's Creed Brotherhood of Venice

With the distraction of UKGE I’ve fallen a bit behind with this project but this week I finally managed to get the assets prepared for my next two games.

This included the ladder markers and the 4 named assassin models Alessandra, Bastiano, Claudio and Daria.

Each of the main assassin characters has a colour associated with them that appears on their character card and a coloured ring that attaches to their base during the game.

I decided to incorporate these colours into the paint schemes for each model as accent colours.

As the assassins were ‘feature’ models in the game I decided to stock to a more conventional approach to painting rather than use Speed paints or anything more unusual.

Before painting all models were prepared with a zenithal prime using Vallejo primers (Black then Grey) through my airbrush.

Ladder tokens

The game has 12 ladder tokens that are used to allow the games enemy models enter roof tile areas. I painted all 12 as a batch paint using a really simple scheme.

With the shading from the zenithal I painted the ladders themselves with the Dark Wood from Army Painter Speed paint range.

I then painted the bases and rocks in Vallejo Model Color Neutral Grey.

I then applied Citadel Nuln Oil wash over the bases and rocks.

Finally I edged the bases in Vallejo Model Color black and applied a generous coat of satin varnish from a spray can.

All colours are from the Vallejo Model Color range unless otherwise stated.

Alessandra – Blue

Base colours:

Robes – Deck Tan

Armour – Dark Grey then Oily Steel over

Cumberband – Flat Red

Skin – Chocolate Brown

Sword Hilt, Trousers, Straps – Red Leather

Boots – Intermediate Blue

Coat lining, Boot tops, Robe stripes – Dark Prussian Blue

Base – Neutral Grey

After finishing base coats I applied Citadel Nuln Oil wash to the whole models EXCEPT the skin areas which were shaded with Citadel Agrax Earthshade.

Highlights:

Robes – Ivory then White over

Coat lining, Robe stripes – Prussian Blue

Skin – Cork Brown then Light Flesh/Cork Brown mix.

The final step as always is edging the base in Black then varnishing.

Bastiano – Black

Base colours:

Robes – Deck Tan

Backpack, Gaiters – Burnt Umber

Shoes, Gloves, Straps, Pouch – Khaki

Trousers – Refractive Green

Cumberband – Flat Red

Robe edging – Black

Skin – Chocolate Brown

Knife handles – Old Gold

Knife blades – Dark Grey then Oily Steel over

Smoke bombs, Face mask – Silver

Smiling mask – Old Gold (top), Deck Tan (bottom)

Sad mask – Silver (top), Dark Grey (bottom)

After finishing base coats I applied Citadel Nuln Oil wash to the whole models EXCEPT the skin areas which were shaded with Citadel Agrax Earthshade.

Highlights:

Robes – Ivory then White over

Skin – Cork Brown then Light Flesh/Cork Brown mix.

Smiling mask bottom – White

Sad mask bottom – German Grey

The final step as always is edging the base in Black then varnishing.

Claudio – Green

Base colours:

Robes – Deck Tan

Sword blade, Hidden blade, Belt buckle, Necklace – Dark Grey

Cumberband – Flat Red

Robe decoration – Flat Green

Trousers – Intermediate Blue

Gaiters, Belt pouches – German Camo Medium Brown

Hair, Shoes – Black

Belt, Sword hilt, Arm straps, Neck chain – Chocolate Brown

Skin – Flat Brown

After finishing base coats I applied Citadel Nuln Oil wash to the whole models EXCEPT the skin areas which were shaded with Citadel Agrax Earthshade.

Highlights:

Robes – Ivory then White over

Belt buckle, Necklace – Silver

Neck chain, Sword hilt – Gold

Sword  blade, Hidden blade – Oily Steel

Skin – Orange Brown then Basic Skintone

The final step as always is edging the base in Black then varnishing.

Daria – Gold

Base colours:

Robes – Deck Tan

Leather jerkin panels, belt, boot tops – English Uniform

Leather jerkin – German Camo Black Brown

Jerkin – Flat Red

Shoes, Stitching on jerkin – Sky Grey

Skin, Stitches on boots, bracers – Chocolate Brown

Hair, Edging on robes – Gold Brown

Cloak – Black

Handbow, Knife blade, Belt buckle – Black then Oily Steel over

Head badge, Knife handle, Detail on bracers – Chocolate Brown then Gold over

After finishing base coats I applied Citadel Nuln Oil wash to the whole models EXCEPT the skin areas which were shaded with Citadel Agrax Earthshade.

Highlights:

Robes – Ivory then White over

Cloak – Black Grey

Hair – Drybrush Flat Yellow then Flat Yellow/Ivory mix

Skin – Medium Fleshtone then Dark Sand

The final step as always is edging the base in Black then varnishing.