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Libyan Spearman
Next up on the unit list were the Libyan Spearman. These are Victrix figures and the pack contains both troops equipped with the more traditional “hoplite” cuirass and those equipped with captured roman equipment. The first figures are the more traditional ones.
The figures were block painted with the cuirass being painted an off-white and then washed to bring out the details. The flesh tones used are from the Foundry range for North African Mediterranean flesh washed and highlighted. Shield were completed with my go to Little Big Man studios transfers.
The only regret I have is that I have based these on my usual 2p coin bases but on reflection if I am to use them for To the Strongest it may have been better to base on square bases.
Libyan Spear
Libyan Spear
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Very nice work. Out of interest, what sort of Wash do you use and how do you apply it? Do you highlight after the wash or just leave it as is?
Wash I mainly use is Army painter soft tone and sometimes when I want a deeper contrast (usually on darker colours) a 50/50 nix of soft and strong tone. On mail or plate armour if I don’t want the “rusty” effect I will use GW Nuln Oil. As for highlighting it depends on how the wash has taken but usually I do highlight the lighter colours to bring them forward again. However saying that my aim is for the figures to pass the 3′ test so they look good on the table and get them done. For ancients that is… Read more »
Thank you. One other question: do you block paint over white undercoat or some other colour?
For figures like the spearmen I use Vallejo grey surface primer, if there is a lot of armour involved I will use the black surface primer.