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Daughters of the West
These are from the Great Escape Games plastic Gunfighters II kit mainly to represent the Daughters of the West faction in Deadman’s Hand but also for use in any other Western style game.
Everything was primed in IDF Israeli Sand Grey (Vallejo surface primer), then given a Payne’s Grey wash followed by a drybrush of Pale Sand (Vallejo Model Color). I made the Payne’s Grey wash darker by adding a bit more ink to it but I should have matt varnished after that because the model became slightly hydrophobic.
After the under painting the next steps were mainly using transparent colours. (When I used the Vallejo Xpress paints I sometimes used it to glaze and sometimes used it more heavily like a speedpaint).
The black clothes were all thinned Liquitex Black Ink drybrushed with Pale Sand
The brown wood and leather were Copper Brown (Vallejo Xpress).
Any of the light grey e.g. on the riflemen were Templar White (Vallejo Express).
Lighter greens were Plague Green (Vallejo Xpress).
The purple waistcoat and jacket were Cardinal Purple (Vallejo Xpress).
The light blue top was Space Grey (Vallejo Xpress).
Bright blue was Mystic Blue (Vallejo Xpress).
Bright green was Lizard Green (Vallejo Xpress).
Brown waistcoats were Wasteland Brown (Vallejo Xpress).
The white clothes and lantern glass were Ivory (Vallejo Model Color) roughly put on leaving some of the under painting as shadows followed by a glaze of Ivory in some of the areas to smooth it out. The lantern glass was given a wash with Soft Tone (Army Painter).
Hair
Brown hair: Chocolate Brown (Vallejo Model Color) then Soft Tone wash (Army painter) followed by a highlight of Chocolate Brown mixed with Pale Sand (Vallejo Model Color).
Grey hair: Ivory (Vallejo Model Color) then Strong Tone wash (Army Painter).
White: Ivory highlight.
Blonde: Pale Sand (Vallejo Model Color) followed by Soft Tone (Army Painter) and highlight with Pale Sand mixed with Ivory.
Black: Black Ink glaze.
Skin
Shotgun wielder: Base of Plague Green (Vallejo Xpress Color); Layers of Mahogany Brown (Vallejo Model Color) mixed with Dark Flesh Tone; Highlight with Tan Earth (Vallejo Model Air).
Everyone else: Dark Flesh Tone (Vallejo Game Color) then increasing lighter layers of Tan Earth mixed with Ice Yellow.
Metals
Everything was varnished before the metallics were painted.
Silvers: Black base followed by Gun Metal (Vallejo Model Color) mixed with tiny amount of Panzer Dark Grey (Vallejo Model Color) and Airbrush Thinner; Highlight with the same mix and Plate Mail Metal (Army Painter); Strong Tone wash; Final highlight of Plate Mail Metal mixed with Airbrush Thinner.
Brass: Brassy Brass (Vallejo Game Color) mixed with tiny amount of Mahogany Brown (Vallejo Game Color) and Airbrush Thinner; Strong Tone wash; Highlight by adding Plate Mail Metal.
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