Redvers and Son Get Into Bushido

It’s not entirely clear whether Risu male, female or something else but they come armed with a pitch fork. In game, they are very much a supporting model, having a fairly poor combat dice pool. What they do have is a Ki ability to poison enemy models from afar, so very handy for slapping poison tokens all over your opponent.

The model is two piece, with the hat and curtain combo being separate. Painting the face is going to be largely impossible once the hat is in place, so I’ve opted to paint this up first. I also want a very pale, disembodied face peering out from the depths of a dark background. To try to mimic this, I’ve used the really black paint for around the face and inside the curtains. The face I’ve painted using my skin tone set but starting with the lightest colour and gently shading the darker areas.

I envisage Risu as a travelling farmer type, so I want to go for muted colours and a dusty, road traveled feel. Starting at the top, the hat is Iraqi Sand, washed and then highlighted. The white curtains and lower clothing was originally a 50:50 off white and Luftwaffe grey. The recesses then glazed down with Luftwaffe grey and even some dark rubber. The higher areas lifted with off white glazes.

The clothing was an elf green with the highlights being made from a desaturated elf green/off white mix. The wooden pole was a light brown given a wash, the ‘tights’ were khaki and any leather was painted using scruffulous brown.

The sash/belt I’ve painted purple to tie it in with the rest of the warband.

To create the dusty, road traveled look, I’ve used an enamel dusty earth. This was thinned and applied in several coats to build up the look. As each coat went down, I applied less on the upper parts and more on the lower part of the model, to really build up the dust toward the bottom.

To base the model off, I’ve used and acrylic dry earth and some dead grass. This again ties it in with the rest of the warband.