Painting High Elves

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It is very detailed and long, and so you can view a printable version by clicking <A HREF="id316.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Painting Warmaster High Elves"><U>here</U></A> (approx 1.5 pages).</div> <bR> <div> <B>High Elves</B></div> <div> This is a guide for painting the high elf Warmaster army. As the Warmaster models are so small there is only a limited amount of detail you can put on the models themselves. The first tip I would give before even starting to paint Warmaster units is with 3 base units attach them to a small cardboard strip with bluetac, this makes them a whole lot easier to paint. </div> <div> <B>Core units:</B></div> <div> <B>Base: </B></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Firstly attach the unit on to the cardboard as mentioned earlier. </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Now either spray or paint all the models black. By doing all three bases at a time it makes painting a lot quicker. </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">After this has dried get a sufficient old drybrush and drybrush the whole thing boltgun metal. This provides the basecoat that everything else can then be added on top of. The reason this is done first is because the majority of the model is armour so it prevents any fiddly drybrushing later. </div> <div> <B>Details: </B></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The main details on the Warmaster figures are: Skin, hair, clothes and capes, weapons and banners.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Skin- The skin is fairly easy to do. However with all the details it can get fiddly. If you feel you want just the most basic type of skin all you need to do is apply a layer of bronzed flesh for that light elven skin tone. If you are feeling more adventurous and need a bit more detail on the face and skin you can add a layer of flesh wash to bring out the recesses in the face. This is all relatively simple but as the undercoat was black, more than one layer of paint may need to be added to make an even layer.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Hair- As the hair is such a small part of the model it is quick and easy to do. Start with a layer of snakebite leather for the recesses. After this has dried a few streaks of bubonic brown or sunburst yellow on the raised areas completes the elven hair quickly. You could drybrush the hair for a more authentic look, but I find that this can be extremely fiddly and time consuming.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Capes and clothes- I find that any clothes the models wear are best painted white and any capes are best in blue, this is in order to keep with an authentic colour scheme, however it is your preference. To paint white clothes I firstly paint all the areas with a smooth coat of grey, like space wolves grey. This provides a quick shade over which I can apply a white layer of paint. Using skull white re paint the grey areas but leaving some grey in the recesses of the clothes, this provides the highlight. To paint capes I use the same method. However I take a little more time as they are usually on character figures. I usually start with a dark blue such as enchanted blue and then highlight in much the same way as the clothes using a lighter blue each time or just adding white to the previous paint mix.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Weapons- Weapons are very easy to paint and take a very short time. As you have already painted the whole model boltgun metal the spearheads or arrowheads can be left silver. The only parts needing paint are the spear handles and bows. This is simple, all that needs to be done is paint the handles and bows snakebite leather. And If necessary a highlight of bleached bone or bubonic brown added.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Banners- these are the largest areas of the models and there is usually only one per unit. This gives you a chance to distinguish one unit from another. I paint the banner an undercoat of space wolves grey and a highlight of skull white just like the clothes. After this has dried I add a high elf symbol by painting it on carefully. If you can find one small enough a transfer would also serve as a suitable alternative to painting it on. The symbol painted on should also be replicated on the units white shields to maintain unit coherency. </div> <div> <B>Characters:</B></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Characters follow many of the same steps as for core units. The only difference being that I usually take more time as they are character models and will most likely be looked at first. One difference that may make your characters stand out more is if you give them gold armour rather than silver. This is done in exactly the same way but using a gold like burnished or shining gold.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The banners that some special characters carry should be decorated with an entirely different symbol. This tells us that they are different from the rest of the army.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">That is all I can say for characters as they are extremely similar to core unit painting. My last advice is spend a little more time on the characters to make them stand out from the rest of the army. </div> <div> <B>Horses:</B></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Painting horses is easy in Warmaster. Do not be put off if you find painting standard size horses difficult.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The first step is giving it a brown or grey base coat depending on what colour horses you want. I would use ghostly grey or snakebite leather. You could use a darker brown though if you prefer as I often do.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">To highlight the brown horse use snakebite leather mixed with a bit of bubonic brown. This should be enough highlight to be sufficient as too much can ruin a model. For the white horse a highlight of skull white is all that is needed, although to get a grey horse lighter shades of grey would be needed such a space wolves grey.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The rest of the details on the horse can be completed using previous tips on armour and details. </div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="276d3770.jpg" border=0 width="211" height="119" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>The Bolt Thrower:</B></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The bolt thrower crew members can be painted in exactly the same way as a normal core unit.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The bolt thrower itself is no harder to paint than you want it to be. There is an easy option and also a difficult option.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The easy way- This is simply painting the wooden parts a brown like snakebite leather, and then simply highlighting that with a bit of bubonic brown then a bit of bleached bone. The rest of the components like the arrows and the feet can then be painted gold.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The harder way- I think that this is worth the time and effort as it can produce a really good looking model that you will be pleased with. The first step is to paint the wood snakebite leather, a smooth coat is required as otherwise the bleached bone highlight will look patchy. The next step is to repaint the wood bleached bone. The tricky bit is adding a bit of detail to the wood. What I did to my bolt throwers was to add small wood features like knots and grain lines. Tricky you may think and tricky it is but if done subtly and well a truly spectacular model can be completed. To paint the arrows and the feet use a black undercoat and then gold to make it stand out. </div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="25c74a50.jpg" border=0 width="372" height="165" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id152.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Warmaster"><U><<Back to Warmaster</U></A></div> <bR> <div> You could get some High Elves Warmaster painted by Slann Mage or any other members from our team. <A HREF="id81.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Price List"><U>click here</U></A> for our price list!</div> <bR> <div> This not answer your painting and modelling needs? <A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact"><U>Click here</U></A> to email us a <A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact"><U>question</U></A>, or <A HREF="id70.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Painting Guide"><U>here</U></A> to try another level of skill.</div> <bR> <div> Is there anything you would like to add or a section/technique you think should be added to the painting guide? 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