Continuing the recent Nightfolk theme, I've finished 10 of the armoured types. Lovely sculpts by Martin Buck......I keep looking at the finished pic and thinking I should do highlights....then I think no, they'll look fine once varnished......3 more on the painting table along with some old Nevile Stocken Archive minis.
I also took pics along the way so I've added them below....something of a new approach for me but it allowed me to look at the painting in close up as I went along without having to rely on my failing eyesight / magnification I use....
I tend to clean up the miniatures then base them before undercoating in black....a good cheat as it gives great demarcation between areas without the need to carefully paint dark lines afterwards.....
Not sure where the blue and red scheme came from but I think it works nicely....
I checked the paint job by Andrew Taylor for The Tracker and Beast piece (
here) after I'd started with green....that helped with the later lighter color of the underneath areas otherwise I'd have been really lazy....
I decided to add contrasts for the cuffs as otherwise it didn't quite work for me...
Just the washes to go....GW Gryphonne Sepia. For me it gives a nice finish although sometimes a little dark....I'll need to work on this.
Finished group.......
Figures are all available from Northumbrian tin Soldier - link
here.....just click on the Nightfolk tab at the top.
Any comments or criticism (constructive please!) email me or leave a note below.
