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Sacred Lancers

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This is the first squad of minis I’ve painted in a long time. They have very dynamic poses, so I spend a bit of extra time building the bases to raise them up and accentuate the silhouette.

The colour of the armour was achieved by glazing from an ochre brown to a cream through desert yellow. I wanted the cloth to look like a rich velvet, so I applied the highlights with some stippled pattern. The gold is Green Stuff World's Antique Gold Metal Pigment, which it the best-looking metallic gold I have come across.

I rarely do freehand work, and I spent quite a while trying to figure out what to paint on the battle standard. I was playing the video game Pentiment at the time, in which the main character is a medieval manuscript artist, so I combined religious illumination with the autumnal look to add some storytelling about these holy knights.
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Cloth:
Texture/Stipple
  • GC Gory Red + GW Rhinox Hide + Black
  • GC Gory Red
  • + MC Dark Vermillion
  • MC Vermillion
  • GW Wild Rider Red
Leather:
  • GW Rhinox Hide + Black
  • GW Rhinox Hide
  • GW Dryad Bark
  • + MA Sand
Horse Blanket:
  • MC German C. Black Brown
  • GW Baneblade Brown
  • GW Rakarth Flesh
Armour:
Glaze
  • MC Flat Earth
  • MC Desert Yellow
  • GC Elfic Flesh
Horse:
Line brushstrokes for horse hair texture
  • Black + GW Rhinox Hide
  • GW Rhinox Hide
  • + GW Mournfang Brown
  • + MC Ochre Brown
  • Add in some MA Aged White for a final highlight of the mane
Skin:
  • GWDryad Bark + GW Bugman's Glow
  • + GW Cadian Fleshtone
  • GW Cadian Fleshtone
Hooves/Book Pages:
  • GW Rakarth Flesh
  • GW Pallid Wych Flesh
  • White
Fetlocks:
  • MC German C. Beige WWII
  • GC Bonewhite
  • MA Aged White 
Gold:
  • Vallejo Metal Color Gold + GSW Pure Metal Pigments Gold

Base

Gravel:
Drybrush
  • MC German C. Black Brown
  • GW Steel Legion Drab
  • GW Baneblade Brown
  • GW Karak Stone
Rocks:
Drybrush
  • MC German C. Black Brown
  • + MC Flat Earth
  • MC German C. Beige WWII
  • GW Rakarth Flesh

Standard

Background:
  • MC German C. Black Brown
  • GW Steel Legion Drab
  • GW Tallaran Sand
  • GW Karak Stone
  • GW Screaming Skull

 Illumination:

"Lauda Domainae Autumni: Ea lux est Mori" - Praise the Lady of Autumn. She is the dying light.

  • Gold: MC German C. Black Brown, MC Desert Yellow, GC Elfic Flesh
  • Blue: MC Royal Blue, + GC Elfic Flesh
  • Red: MC Dark Vemillion
  • Red leaves: GW Doombull Brown, + MC Ochre Brown, + MC Ivory

 Illustration:

  • Dress: GW Word Bearers Red, MC Dark Vermillion, GW Wild Rider Red
  • Hair: GW Rhinox Hide + GW Mournfang Brown, MC Ochre Brown
  • Leaves: MC Ochre Brown, + MC Ivory
  • Skin: GW Karak Stone + MC Sunny Skin Tone + MC Light Flesh, MC Light Flesh
  • Background: White, + GW Fire Dragon Bright, + MC Flat Earth, MC Flat Earth

 

Paint Brands:
  • GW – Games Workshop
  • GSW - Green Stuff World
  • MA – Vallejo Model Air
  • MC - Vallejo Model Color
  • GC - Vallejo Game Color

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