| This is the set of colours used for dry brushing the bases - Miniature Paints Sand is used only on the edges (as it is close enough to the natural colour of the wood filler used as base texture not to need painting over the whole thing). Then Chestnut Brown from the same range, followed by Humbrol 110 (Matt Dark Earth..?). Chestnut Brown is actually quite a bright colour, so the 110 is applied second to deaden the effect |  |
| These are the main Miniature Paints used - a combination of random pale colours to give a variety pf cloth effects, plus some of the more vibrant colours. All flesh is then finished with the Citadel Flesh Wash - it gives a very tanned look. |  |
| The rest of the crew - all bought from local Art shops - The Liquitex Burnt Umber is actually brilliant for Negro flesh effects, plus also for horses, as it has quite a bit of depth and variety of tone when applied. Raw Siena is a great colour for leather armor, and also horses, whilst the Inscribe Raven Black is about the best non-enamel Black I have found to date - giving reasonable coverage, but still staying fairly fluid - the Liquitex black tended to clot and become lumpy, whilst Miniature paints was too watery. The Baltic Blue is a very clear and crisp colour, and looks good after an ink wash.... |  |
| ...and here are the Inks! A selection of the Windsor & Newton range - from right to left, Canary Yellow (used to dilute the browns), Nut Brown (used sometimes on horses as an alternative to....), Peat Brown - the best of the lot - apply straight onto painted horses and men and see how good they look - then Apple Green, Cobalt & Deep Red - all used on the equivalent colours to add depth and tone. |  |
| And here is my dry brush, and horse-inking brush also - a knackered old 3mm big cheapo Cryla - plus some Chinese half finished behind it (they are waiting for the 110). Dry brushing does wear out brushes very quickly. If you've not done it before, get some paint onto the brush, wipe most of it off onto a piece of card of similar, and then very quickly rub the brush across the basing - you will need to refuel every base or so, but you can pick up enough paint from the stuff you wiped off! If you end up with big blobs of paint, don't worry - you can always stick some flock over those bits! |  |
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