Dark Elf Executioner WIP

[Rorschach]

We're getting close to X-mas so I'll soon be having some spare time to do a little painting.
I want to work on this bad boy.

Now he's wearing quite some armour pieces & chainmail, not entirely different from what this guy is wearing (which I did a while back).

As you can clearly see, I could use some help with the armour (amongst other things..)

I guess for the executioner I could go basecoat Leadbelcher, then wash, layer & edge highlighting but perhaps someone has a neat idea I could try instead? I don't mind a challenge, but I'm not quite sure where to start. =S

 

[Rorschach]

Well I ended up painting the armour with leadbelcher, the chainmail and ornaments with balthasar gold, his hair celestra grey and his robe with mechanicus standard grey.

Right now I'm thinking of edge highlighting the armour, but eventually making the armour & chainmail grubby looking using shades and some technical paints (corrosion/rust)?
If someone has an interesting idea to try out I love to hear though. =)

 

[Mad 'At]

Have to admit that metal never really been my strongest part. I can only make it good if I go rusty, but I'll give you what advise I can.

Bronze and gold i generally easier I'd say. The colours themselves look really nice as they are. For extreme highlights, or to give it a worn look, you can mix in bright silver paints. For shades you can use anything from brown to black, and even purple. The latter can be used to give it some very nice depth, but is probably quite hard to get right on chainmail.

Steel parts are much harder to get right in my opinion. Giving it a wash of black/brown and then edge highlighting it is popular, and give a fairly nice result. If you want to take it one step further you can try working a lot with shiny and matte areas. I read an article about it (will try to track it down for you as it was really good) and tried it a little myself. What you do basically non metallic metal (NNM) but with metal paints instead of the lighter and brighter colours. Where shades are formed you paint it matte by applying dark washes of varying colour (pretty much anything goes) and where highlights and reflections go you paint with metallic paint, and blend them together inbetween. The article explains it better, I'll post it here if I find it.

 

[Count Vashra]

Nice and impressive, there.

 

[Rorschach]

Thanks guys!

@Mad 'At Thanks for the tips! That article sure sounds interesting, if you're able to find it I'd love to read it. =)

 

[Mad 'At]

Naturally I had forgotten all about this XD
Good thing you reminded me.

Did the search and it actually didn't take that long to find it. Here it is. I also stumbled over this article while searching that looked really nice too.

 

[Rorschach]

Woah, those tutorials both look incredible @Mad 'At !
I'm going to experiment a little I think upcoming weekend. =)