Over the past season I have been working on these fellows (Wargames Atlantic Afghan Warriors) to get back into the saddle after a half-year hiatus:
(Don't mind the Blue-Tac, that's just so I can get the arms posed and then take them off while painting.)
There are 18 in total now, these are just my favorites.
To speak candidly now, I am not one much for painting, especially fabric. With something like a Guardsman's pauldron or a lasgun you know where the highlights go, on the edges. Fabric however has few hard edges, just rolls and folds. It vexes me eternally. What's more, the transition from dark to light is expected to be smoother than on something with a hard edge, which proves to be another wrinkle in the equation:
Skin is also an area to be improved. The camera is doing me few favours, so please be assured that they are less orange in reality than they may appear. Nonetheless highlighting a face or a hand is a very difficult task. Too often the highlight subsumes the entire surface:
With that all said, at a distance and with a bit of squinting I find myself pleased with the progress I have made. Each weekly batch of 3 seems a little better than the last, and I believe my issues are based entirely in technique and not some fundamental misconception. All that's left is to keep practicing:
They're intended for use in The Sword and the Flame, so only 40 more are needed, plus or minus some cavalry and a gun crew or two. It took some time to develop the mixtures I use now so I will post the custom paint mixtures. The rest of the colors are fairly standard:
EXPERIMENTAL AFGHAN SKIN RECIPIE:
- BASE: 1:1 Dwarf Skin (Vallejo) to Rakarth Flesh (GW)
- SHADE: Reikland Fleshshade (GW)
- HIGHLIGHTS: 1:1:1 Dwarf Flesh (Vallejo) to Rakarth Flesh (GW) to Kislev Flesh (GW) [Note, toning down the Kislev Flesh may produce better results]
- BASE: 1:3 Rakarth Flesh (GW) to Screaming Skull (GW) [Eyeball mixture based on box art]
- SHADE: Agrax Earthshade (GW)
- HIGHLIGHT: Base mixture
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