Blade Maiden Leader
by Robert Sakaluk
Well on the subject of nipples....
Anyway when I first saw this mini I thought yeah finally a politically correct barbarian girl, after all all the male barbarian have bare chests. I approached this mini with an absolute lack of imagination having seen a pick of the regular Blade Maiden in the Chronopia rulebook I pretty much painted it the same way. So I'll just describe some of the areas of interest painting wise.
First part to paint was the skin, I painted this my standard way with GW paints: Dwarf Flesh, Elf Flesh, Skull White, and Vermin Fur. To see my method have a look at my painting skin tutorial on http://www.geocities.com/rob_jedi. I suppose I should mention painting the nipples since they stand out a bit. I painted them pink and then used Chestnut ink to deepen the colour.
The next area of interest is the hair which I have tried to give the look of darker roots with blonde hair. I started with GW Bleached Bone then washed with GW Orc Brown, Then a darker more controlled wash of RP Cleric Brown. I also used GW Brown Wash (Ink) along the edges of the hair and along the part in the hair. Finally I put some highlights of Bleached bone.
Third area of note is the Kilt/Loin Cloth which I painted in a tartan pattern. First I painted it GW Goblin Green (a mid tone) then I painted a grid pattern of GW Rotting Flesh (a very pale colour) finally I painted another grid ofset from the first one in GW Dark Angel Green (Dark tone). I'm quite happy with the finish but it is fairly difficult to keep the lines neet doing this method.
Apart from these bits the rest was pretty straight forward. The fur was washed and drybrushed. The armour was painted black, drybrushed GW Chainmail and washed with Brown Ink.
That's about it really.
Robert Sakaluk
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