Painting the Reikland Reavers – Part 3: Highlighting

Posted on December 4, 2020

Highlighting the miniatures was by far the most time consuming phase as all had to be done by brush, given the fact the proximity of surfaces made the use of dry brushes almost impossible.

After the skin was highlighted with a lighter fleshtone (not displayed), the armor flaws were corrected before the socks, gloves and shoes flws were corrected (see colors above)

The armor was then highlighted with Teclis Blue and edged with Blue Horror

Green shoes, gloves and cloth were then highlighted with Warpstone Glow and edged with Moot Green

Red shoes, gloves and cloth were then highlighted and edged (see colors above)

Ushabti bones was used to highlight pants and shirts, while Baneblade Brown was used for socks highlights. You my want to personalize your players by changing socks colors. Finally, Mechanicus Grey was used to highlight shoes soles and lining as well as belts.

Steel and golden metallic areas are highlighted with Stormhost silver, mainly as edge highlights.

Finally, stripes are painted using white. Uses a small, long hair brush to do so, making certain to apply paint thin enough to flow effortlessly. Touch one hand to another so as to lower the effects of shaking.