I've been painting a bunch of African Warriors lately. After experimenting with multiple paint types and color combinations, I wanted to share my results. Below 6 different paint combinations, with pictures of the outcome so you can decide which paint scheme you like most. Skin is always a little tricky to paint and showing variance … Continue reading 6 Methods for Painting African Warriors
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Native Warriors – A Painting Guide
The Warriors are here! It's great to finally fill out the model options for the Native factions with these melee-focused Warriors. This painting guide will help you get your minis looking a lot like the examples Firelock Games uses for promotional material, although I'll be aiming to imitate the general look of the Natives in … Continue reading Native Warriors – A Painting Guide
African Warriors – A Painting Guide
The African Warrior is a strong native unit that pops up as a support unit in several European and native factions and forms the core of the Black Caribs faction (which functions like a Native faction). These are nice models that have a real presence on the board and they're fun to paint. My challenge … Continue reading African Warriors – A Painting Guide
Enter Ploeg – A Painting Guide
The Dutch Enter Ploeg is a new elite boarding party/artillery crew unit released in the No Peace Beyond the Line expansion. While found mostly in Dutch forces, this unit can be brought along as a support unit in 3 Spanish, 4 English, 3 French and 3 Unaligned factions as well! This was my first time … Continue reading Enter Ploeg – A Painting Guide
African Warrior Skin Tone
I picked up the Dark African Flesh trio of paints from WarGames Foundry and I'm just getting around to trying them out. This is a quick job in an African Warrior with no washes. It's darker than I painted mg first set but I think it's ok. There's enough contrast to be interesting but the … Continue reading African Warrior Skin Tone