JonGrantMiniatures

  March arrived and I wanted to complete another Warhammer Underworlds warband. Last month, I painted a few miniatures from four different warbands. I had wanted to paint a range of miniatures.  I began the month by painting a second member of the Crimson Court, Gorath the Enforcer to add to Ennias, who I had painted last month. Early on in the month, I had an idea that I might like to try playing with Cyreni's Razors. I do not like to play with unpainted miniatures, so I decided to paint the two Namarti fighters, Alathyrr and Renglaith. Then I moved onto the leader of the Warband, Cyreni of the Abyss. Having established the scheme on the Namarti, Cyreni was straightforward to paint.  How I Paint - Idoneth With Cyreni complete, I could tick off ' Paint a Warhammer Underworlds warband '.  I have been enjoying painting the Idoneth, it took me a little time to find a scheme I liked but I am happy now. With Cyreni's Razors complete, I turned my attention to some other Id...

The Idoneth are the Sea Aelves of Age of Sigmar. This made me want to paint these Aelves with a range of blue colours.  More of my  How to paint... articles  can be found here. Undercoat with Chaos Black Akhelian Flesh Basecoat with a 1:1:1 mix of Cadian Fleshtone, Kislev Flesh and White Scar. This will need a few thin coats to get a smooth finish. Shade the recesses with thinned (with Lahmian Medium) Reikland Fleshshade. Further shade the deeper recesses with Reikland Fleshshade. Highlight the flesh with :1:1 mix of Cadian Fleshtone, Kislev Flesh and White Scar. Further highlights with the previous mix with additional White Scar.  Namarti Flesh Basecoat with Ionrach Skin. The paint should be thinned with water and applied in several coats to get a nice smooth finish. Recess shade with a mix of Ionrach Skin and Dark Reaper. Add further Dark Reaper for deeper recesses. Tidy up with Ionrach Flesh. Highlight with Deepkin Flesh. Subtle highlights with Deepkin Flesh mixe...