How I Paint - Idoneth
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 mixed with White Scar.