Warriors of Minas Tirith (Bases & Faces)

Warriors of Minas Tirith (Bases & Faces)

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    29 Jul 2025
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Bases & Faces is about smart efficiency. Nice minis, done fast, with effort where it matters.

  1. Prime in any black

Armor

Do this part (and the gold) first, as we will be drybrushing our highlights it will end up in places where we might not want it, and so we can paint over it if we do it first.

  1. Base in any dark metal, I use Gunmetal Metallic
  2. Shade with Nuln Oil
  3. Drybrush a bright metallic, I use Chrome Metallic

Gold

  1. Base in Retributor Armour
  2. Shade with Reikland Fleshshade
  3. Drybrush a bright metallic, I use Chrome Metallic

Black (skirt, gloves, undersuit)

  1. Base in any black, I use Black Templar
  2. Drybrush Mechanicus Standard Grey
  3. Highlight using Dawnstone

Skin & face

This is of course a step which you can experiment a lot with, but the recipe below is what is in the image.

  1. Base in Pallid Wych Flesh
  2. Paint with Fyreslayer Flesh
  3. Highlight with a 1:1 mix of Kislev Flesh and Pallid Wych Flesh
  4. Paint eye sockets with Rhinox Hide
  5. Do two tiny dots of White Scar at each side of the eye socket

Wood

  1. Base in Dryad Bark
  2. Drybrush Rakarth Flesh
  3. Paint with Darkoath Flesh

Leather

  1. Base in Thondia Brown
  2. Highlight with Steel Legion Drab

Base - ruins

  1. Base in Baneblade Brown
  2. Overbrush Karak Stone
  3. Drybrush Pallid Wych Flesh

Base - ground

  1. Base in Rhinox Hide
  2. Overbrush Mournfang Brown
  3. Drybrush Karak Stone

The green flock in the image is Woodland Scenics Blended Turf: Green Blend

Rim

  1. Steel Legion Drab

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Citadel Painting System 19
Base 8
  • Dryad Bark
  • Mechanicus Standard Grey
  • Mournfang Brown
  • Rakarth Flesh
  • Retributor Armour
  • Rhinox Hide
  • Steel Legion Drab
  • Thondia Brown
Shade 2
  • Nuln Oil
  • Reikland Fleshshade
Layer 6
  • Baneblade Brown
  • Dawnstone
  • Karak Stone
  • Kislev Flesh
  • Pallid Wych Flesh
  • White Scar
Contrast 3
  • Black Templar
  • Darkoath Flesh
  • Fyreslayer Flesh
Vallejo Model Air
Base 2
  • 71.064 Chrome Metallic
  • 71.072 Gunmetal Metallic
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