Here is how I painted my copy of this exclusive miniature from the "Wars of the Samurai" supplement for Pike & Shotte. Such a fantastic sculpt.

Dark Skin

1. Basecoat with 3:1 Gorthor Brown and Wild Rider Red .
2. Add general shading with Doombull Brown .
3. More carefully shade deep recesses with 1:1 Doombull Brown and Abaddon Black .
4. Add some highlights with 2:1 mix of the basecoat and Ushabti Bone .
5. Highlight more selectively. For this, increase the amount of Ushabti Bone in the mix, so there is more of it than the base colour. Roughly 1:2 now.
6. Finish with a few very small highlights with pure Ushabti Bone .

For the eye, I pick out the eyeball with Ulthuan Grey . Then add a dot of Black for the pupil.

Black Hair

1. Basecoat with Black .
2. Overbrush with a 1:1 mix of Black and Kantor Blue .
3. Mix a little Sybarite Green into the above paint, then carefully pick out raised portions. You might need to do a couple of passes, increasing the amount of Sybarite Green a little.
4. Like the above, cover a smaller area with the above mix, plus a little Fenrisian Grey . Again, dont be afraid to do this a couple of times, with more Fenrisian Grey and covering a smaller area.
5. If you have gone overboard and the hair no longer reads as black, simply shade recesses around or glaze over these portions with some very thin Black . It is very easy to do, and I needed to redefine recesses, even with exceptional case.

Dark Blue Cloth

1. Basecoat with Dark Reaper .
2. Add chunky highlights to folds with 1:1 Thunderhawk Blue .
3. Apply fine highlights with Fenrisian Grey .
4. Selectively highlight with Blue Horror .
5. Finish off with a few specular Ulthuan Grey highlights.

Sandles

1. Basecoat with Steel Legion Drab .
2. Shade with Rhinox Hide .
3. Apply chunky highlights of Baneblade Brown .
4. Add fine highlights of Karak Stone
5. Finish with selective highlights of 1;1 Karak Stone and White .

Black Armour

1. Basecoat with Black .
2. Add chunky highlights of Dark Reaper .
3. Edge highlight everything with fine lines of Thunderhawk Blue
4. Selectively highlight corners and curves with Fenrisian Grey .
5. Finish with a few specular Blue Horror highlights

Yellow Stitching

1. Basecoat with 1:1 Rhinox Hide and Balor Brown .
2. Highlights with Balor Brown .
3. Carefully apply a finer highlight with 1:1 Balor Brown and Flash Gitz Yellow .
4. Finish with very small/specular highlight of Ice Yellow .

This stitching is very small and it can be easy to have some look very stark, even with very small highlights. if your stitching doesn't read as being a "warm" enough yellow, consider glazing with Skrag Brown , then re-applying the last two highlights.

White Cloth

1. Basecoat with Corax White .
2. Shade recesses with some thinned Administratum Grey .
3. Shade deep recesses with Stormvermin Fur .
4. Finish with edge highlights of White .

Light Green Cloth

1. Basecoat with Nurgling Green .
2. Shade recesses with some thin Straken Green .
3. Add some Black to your Straken Green . Then shade the particularly deep parts, and all along where the cloth meets other materials.
4. Edge highlight with 1:1 Nurgling Green and Screaming Skull .
5. Mix a little White into the above paint, then selectively edge highlight.
6. Finish with a few specular highlights with pure White .

Red Rope

1. Basecoat with Khorne Red .
2. Overbrush with Evil Sunz Scarlet , pulling your brush towards the areas that you with later establish highlights.
3. Highlight with Troll Slayer Orange , building on the previous stage, coverring a smaller area.
4. Selectively highlight with Fire Dragon Bright .
5. Mix a little White into your Fire Dragon Bright , then applt small highlights.

Red Saya

1. Basecoat with Khorne Red , ideally while painting the above material.
2. Build volumes, by highlighting the majority of the surface with Evil Sunz Scarlet . This should be applied as very chunky highlights towards the top and as a relavively fine highlight on the bottom edge. Avoid recesses completely at this point.
3. Add chunky highlights with Wild Rider Red , within the previous stage.
4. Now add finer highlights with Jokaero Orange .
5. Selectively highlight with smaller amounts of Tau Light Ochre .

Katana Blade

1. Basecoat with Steel .
2. Shade with a few glazes of Gryph-charger Grey , then add a little Black and shade more selectively.
3. Mix a little Silver RLM01 Metallic into your Steel and highlight. Add it in as gradually as you like, and do this in as many passes as you need.
4. Finish with edge highlights of Silver RLM01 Metallic , and a small highlight towards the tip.

Gold Trim

1. Mix a little Silver RLM01 Metallic into Retributor Armour , until you see the colour desaturate to a point when you are happy. Now basecoat all gold details.
2. Wash/recess shade with Reikland Fleshshade , where needed.
3. Where you want to emphasize deep recesses or a define a change in material, use some Rhinox Hide and a very fine brush. We are aiming for a fine line here.
4. Increase the amount of Silver RLM01 Metallic in your Retributor Armour and highlight.
5. Finish with some specular highlights of Silver RLM01 Metallic .