How I paint my wood elves
Undercoat
- Spray with White Scar
Base Coats
- Paint all the green cloth areas with Creed Camo
- Paint all of the tan cloth areas with Aggaros Dunes
- Paint the skin with a 1:1 mix of Guilliman Flesh and Contrast Medium
- Paint the wooden areas with Wyldwood
- Paint leather areas with Garaghak's Sewer and/or Gore-grunta Fur . Mix these up to create variety.
- Paint the hair with Skeleton Horde
- Paint the shafts of any arrows with Snakebite Leather
- Paint the fletching of arrows with a variety of different colours
- Paint any steel areas with Iron Hands Steel , and any gold areas with Retributor Armour . Wash these areas with a 1:1 mix of Coelia Greenshade and Lahmian Medium , and Reikland Fleshshade respectively.
- Paint any spites with Aethermatic Blue
Layers
- Note: to save time, only layer larger areas that are easy to see, as well as the flesh.
- Layer the green cloth with Waaagh! Flesh
- Layer the tan cloth areas with Tallarn Sand
- Layer the skin with Flayed One Flesh
- Layer the steel with Iron Hands Steel and the gold with Retributor Armour
Highlights
- Highlight the green cloth with Straken Green and (optionally) Nurgling Green
- Highlight the tan cloth with Karak Stone
- Highlight the skin with Pallid Wych Flesh
- Highlight the wooden areas with Gorthor Brown
- Highlight the Garaghak's Sewer with Skrag Brown and/or the Gore-grunta Fur with Deathclaw Brown
- Highlight the hair with Ushabti Bone and (optionally) Screaming Skull
- Highlight the steel areas with Stormhost Silver and the gold with Liberator Gold with an optional highlight of Stormhost Silver
- Highlight the spites with Ulthuan Grey