How I painted these lovely Spartan Generals from Warlord Games. This was a quick passion project for me, based upon my love for the '300' graphic novel AND the movie adaptation. Maybe it will end up as a full army one day?

Skin

1. Basecoat the skin 4:1 with Cadian Fleshtone and Screaming Bell .
2. Highlight with Cadian Fleshtone .
3. Apply fine highlights of Kislev Flesh .
4. Selectively with 1:1 Kislev Flesh anf Pallid Wych Flesh .
5. Add specular highlights of Pallid Wych Flesh .

For the eyes, I made sure the colour around the sockets was dark enough with a shade of thin Doombull Brown . Then I basecoated the eyes with Ulthuan Grey and I finished them with a Black pupil.

This is best done before you begin highlighting the skin.

Hair

1. Basecoat with Black .
2. Pick out hairs with an equal parts mix of Kantor Blue and Black . Do this pretty roughly with an overbrush.
3. More selectively highlight with 2:1 Thousand Sons Blue and Sybarite Green . At this stage you should be looking to create a "halo" of light on the top of the head and a secondary one around the shoulders.
4. Finish with small highlights of Fenrisian Grey , within the last stages highlights.

Red Cloth

1. Basecoat with 1:1 Wazdakka Red and Screamer Pink .
2. Shade with 1:1 Khorne Red and Screamer Pink .
3. Add some Abaddon Black to the mix above, then shade
4. Edge highlight everything with 1:1 Wazdakka Red and Morghast Bone .
5. Take what remains of the above paint, and mix it 1:1 with Screaming Skull . Use this new colour to selectively highlight the cloth.
6. Finsih with very small/specular highlights of pure Screaming Skull .

Bronze Shield

1. Basecoat with 2:1 Runelord Brass and Retributor Armour .
2. Shade with Reikland Fleshshade .
3. Add extra definition by shading recesses with thinned Rhinox Hide .
4. Add Silver RLM01 Metallic to the base mix and apply higlights.
5. Finish with small highlights of Silver RLM01 Metallic .

Striped Plume

For this detail, I just blocked out the main colours, picked out the hairs and then applied a selective and specular highlight. I used increasingly bright colours for the white, red and black sections as follows.

1. Basecoat of Administratum Grey , then Corax White , Ulthuan Grey and White .
2. Basecoat of Khorne Red , then Evil Sunz Scarlet , Wild Rider Red and Fire Dragon Bright .
3. Basecoat of Black , the Dark Reaper , Thunderhawk Blue and Fenrisian Grey .

Dark Brown Leather

1. Basecoat with Rhinox Hide .
2. Glaze everything but recessed details with Mournfang Brown . Make sure you drag your brush towards the details you will be highlighting.
3. Apply highlights with Skrag Brown .
4. Highlight again, this time with a 1:1 mix of Skrag Brown and Ushabti Bone .
5. Selectively higlight with Ushabti Bone .
6. Mix some White into your Ushabti Bone , and apply speculat highlights on corners and areas where you want to emphasize wear.

Wooden Spear Shaft

1. Basecoat with Rhinox Hide .
2. Highlight the centre of the staff with Doombull Brown .
3. Edge highlight more selectively with Bloodreaver Flesh .
4. Add a small highlight of Gorthor Brown .

Spearhead

1. Basecoat with Leadbelcher .
2. Wash with Nuln Oil .
3. Edge highlight with Ironbreaker .
4. Add fine highlights with small amounts of Vallejo Model Air Silver RLM01 Metallic .

Arid Basing

1. Basecoat with Zandri Dust .
2. Wash with Agrax Earthshade .
3. Drybrush with Zandri Dust to reestablish the basecolour (if needed).
4. Repeat with a lighter drybrush of Ushabti Bone .
5. Drybrush very lightly, essentially draggin your drybrush over the details with a single pass of Screaming Skull .
6. Wash the rocks with Reikland Fleshshade .
7. Pick out prominant details and add general highlights to the rocks with Pallid Wych Flesh .
8. Finish with a few small White highlights on large rocks.
9. Finish with a nice Steel Legion Drab rim.