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Riders of Rohan
By Pasi Vlkkynen (valpas)

Paints Used Chainmail Black Ink Mithril Silver Scorched Brown Bestial Brown Dark Angels Green Snot Green Camo Green Goblin Green Vermin Brown Dark Flesh Dwarf Flesh Elf Flesh Brown Ink Snakebite Leather Bubonic Brown Shining Gold Codex Grey Fortress Grey Bleached Bone Home Getting Started Shire Mail Box Event Calendar News Archive RSS News Feed Users Online

Introduction
This guide is intended to be more specific in certain parts than the guide on the GW web pages. Another difference is that I like to work through one part of a model at a time to make it easier to add lighter tones to the colour mixes. Parts can be done in any order, but I suggest starting the Rider with the armour since inks and drybrushing may otherwise spoil already painted areas. I also like to work from lower parts to higher to prevent oopsies from happening too often. Note: This guide has been discussed in the forums here: http://www.thelastalliance.com/index.php?pid=view_replies&thread_id=4353&forum_id=5

Horse

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Basecoat the horse with an "appropriate colour", possibly give it a wash of ink and highlight it with "yet more appropriate colours". Quite vague instructions, huh? Well, the colours of the horses vary a lot while the riders have more or less similar outfits. Some colour schemes you might want to use are (note that all inks should be thinned): Bestial Brown - Vermin Brown - Snakebite Leather (the GW guide). See the picture in the middle section for example of this. Scorched Brown - Black Ink - Scorched Brown for very dark brown horses. Substitute Codex Grey for dark grey horses. You may also leave it as it is after the ink wash. See the other picture in the middle section of this guide. Chaos Black - Scorched Brown - Bestial Brown for dark brown horses. Campaign News Introduction Rules Approval The Map Army Lists Battle Completion Miniatures Reviews Collecting Readying for War Dioramas Painting General Elves Men Dwarves Orcs Trolls Hobbits Maiar Others Conversions General Elves Men Dwarves Orcs Trolls Hobbits Maiar Others Natural Terrain Reviews General Gaming Boards Rocks Hills Trees and Bushes Water Snow Constructions Reviews General Gaming Boards The Shire Bree Eriador Amon Hen Gondor Elven Havens Dwarven Realms Rohan Isengard Mordor Chaos Black - Scorched Brown - Dark Flesh for dark reddish brown horses. Scorched Brown - Dark Flesh - Vermin Brown for brown horses. Scorched Brown - Bestial Brown - Snakebite Leather also makes brown horses. Bubonic Brown - Bleached Bone - Bleached Bone/Skull White mix for light brown horses. Fortress Grey highlighted with successive layers of Skull White mixed in; for whitish horses. Ghostly Grey gives a bit of a blue tint compared to Fortress Grey. See pictures below and the last picture. Chaos Black with a light drybrush of Codex Grey for a black horse. See picture below.

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Many different colour combinations can be used here. Try for example: Any light brown with Brown or thinned Chestnut Ink wash, perhaps with a highlight of some lighter brown. Drybrush with Codex Grey, very light drybrush with Fortress Grey. Basecoat with Scorched Brown, highlight with Bestial Brown. Well, you get the idea.

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Armour and metal parts of weapons

Paint the armour and weapons with Chainmail. Next, give them a wash with thinned Black Ink. When the ink is thoroughly dry, drybrush or highlight the armour and weapons with Chainmail. A further light drybrush or highlight of Mithril Silver can be applied if you want shinier armour. Use the same technique with the horse's chamfron (head armour).

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Weapons and saddle

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Scabbard and sword handle, hooves

Very lightly drybrush the scabbard and sword handle with Codex Grey. While you are at it, do the same for the horse's hooves.

Trousers and under-tunic

Basecoat the trousers, tunic and quiver with Dark Angels Green and highlight with Snot Green. Another option is to use Scorched Brown for basecoat and highlight with Dark Flesh.

Sash and quiver

Paint the sash and quiver with Dark Angels Green. Give them a wash with thinned down Black Ink.

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Face and hands

Basecoat the face and hands (if anything is visible) with Dark Flesh. Highlight with Dwarf Flesh and follow with Elf Flesh. Since the riders' helmets usually show only a little of the face, mixing colours is not necessary in most cases. However, if the rider has an open helmet, you may want to mix flesh colours for smoother highlighting. Paint the lower lip with Dark Flesh and teeth with Bleached Bone. Paint the horse's teeth also with Bleached Bone.

Boots and gloves

Paint the boots and gloves with Scorched Brown. Highlight with Bestial Brown.

Cloak
Basecoat the cloak with a mix of Dark Angels Green, Camo Green and Vermin Brown. Add some Snot Green for each successive highlight layer until you are satisfied with the colour.

Vambraces, greaves, helm and leather armour

Paint the vambraces and greaves and the leather parts of the helmet with Dark Flesh. Add Vermin Brown to Dark Flesh for each highlight layer. Some riders have leather plates over their metal armour. Paint those like the greaves.

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Straps and belts

Paint all the straps (greaves, quiver straps, reins) and belts Bestial Brown and highlight the edges with Snakebite Leather.

Metal parts of the helm and random decorations

Paint the metal parts of the helm with Chainmail. Make a mix of Shining Gold and a wee bit of Mithril Silver and paint any decorations you may want on the helm with that. Also paint the centre part of the shield with the mix. Highlight the shield centre with Mithril Silver. Add golden decorations to the edges of the leg greaves with gold/silver mix. Also add that to the end of the scabbard and the sword stopper and pommel. Paint the belt buckles and metal parts of the horse's reins with Mithril Silver or the gold/silver mix.

Hair and beard

Paint the hair and beard with Bubonic Brown and highlight with a mix of Bleached Bone and Bubonic Brown. Another option is Snakebite Leather/Bubonic Brown and yet another Fortress Grey/Skull White. The rohirrim should have quite light colours on their hair and beard.

Arrow fletchings
Paint the feathers (if visible) Codex Grey and highlight the edges with Fortress Grey.

Shield
Paint the shield Dark Angels Green and highlight the edges with Snot Green. Make sure to paint also inbetween the decorations. Paint the decorations with Bleached Bone. You may need several coats of Bleached Bone to fully cover the emblems. For variation, paint some of the shields with a mixture of Dark Flesh and Scorched Brown and highlight the edges with Dark Flesh.

Now the rider is ready for basing and charging Uruk-hai! Pasi Vlkkynen (valpas) basil@iki.fi Did you enjoy this article? You can give feedback and discuss it here.

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