Palace Guards

rigg1313 · **Posted:** Fri Jan 31, 2014 10:17 am

What colours does everyone suggest to paint the amour/shield of the Palace Guards. And what technique/how should it be done. I've been caught in a pickle here and have tried a few different combos and no matter what I do I havn't been happy with the result yet :/

SouthernDunedain · **Posted:** Fri Jan 31, 2014 10:20 am

I used shining gold follow by a drybrush of golden griffon then washed black (armour only). There are pictures on my WIP.

rigg1313 · **Posted:** Fri Jan 31, 2014 12:10 pm

Thanks! Yours look good that was the effect i was going for but i kept getting it looking to bronzey for some reason, btw nice WIP too.

Hodush · **Posted:** Fri Jan 31, 2014 1:00 pm

I noticed in the movie that several of them had black shields while others had the lighter brown with wood effect that GW has given them. I find that the wood is a bit too bright in GW's version so I would go with a darker brown or black for the shields.

As for the metals, I think silver would look quite good, but if you are intent on the gold i think just shining gold and add a bit of silver for the second layer would do quite well. This would be similar to the Easterlings scheme.

I use Vallejo Bronze and a shining gold for mine as I think the bronze gives just the right contrast, with or without a wash, when used with the shining gold.

rigg1313 · **Posted:** Fri Jan 31, 2014 4:11 pm

Yeh I saw the same and first tried for the wood effect with no much happening, tried tin bits/shining gold with a brown wash, ended up looking way to tinny rather than woody so gave up hahaha.

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