Easterling colour schemes

Ritcherd · **Posted:** Sun Jul 03, 2011 8:27 pm

I'm finding it difficult to think of a unique colour scheme for my new easterling warriors. I dont want their armour to be gold, I want it to be silver. I just dont know what colour i should use for their clothing? Any suggestions?

GothmogtheWerewolf · **Posted:** Sun Jul 03, 2011 8:31 pm

tin bits drybrushed with chainmail, similir to isengarders

Ritcherd · **Posted:** Sun Jul 03, 2011 8:34 pm

yeah i kind of had an isengard theme in my head, but im unsure. I may try that actually, and leave the clothing black with grey highlights, see how it comes out

Hilbert · **Joined:** Mon Jun 06, 2011 7:07 am **Posts:** 2088

Or maybe add Chainmail and then mithril silver :-D

spuds4ever · **Posted:** Sun Jul 03, 2011 9:37 pm

I think dark blue or black or even violet would look good. A friend of mine (who happens to be a semi-proffessional painter) painted his easterlings dark blue with light blue armour which was then given a layer of gloss varnish and they looked really great.

Ritcherd · **Posted:** Sun Jul 03, 2011 9:44 pm

how did he do the light blue armour?

Angularity · **Joined:** Fri Jun 25, 2010 7:56 am **Posts:** 157

Yellow is an underused colour in LOTR; I use it for my Easterling horse archers, with red detailing and black sashes. They end up looking a bit Ancient Persian, but that's no bad thing. My Easterlings with beards and axes have a bit of yellow about them too, but their banner is a tiger face, so they get a lot of tiger skin, and a few bits of copper/bronze armour (but not enough to get them a score of 4 for Defence).

GothmogtheWerewolf · **Posted:** Mon Jul 04, 2011 1:48 pm

By e=Easterlings with beards and axes, horse archwers and sashes, you mean the models that GW want us to call Khandish.

spuds4ever · **Posted:** Mon Jul 04, 2011 1:59 pm

Ritcherd wrote:

how did he do the light blue armour?

I think it was just enchanted blue highlighted with ice blue but I'm not sure. He didn't use any metallic paints except on the swords but the gloss varnish on the armour gave it a very good look. They didn't exactly look like they came from the deserts of Rhun with all those blues and snowy bases

so it may not fit the theme you want.

Angularity · **Joined:** Fri Jun 25, 2010 7:56 am **Posts:** 157

GothmogtheWerewolf wrote:

By e=Easterlings with beards and axes, horse archwers and sashes, you mean the models that GW want us to call Khandish.

No, I've got my old Samurai to do that job. These are old barbarian figures, plus a few Wargames Factory bits and pieces and self sculpts.

theavenger001 · **Posted:** Mon Jul 04, 2011 3:07 pm

With silver armour easterlings look great with dark blue, purple, or black cloth.

GothmogtheWerewolf · **Posted:** Mon Jul 04, 2011 4:22 pm

I wouldn't go for black cloth and slver armour, its too stereotypical evil, like Ringwraiths, Castellans, Black Numenoreans etc...

Ritcherd · **Posted:** Mon Jul 04, 2011 4:49 pm

thanks for all the help guys. I'm still thinking about it, however

Ritcherd · **Posted:** Fri Jul 08, 2011 1:55 pm

I've decided I want to paint their clothing white and green, with green shields and silver armour with dark red boots. I will have pictures up soon so you can all vomit over them. I kinda chose an Osiris kind of theme

Red Corsairs · **Posted:** Fri Jul 08, 2011 1:59 pm

Ritcherd wrote:

I've decided I want to paint their clothing white and green, with green shields and silver armour with dark red boots. I will have pictures up soon so you can all vomit over them. I kinda chose an Osiris kind of theme

Interesting combination of colours, I'm intrigued to see how it turns out.

Ritcherd · **Posted:** Fri Jul 08, 2011 2:16 pm

I've painted ten so far, I'll probably stop there for and start painting my khandish fellas

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