Fae Sidhe

The first commander is Oberon, Lord of the Wild Hunt, consort of Titania the Everqueen of the Fae.  He is an Hasslefree miniature, sculpted by Kev White.  Sadly Hasslefree seem to have gone away.  It is unlikely they can get their stuff together again so let’s hope the miniatures resurface at some point.  I’ve given him a Root Elf fanatic hornist as his champion.  In my system a Level 2 leader had a command base with 2 miniatures on it.

Oberon was painted as a wet blend with three speedpaints on the palette at the same time.  The darkest colour goes on the bottom, blended to the mid tone at the waist which in turn is blended to the light tone at the top.  The three used were Dark Wood, Dusk Red and Goddess Glow.  Speedpaint dries quickly so I had to work very fast which I’m used to.  Once done the hair on the head and back was touched in with a darker blend than the area around it.  The horns were painted with Bony Matter which was then wiped off to give an instant highlight and the tips were emphasised with a drybrush of regular acrylic white.

The hornist was painted in the same method as his Wardancer colleagues in the previous post.

Both miniatures were highlighted with Colorshift as previously described, again a bit hard to see in the photos.

A word on the basing scheme.  I’m going for a “fading” look for these Sidhe.  Their time is coming to an end in a classic ‘decline of the elves, rise of men’ fashion.  Therefore I went for a suitable way to show this with autumnal colours and fallen leaves used in the basing scheme.  This sits best on a dark earth base, a good look for the base layer of a forest floor as it helps the brighter leaf litter and clump of growth stand out.  The miniatures in their pale colours will also pop on these bases, despite the very full look the bases will have.

Base layer is Krautcover Common earth (dark) and bases are edged in Camouflage Black Brown (previously called German Camouflage Black Brown).

Clumps are GSW Autumn Leaf Litter and Micro Leaves Brown.  Grass tufts are mostly Gamer Grass Marshlands although some are matching tufts from other companies.  The pink flower tufts are Mininatur.