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Painting Branch Wych and Squad Leaders
The first character I’ll paint is the Branch Wych from the start collecting box. The main thing I want is a consistency across the army to tie everything together, which also helps me paint quickly and get an army together quickly.
I painted the branch Wych and three squad leaders to lead dryads at the same time. The main parts of these, the body, the leaves and branches, eyes and mouth etc. are painted exactly the same same as the dryads – as shown in the previous entries – so I will just show the differences below.
One problem I had when battling on the tabletop was that I kept forgetting about my dryad leader's extra attack dice and I never could tell at a glance which blob of branches was in charge. So I wanted to differentiate the leaders. Easiest option; I took Skeleton Horde contrast paint and painted their hands/branch tips and viola a dryad born to lead. Oh yeah, dry brush Ushabti Bone and your done!
Now to concentrate on the branch whych. Paint these like the dryads before; then prep the underside of the bug critter, the scythe blade, the eyes, mouth and fore head swirl with Wraithbone for more contrast paint.
The Bug's Carapace is painted Khorne Red and dry brushed Squig Orange for subtle a highlight. Skeleton Horde for the antlers and the bone hairband thing in the hair. The hair is painted with Gore Grunta fur, this is an amazing contrast paint which I have plans to use more later in the project.
The bugs underbelly, head and mandibles are painted Basilicanum Grey, I think this could do with a dry brush (Ulthuan Grey perhaps) to lighten a little but I did not want to have to clean this area up as the bug is the most difficult area to paint due to it's twisting shape. Goregrunta Fur is used for the weapon haft just so it looked a different type of wood to the body of the Branch Wych. Plague Bearer Flesh for the grass loin cloth with a dry brush of Moot Green. Skeleton Horde for the Antlers with a Ushabti Bone Drybrush.
Final Step is Aethermatic Blue for the eyes, mouth and the swirls on the forehead. The weapon blade I'd recommend a thin layer of Aethermatic Blue I let my coat dry too thickly, I fixed this but I'm not a hundred percent happy. While painting the bugs carapace I had Khorne Red left on my palette which i though was a waste so i painted a thin layer around the mouth and nose stopping below the swirls which gave a nice war paint effect, with a hint of skin showing beneath. 
I'd recommend at this point varnishing your miniatures, I sprayed mine with a Satin Varnish. The reason for this is that I find the contrast paint rubs off easily and this is especially true for the Sylvaneth as there are a lot of pointy bits and fragile bits. I've already broken a few creatures, I found half of a worm one week later and super glued it back on, then I found the other night another bit that is primed and not painted on the carpet so I don't know where it fell off. Anyway be careful with these minis I need to plan storage, magnets may be the way to go. 
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