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Aragorn, Gimli and Legolas. For the figures Elven cloaks I used Vallejo Model Colour Green Grey. I then added black into it and shaded this into the recesses. This was then blended with less black to make the transitions smoother. I then added Administratum Grey and finally worked up to pure Ulthuan Grey ( both GW colours) for the highest highlights on the cloaks.

For the green cloth on Aragorn and Legolas I started with Vallejo Model Colour Yellow Olive and shaded with this mixed with black. I then took the base colour and highlighted with increasing amounts of scale 75 Thar Brown. Extreme highlights were pure Thar Brown. For the leather on Gimli I started with a 50-50 mix of Mephiston Red and Rhinox Hide from GW. Then added warmer browns into the mix for highlights. Shading was done with Rhinox hide.

I wanted clear differences in the skin tones on the models. For Aragorn I wanted a weather beaten look so started with Barbarian Flesh from The Army Painter. This I shaded with an equal mix of an old Citadel Flesh Wash and GW Seraphim Sepia. I highlighted this with the original flesh colour and worked this up with a mix of this and Vallejo Game Colour Pale Flesh. Around the nose and cheeks I glazed GW Screamer Pink and mixed this with GW Bugman’s Glow for the lips. His facial hair was done with repeated glazes of GW Thondia Brown.

Legolas was painted in a similar fashion although here I started with the Pale Flesh colour and the wash was less intense. Highlights kept the overall skin colour much lighter in finish than with Aragorn.

I wanted a ruddier finish with Gimli so the base colour was GW Bugman’s Glow. This was washed with the very red toned GW wash. Highlights were worked up to Barbarian Flesh. His beard started with GW Doombull Brown which I then washed with Liquitex Burnt Umber Ink. Highlights were then achieved with the original base colour and then GW XV-88 and finally sparingly applied Balor Brown.