Lannister Supremacy

Tyrion Lannister is such a great character, here he is ready to serve three different purposes: both as NCU, attachment and commander! A very versatile fellow to have around.

The Kingslayer himself, hard to photo well!

For these fellows I used the Blood Angels red contrast paint, it’s so good I might have left it at that but I layered on Mephiston and Scarlet to get a consistent red like on the guardsmen.

Oh, bases are Dryad Bark drybrushed with Tau Light Ochre.

Here is an update with focus on the basic paint scheme for this force, mostly so I don’t forget what I’ve done haha!

My version of the Lannister army uses Mephiston Red base or Blood Angels red Contrast as the primary red layer. I shade with either Agrax Earthshade or Carroburg Crimson depending on the model and neatness I’m after. Earthshade is an amazing shade for everything, but some figures demand a more clean look.

This is then layered with Mephiston Red and Evil Suns Scarlet, maybe even some traces of Tau Light Ochre for extreme highlights.

The yellow uses an old pot of Iyanden Darksun, maybe Averland yellow these days? It’s shaded with earthshade and relayered with base colour and Ushabti Bone. If I do Lannister hair I use fleshshade instead and do several mixes for the layers.

Metal pieces are simply done with Leadbelcher and Earthshade. The opulent gold details are painted with Retributor Armour and shade, sometimes pushed into Liberator gold and even some Stormhost Silver mixed in for imoportant pieces.

I use Abaddon Black and Dryad Bark for boots, belts and pants. It is shaded with Earthshade and reset with base colour, sometimes pushed further if needed, but it mostly never is. I like how it frames and enhances the Lannister red and gold.

Skin is done with Bugmans Glow and fleshshade and then layered with Cadian Fleshtone.

It turns out it’s a good idea to paint some solo units to break up the the endless arrow-fodder. These characters are great fun to paint!

Well, ’the game’ (the actual game name is so long it’s somewhat bizarre) is about a year old now and it’s been slow going with the painting. But I’ve gotten some spare time lately and so I thought I’d document what I’m doing. Here is my first finished unit, the humble Lannister Guardsmen.