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I have a female Beast Master Cavalier and am looking for advice/suggestions on a good paint scheme and mini layout.
These are the minis I am looking at using. On the mounted figure, I am thinking about replacing the sword with a lance and if possible, the staff with a banner.
She also wears Red Dragonhide fullplate so her armor needs to be red.
I like the color of the lizard in the picture, I am just concerned that it will look to much like Christmas with red armor and green scales.
Any advice on a good color scheme? Anything like good colors to detail the armor in, like gold or a cool pattern to put on the armor and shield.
Dismounted
http://www.darkswordminiatures.com/shop/index.php/miniatures/female-cavalie r-with-sword-shield.html
Mounted
http://www.games-workshop.com/en-US/Dark-Elf-Supreme-Sorceress-On-Cold-One
Mount
http://www.games-workshop.com/en-US/Cold-One
Not sure of the size of this mini, but if small enough, may be another option if I can find a way to replace the rider with a human
http://www.games-workshop.com/en-US/Seraphon-Saurus-Oldblood-on-Carnosaur
I have a female Beast Master Cavalier and am looking for advice/suggestions on a good paint scheme and mini layout.
These are the minis I am looking at using. On the mounted figure, I am thinking about replacing the sword with a lance and if possible, the staff with a banner.
She also wears Red Dragonhide fullplate so her armor needs to be red.
I like the color of the lizard in the picture, I am just concerned that it will look to much like Christmas with red armor and green scales.
Any advice on a good color scheme? Anything like good colors to detail the armor in, like gold or a cool pattern to put on the armor and shield.
Not sure of the size of this mini, but if small enough, may be another option if I can find a way to replace the rider with a human
Seraphon Saurus Oldblood on Carnosaur
Linkified & added sizes listed.
/cevah
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I have a female Beast Master Cavalier and am looking for advice/suggestions on a good paint scheme and mini layout.
These are the minis I am looking at using. On the mounted figure, I am thinking about replacing the sword with a lance and if possible, the staff with a banner.
She also wears Red Dragonhide fullplate so her armor needs to be red.
I like the color of the lizard in the picture, I am just concerned that it will look to much like Christmas with red armor and green scales.
Any advice on a good color scheme? Anything like good colors to detail the armor in, like gold or a cool pattern to put on the armor and shield.
Not sure of the size of this mini, but if small enough, may be another option if I can find a way to replace the rider with a human
Seraphon Saurus Oldblood on Carnosaur
Linkified & added sizes listed.
/cevah
Awesome! Thanks Cevah, you da man!
One way to offset the "Christmas" vibe while keeping the red dragon scale flavor would be to keep the red muted. Using a darker red and mixing some brown into your ink/wash should help to achieve that. It will be a matter of finding the right balance though - go too dark and your red looks muddy and dull.
Thinking more on this...
Make the lizard a shiny green or even yellowish-green. Possibly use glitter, if you can get them very small and do a light touch.
Make the rider's outfit matte dark red with black or blue trim.
Be sure to add shadows [a light wash with watered down black] to both figures, to give them a read 3D look.
Make the leather harness of the mount a matte brown, on the darker side, with perhaps metallic studs. The traditional spiked collar.
The contrast of shiny vs. matte will help offset the Christmas coloring. The browns give some depth to the mount, and the shadowed areas of both help draw you away from solids that remind you of other things.
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For the links, see the instructions just below the posting buttons.
For the sizes, just had to read their text, and on the one, had to go the main page to see the scale.
/cevah