I’ve got some Marauders assembled. My paint station is set up. I think it’s time to start painting.

Getting Start with the Marauder Horsement

It’s been a while since I’ve painted. A long while. So I started slow. 

I need to get re-familiarized with the colors, so I decided to throw down some basecoat colors before I bothered finishing any part of the model. With some general colors down, I could then go back and decide what shades I’d want the finished model to have and how to highlight them.

For the first horsemen, I opted for a dark brown horse with some green cloth. I painted his skin Dark Flesh for the moment, but it’ll eventually get lightened up.

After about an hour or so last night, this is what he looked like. Nothing special, but it’s nice to have some paint on the model.

Picking a Color Scheme and Highlighting

Today, I picked the Marauder up again and started working on the finished color scheme. 

I’m planning on building the army as Nurgle, so I’ll need a bit of green. The cloth (around the saddle and the horseman’s shirt) will end up being an Olive-y green. I started with a mix of Dark Angel’s and Olive (2 : 1) for a base, then a coat of just Olive green, and a highlight around the edges with Camo green.

I started painting the horse brown, but I decided to make it more of a chestnut color. The basecoat was Scorched Brown. The first highlight coat was a mix of Scorched Brown and Dark Flesh (3 : 1, I think…?). I’ll probably go back over with a lighter highlight coat of just Dark Flesh to finish him off.

Most of the rest of the model is going to be varying shades of brown (leather straps and such), metal, and gray for the pants. He’s only about a third done, but there’s some definite progress. I’ll probably finish this one tomorrow, and then I can move a little faster with the rest of the unit.

The first model is always slow going as you try to figure out exactly what colors your going to need for every little bit.