Games Workshop Great Weapon Dwarf Warriors

First off a comment: I'm not really liking these sculpts. Maybe I just had a bad set, but they feel under quality compared to other plastic kits from GW. Most of the issue I had was in the shoulder joins and the beard and how it draped. I'm actually hoping I just got two kits confused and thats where the issue lay.

I'll upload pics later.

Skin

Base Calthan Brown
Wash Ogryn Flesh
Highlight Tallarn Flesh
RMS Tanned Highlight for final touches (Which I forgot to do to the hands in these pics!)

Chain/Weapons

Base Runefang Steel
Wash Badab Black
Highlight Runefang Steel

Leather Trimming

Base Ratskin Flesh
Wash Badab Black
Edge highlight Ratskin Flesh

Bronze/Gold Bits

Base Vallejo Brassy Brass
Wash Ogryn Flesh
Highlight shining gold if going bright, brassy brass if dark

Shoes

Base Mournfang Brown
Wash Devlan Mud after basing (So not done here as they are unbased)

Yellow Beards

Base Tausept Ochre
Wash ogryn Flesh
Highlight Tausept Ochre
Spot highlight Bubonic Brown

Red Beards

Base VMC Hull Red
Wash Badab Black
Highlight Dark Flesh

Brown Beards

Base Khemri Brown
Wash Devlan Mud
Highlight Khemri Brown

Gray Beards

Base Black
Highlight Adeptus Battlegrey
Highlight Astronomicon Grey
Wash Badab Black

Blues (I don't like this recipe)

Base Caledor Sky
Highlight RMS True Blue
Highlight Hoeth Blue
Wash 50/50 Asuremen Blue/Badab Black highly diluted.

Comments

Gondor Warriors Test Recipe

Basecoating 1. Black primer via a rattlecan 2. Base coat "Abaddon Black" 3. Overbrush Vallejo 70.995 (German Camo Black) heavily 4. Not on these, but think another lighter over brush of a lighter grey would help. Maybe a 1:1 70.995 with an ivory or other. 5. GW Lead Belcher on armor 6. Iraqi Dark Sand on the shield trees. Less important the color here, just an ivory 7. Wash the whole model with "Nuln Oil" making sure not to pool Armor 1. Thick edge highlights of GW Iron Breaker Gloves 1. Base GW Gorthor Brown 2. Heavy wash Agrax Earthshade 3. Highlight back Gorthor Brown Belts/Scabbards 1. Base GW Steel Legion Drab 2. Heavy wash Agrax Earthshade 3. Highlight Vallejo Game Color 72.061 "Khaki" Flesh 1. Base GW Bugman's glow 2. Wash Agrax Earthshade 3. Highlight Bugman's Glow 4. Highlight Reaper Tanned Skin Bows 1. Base GW Mournfang Brown 2. Base tips GW Balthasar Gold 3. Wash Agrax Earthshade 4. High tips with Burnished Gold

Black Templar Initiates and Base Recipe

Black Armor - Base coat VMS Hull Red - Stipple VMS 70.982 Cavalry Brown - Stipple Black. Used standard GW Chaos Black, for these - Stipple GW Layer Dark Reaper - Stipple GW Space Wolves Gray - Stipple GW Base Leadbelcher - Wash with 1:1 Agrax Earth : Nuln Oil - Edge highlight metallic silver Boots / Gloves / Belts / Pouches - Base coat VMS 70.872 Chocolate Brown - Wash with 1:1 Agrax Earth : Nuln Oil - Highlight with VMS 70.872 Chocolate Brown - Highlight with VMS 70.872 with a touch of Ivory Pants - Base with GW Base XV-88 - Wash with GW Contrast Skeleton Horde - Highlight with XV-88. Mostly stippling the highlights back on Tabard - Base with GW Base Hobgrot - Wash with GW Contrast Skeleton Horde - Highlight with GW Base Hobgrot - Highlight with GW Ushabti Bone - Highlight with GW Screaming Skull Highlights were done with a mix of regular lines and stippling. Stippling was mostly on the screaming skull and ushabti highlights Shoulder Pads - Base with GW Base Io...

15mm Norman Javelins

The sculpts are by Khurasan. They aren't bad, but the faces were a little rough. Definitely below the quality you'd expect from the rest of the Dark Age line that I've seen from them. Also, I think I'll go open hand cast on them from now on. Not a ding on Khurasan as I knew going in what I was getting, but compared to the nice straight spears on my knights, these look like my front line is throwing wet spaghetti. Little unhappy with the paint job, but its not bad for table top quality. 15mm Dark Age Javelin Elements

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