Painting Haradrim
Miniatures
-- zAk
Paints
Introduction
This article will show you some great new ways of painting the Haradrim! I
always thought of the Warriors of Harad as being very tricky minis to paint,
the amount of detail and the differences between the warriors are
incredible. When you paint Warriors of Minas Tirith or Saruman's Uruks or
even the Orcs of Mordor painting is much easier. That is because they are
a uniformed army you can paint them in portions of ten or more because on
every single model is the same armour, hair, weapon color etc. With the
warriors of Harad, every miniature has different clothes and armour.
This article will strive to help you paint your
Haradrim faster and better!
The cloak and other red materials were first painted Scab Red. After this I washed them with 60% of Brown Ink, 30% water and about 10% white glue. The white glue will prevent the wash from shining brightly, but if you like the shine of the ink then give it a shot! After this give the cloak a highlight of Scab Red mixed with Bronzed Flesh. With each highlight add a bit more Bronzed Flesh, also remember not to make too many highlights there's nothing worse than a really thick layer of paint!
Step 3 - Black Cloth and Pants
The sleeves, pants and other black materials were highlighted from Chaos Black up to Codex Grey. Then they were highlighted to the highest peaks with Codex Grey with a bit of Skull White added.
Step 4 - Purple Cloth
The small areas of purple cloth were first painted with a mix of 50% Liche Purple and 50% Chaos Black. After this dried, each highlight was painted by using a bit of Bleached Bone added into the previous mix.
Step 5 - Spear Shafts, Leg and Arm Wraps
This step, for a less experienced painter, will probably be the hardest part of the
miniature. To start off, locate the spear parts and
base them with Scorched Brown. While this dries cover the whole leg and
arm wraps and everything else (thats supposed to be that color) with
Scorched Brown as well. Nextly highlight with Graveyard Earth, after
that highlight using Kommando Khaki. Then highlight using Bleached Bone
and when that dries touch the peaks with Skull White. After, wash it with 50-60% Brown Ink, 30% water
and about 10-20% white glue.
I think that everyone noticed the way I made the spear shafts look like
bone, well I thought that steel and any strong metals were too
expensive in Harad and so I thought that they preferred bone from Mumak tusks!
Paint the flesh areas Bestial Brown and then apply a highlight of Bronzed Flesh. Next give it some touches of Elf Flesh. The flesh was then washed with 50-60% Brown Ink, 30% water and about 10-20% white glue, yet dont put the wash in big amounts, just a couple of touches! The eyes and teeth were picked out with Skull White.
Step 7 - The Armour
Well this is my favourite part of painting the Haradrim. Base the armour and all metal parts with Chainmail. When this is dry, cover the armour with 80-90% Shining Gold and about 10-15% Water. This will make the gold go into the creases and lower parts but still cover the higher parts making the armour look like bright gold. Once dry, give the armour a wash of 50-60% Brown Ink, 30% water and about 10-20% white glue. I love the effect of how the armour goes all the way from a silver shade to dark gold.
Step 8 - Diamonds and Rubies As you might have noticed the parts of my Haradrim that "should" be diamonds etc. are just gold, well I decided that I didnt want my Haradrim to look like a multi-colored rainbow so I left the ones on the armour gold and only painted the ones on the turbans Dark Angels Green. I did this mostly because I *loved* the effect that I managed to create on the armour and didn't want to ruin it. Step 9 - The Base
The base was first painted Chaos Black and then drybrushed with Scorched Brown, Graveyard Earth, Kommando Khaki, Bleached Bone and Skull White to give it a dry looking effect.
Conclusion Well that would be all! I think I managed to introduce some new and interesting methods of painting the Haradrim! I hope you enjoyed reading this article as much as I enjoyed writing it for you. Also if any of you try out some of my ideas, please pm me or write me an e-mail with some pictures or comments and new ideas of your own.
zAk
zak@viberation.com
