Tale of Four Gamers - Challenge 1: High Elf Noble

Chris is almost finished with his High Elf Noble carrying the Battle Standard, and not a minute too soon as he only has 5 days left to paint his mounted Prince.  Chris has gone for the classic blue and white High Elf colors with his army, which should give him a crisp, bright army that really stands out on the table.  To continue that crisp, clean feeling into the silver armor, Chris washed Asurmen Blue over a Mithril Silver basecoat before drybrushing Mithril back over the top.  The bit of blue left in the recesses gives the armor a cold, sterile feeling really appropriate to the High Elves.  In these WIP pics you can see the effect:

Also notice the really bright colors he has gotten on the shield.  Chris managed this by highlighting Golden Yellow with Sunburst Yellow and Skull White and Enchanted Blue with Ice Blue and Space Wolves Grey.  In these last pictures, you can see the final highlights on the shield and also how he painted the gems.  If you're going to play High Elves, you gotta know how to paint gems!  Chris painted his gems with layers of Mechrite Red, Red Gore, Blood Red, and Skull White.

If you look carefully, you can even see that Chris has painted the eyes of his Noble blue, a very clever piece of work that required the use of a toothpick as a painting implement.  They say the face is the most important part of a model, but its also one of the most difficult sometimes.  Great work, Chris!

Be on the lookout for more from Chris as the deadline approaches.

Brandon