First Barbarian

Over the christmas break I saw a fantastic thread over on Lead Adventure Forum, by Admiral Benbow showing off his barbarians. Prior to that I hadn’t had all that much interest in barbarians as an army, but they looked fantastic and the models really inspired me.

So I went off searching for models (see my post in the Articles section for where I sourced them) and ordered a load up. Today I painted up the first one, here’s the results:

I’m quite happy with the results, especially considering how quick it was to paint. Body in bronze flesh, boots in bonewhite, metals in gunmetal. Then I did the tattoos, enchanted blue mixed with bronze flesh. The pattern is a little haphazard but I suspect I’ll get better at it! Then devlan mud wash on skin and boots, badab black on the metals. Drybrush white on the fur and hair and a few highlights on the skin and tattoo and done.

Bases will all happen together once the warband is done. Already started painting up the next three barbarians. And actually enjoyed painting this one, the sculpt is old and simple, and hence a joy to paint. The tattoo was fun too, I think the arm is the most successful part so I’ll draw from that for the rest of them.