This time around, the Army Painter gives tons of tips on painting Rough Riders and uses the awesome Victoria Miniatures models!
The Army Painter is known for having some of the best and most affordable paints on the market! But they also have an extensive collection of painting tutorials and paint guides- like this one on getting your minis looking great with Speedpaints and more.
Their tutorials are perfect for getting your models on the table and looking dope. If you want to see everything The Army Painter has released and their other painting tutorials, check them out here.
As a note, all the paints and tools used in this video will be from them, and you can pick up all the colors and Speedpaint here. Let’s see how to do it!
Painting Rough Riders: Army Painter How to Tutorial
They will be painting up the minis from the recent Victoria Miniatures Kickstarter, which you can check out here! They will be hitting shelves in November, so if you want amazing calvary, don’t miss out. Now, let’s jump into how to paint the minis.
Step 1:
They are going to spray the whole model white and then paint the horse with Warrior Skin. This is a Speedpaint, so you should just need one coat. Next up, he bases coats the tail and mane of the horse with Satchel Brown, which is again a Speedpaint, so it should only take one coat. For all the leather straps on the horse, he basecoats them with Grim Black, and all the ropes are painted with Hardened Leather.
Step 2:
Now, onto the rider. For the tunic and some of the clothes, he basecoats it with Bony Matter. For the actual shirt, paints, and armor on the horse, he hits them all with Ancient Honey. He also comes back with Grim Black here and blocks in some more details, such as the spear handle and pouches. He’s going to keep using Speedpaint for the metal, starting with Enchanted Steel.
Step 3:
Now, it’s time to move onto the bases. He starts by base coating all of them with Sand Golem; he finishes off the base by simply painting the rim with Matte Black. This is plenty good enough for tabletop standard, and you could stop here. However, we’re going to take it a step further and make this a tabletop + miniature.
Tabletop + Standard
They don’t go too in-depth on the base coating side of things, but they are using different paints than the mini above, so follow this to get the base coating done. Then, we’ll get to what takes this to the next level.
To start highlighting, he takes Necrotic Flesh and hits all the armor with some simple edge highlights. They recommend using a wet palette when highlighting, as it will keep them the same consistency. To highlight all the packs, he uses Arid Earth and does another simple highlight. He then repeats that process with Scaly Hide for the green areas and Troll Claws for all the leather bits. Finally, for this step, he highlights all the brown parts with Tanned Flesh and the grey parts with Uniform Grey.
Next up is some washing. He starts with Dark Tone and uses it to pick out the rivets and other details. To work up the details in the face, he works up the dark areas with black and then Barbarian Flesh to highlight it. For the base, he drybrushes the whole thing with Troll Claws and paints the rim black. To finish off the base, he takes some tufts and places them around the base where he feels they look good!
Finished Models
There you have it, two amazing minis! You can either go with tabletop standard or take it a little further.
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About Travis Pasch: Travis has been a Warhammer 40k hobbyist since the 1990s, playing the game since Third Edition. Through extensive traveling, he’s seen a lot of the miniatures hobby from across the world, giving him a unique perspective on the latest gaming topics and trends.
Travis’s brother even owns a commission painting studio, where he’s picked up a lot of good advice and techniques for painting Warhammer and tabletop miniatures over the years, as well. Travis joined the Spikey Bits team in 2019 and has been the lead writer since 2020.
Currently, he’s working on converting all his 40k Adeptus Mechanicus models and becoming a true tech enjoyer, complete with both sad and happy robot noises!
