Jan 20 • General discussion
Painting Bren Tylis the renegade saint
Another wonderful Warhammer Quest hero! Bren’s armour is that of her ancestor Saint Yondara Tylis. She wears the stolen relic armour and carries Yondara’s sword and even her skull (which she communicates through for guidance)
I wanted to tackle Bren in a different way. I could’ve gone with the True metallic method (TMM) using variants of the same metallic paint to create contrast and texture on the armour, even glaze in some purples and pinks to give the armour an iridescent look…oh…that would’ve been so much quicker!
In stead I went with the more time consuming (but oddly satisfying) option of Non metallic metal (NMM) achieving a metallic looking piece without actually using metallic paint…hence the ‘non-metallic’ bit…
I started again under-painting the primed miniature, this time I used darker more saturated colours. The armour was primarily purples and pinks…not because Bren is a girl…but because it would lend itself better to the finished piece.
Trust me…you don’t mess with Bren Tylis.
Bren’s cloak is also underpainted using a darker purple pink, pro acryl magenta with a bit of pro acryl blue black added.
I steadily add in Dark Incubi (GW) one of my favourite colours, I use it at a base for NMM steel, or for glazing highlights on black…great colour.
You will see from the pictures below that I’ve imagined the main light source from the front right, so highlights of pink and pale yellow are place in this area. Then it’s just a question of looking at shapes and working out how the light would affect each one.
The sword again has hints of pink and yellow, complimenting the colours of the polished armour, making them appear to be a set.
Bren has a really expressive face, almost a snarl as she is about to engage with the marauding beast men. Start with a dark flesh tone, then highlight with a lighter flesh tone. I used a wash of Druchii Violet and Volupus Pink mixed 1:1 and thinned with Lahmian medium. Once dried I reapply the highlight to the raised areas.
Bren is also carrying a large lantern which I have added some OSL (see previous post) to give the impression she is emerging from a dark cavern, or even the monastery ruins. The light source is illuminating her hair and back.
Hope you like the finished piece! More heroes to come!
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Painting Bren Tylis the renegade saint
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