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How to Paint High Elf Spearmen
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PleasefindsomepicturesandastepbystepguidebelowforHighElfSpearmen.Asusualthereis
noassumptiononmypartthatIama"good"painter!Thisisjust(roughly)whatIdidtogettheeffect
below,whichIreckonis"TabletopQuality".
Note:Theprocessdescribedbelowisnotexact,Irecommendpaintingupatestmodelfirst.Also,
thisguideusesthe"Old"GamesWorkshoppaints.PleaseseethisGamesWorkshopconversion
chartfortheapproximateequivalentsinthenewrange.

Beforebattle,marshalyourforces...
Paints:

Squeek's Skaven Painting

Guides
Clan Rats (5th Generation/ Island of
Blood)
Clan Rats/ Slaves (4th Generation)
Deathmaster Snikch

ChaosBlackundercoat(spray)

Doomwheel

ChaosBlack

Giant Rats

SkullWhite
BleachedBone
CodexGrey
BoltgunMetal
Chainmail
MithrilSilver
CalthanBrown

Grey Seer
Jezzail
Movement Trays
Night Runners/ Gutter Runners
Plague Monks
Plague Priest

SnakebiteLeather

Plagueclaw Catapult/ Warplightning

Cannon

LichePurple

Poisoned Wind Mortar

WarlockPurple

Queek Headtaker

TallarnFlesh

Rat Ogres (Island of Blood)

DwarfFlesh
ElfFlesh

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Rat Ogres (Skaven Battalion)

Rat Swarms

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DarkAngelsGreen

Skaven Chieftain/ Warlord

SnotGreen

Stormvermin

DwarfBronze

Warlock Engineer

ShiningGold

Warlord (Island of Blood)

Washes:

Warp Lightning Cannon (Metal)

DevlanMud

Warpfire Thrower Weapon Team

OgrynFlesh
BadabBlack
GryphonneSepia
(IuseGWonlybecausetheyareaneasyrangeformetogetholdof.Therearelotsofgood
hobbyingpaintrangesoutthere.)

Squeek's High Elf Painting

Guides

Step1:Preparation.

High Elf Archers

Assemblemodels.
Removeflash/mouldlines.Useacraftknifeorfileaway(carefully!)Withthesemodels,paycareful
attentiontomouldlinesontopoftheirbootsandalsodownthesideoftheirscalearmourhauberks,
helmetsandspears.

High Elf Mage

High Elf Silver Helms
High Elf Spearmen
Swordmasters of Hoeth

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Longstrike
Fire warriors

The"ShieldFactory"!

Tip:YoumaywanttoconsiderNOTattachingshieldsatthispoint.Ipaintedminein"assemblyline"
fashionandgluedthemonlater.Thisisfiddlybutgiveseasieraccesstothebodyofthemodeland
thereverseoftheshieldduringpainting.

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Step2:Firstbasing.

How to paint Skaven Clanrats

(Island of Blood)
*Squeek* "Ifs ya gonna be
Skaven, ya gots to has lots of
Clannies!" "Ere, quit pushin' at
the back!" The...

Sanddownanyflashorraisedareasaroundtheedgeofthebasesoitissmooth.
ApplyPVAgluetothetopofthebase,beingcarefulnottogetthisonthebootsofthemodel.
Sprinkleafewpiecesofcrushedcoralontothebase(youcanbuythisatanypetshopinthe
aquaticssection)
Immediatelydipinmodellingsand.

Tip:Rubawayanysand/gluethathasdrippedoverontothesidesofthebasenowforasmarter
appearancelater.
OPTIONAL:Atthispoint,Isometimesdosomeinitialworkonthebasenow(overbrushthesand
andpainttheedges)ratherthanleavethistotheendoftheprocess(SeeStep7:FinalBasing).I
wouldthenleavethestaticgrassuntiltheend.(IjustdothisbecauseIdon'tlikefinishingthemodels
andthenstillhavinganotherhourofdrudgeryonthebases!)

Step3:Undercoat.
Spraypaintthemodel(s)usingtheundercoatofyourchoice.IuseCitadelChaosBlack.
Note:AdebateexistsoverwhethertouseChaosBlackorSkullWhite.AsabeginnerIpreferChaos
Blackasithidesmymistakesandformsnaturalshadowsalloverthemodel.Howeverforbrighter
modelslikeHighElvesthereismuchtobesaidforawhiteundercoatnotleastbecauseitgreatly
reducesthenumberofSkullWhitelayersneededlater...

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How to Paint High Elf
Spearmen
*Squeek* Please find some
pictures and a step-by-step
guide below for High Elf
Spearmen. As usual there is
no assumption on my part ...

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Tip:whensprayundercoatingthemodel,makesureyougetgoodcoverageonthesidesofthebase
too.Thismakesiteasiertopaintlater.

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Swordmasters of Hoeth Finished!

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Battlefoam Army Cases
Beasts of War
Basecoatscomplete(Spearman)

CodexGrey:Robes.(ThiswillformanundercoatfortheSkullWhiteinstep6.)
BoltgunMetal:Shieldbosses.
Chainmail:Armour,helmet,detailsonmusician'sinstrument,fittingsonbanner.Note:Ifyouareina
hurryordoingaverylargeunit,scalearmouriseasytodrybrush,asthisnaturallyleavesshadingin
therecessesbetweenthescales.
MithrilSilver:Spearhead,swordsetc.
CalthanBrown:Spearhaft.(ThiswillbeabasecoatfortheBleachedBone.)
SnakebiteLeather:Boots
LichePurple:Edgesofhauberk/iconsonbreastplates/unitbanner
TallarnFlesh:Skin
DarkAngelsGreen:Gems
DwarfBronze:Scalehauberkonunitchampion,musician'sinstrument,fittingsonunitbanner.
SkullWhite:Atthispoint,Ibeganworkingonthewhiteshields.Ittook34layerspershield.

Tip:Ifyouwant,addabitofvarietytotheunitbyhavingafewtroopswithdifferentshields.Inmy
caseIdid3differentdesignsasatest,ultimatelykeepingthepurpleshieldforthechampion...

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Testshielddesigns.(LichePurple,SkullWhiteandWarlockPurple)
Ivariedthegemcolourstoo.TheseareheldinplacewithBluTackatthispoint.

Step5:Washes.
OgrynFlesh:Skin(face,hands)
DevlanMud:Backofeachshield.
GryphonneSepia:Musician'sinstrument
BadabBlack:Scalearmour,breastplates,helmets,shieldboss.

Step6:Layers.
ShiningGold:Fixturesandfittingsonhelmets,fittingsaroundgemsonshieldbossesandunit
standard.
SkullWhite:Robes.(LeaveCodexGreyinthefoldsoftherobestoprovidesomeshading.)Eyes.
ChaosBlack:Pupils.(Trytoaddjustatinydottothecenteroftheeye)TobehonestIfindthe
eyesthehardestthingtodo!
LichePurple/WarlockPurplemix(50/50)Edgesofhauberk/iconsonbreastplates/unitbanner.
Layerupwithanintermediatemix(30/70)toapureWarlockPurple
BleachedBone:Spearhafts,musician'sinstrument.
DarkAngelGreen/SnotGreenmix:Gems.(70/30mix,layeringuptoa30/70mixalongthebottom
edgeofthegem)

Tip:Forgems,asmalldotofpureSkullWhiteatthetopand/orbottomofthegemaddsaverynice
effectandmakesthegemstandout.

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High Elf "How To" painting guide posted
I just posted my rst High Elf step-by-step guide, this one for Spearmen. If you
are new to Warhammer High Elves (like me) I hope this will be useful!
#warhammer #warhammerfantasybattles #highelves #highelf
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3 years ago

so stunning! Thank you for the tutorial!

Squeek Vermintide 3 years ago

You're welcome. Glad that you found it useful! I still have a couple of HE
units that I painted up a while ago for which I haven't posted a guide, so
hopefully I will get to those soon. Cheers

4 years ago

there dude, I was just wondering what you were using for your movement
Hi
trays?

Squeek Vermintide 4 years ago

Hi. I have used mainly GW movement trays over the years as I used to have
a store near where I live. With these guys though I got hold of a fair few
Gale Force 9 movement trays so had a go with those instead. I found them
easy to work with, a bit blocky in shape though as they are wood. For
magnetizing trays I use essentially the same (cheap) technique, which you
4 years ago

Thank
you very much - I liked the white effect - it looks very High Elf.
Thanks, Rob

Squeek Vermintide 4 years ago

Haha
- yeah, the archer banner is a bit more hard core so it seemed to suit the
spearmen better!

Ian Charles 4 years ago

You did the same thing I did with my spear elves - used the archer banner!

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