FREAHILD

Hello! In this guide I’ll be painting Frea-

hild from the Spreading War expan-
sion to The Lord of the Rings: Journeys
in Middle-earth!

As usual I’ve primed the miniature in

black followed with some grey and
white zenithal highlights applied from
above:

I’ve also applied some basing paste I’m beginning by painting the eyes using Nacar (any off white would do)
and cork rocks: then painting the surrounding area with some Black:

I’m now providing the skin with a

And here I’ve placed the pupils: dark base tone using Burnt Sienna
Umber:
Next I’m painting the hair simply us-
ing Wyldwood:

I’m then creating a skin tone gradi-

ent by mixing some Pink Flesh and
Golden Flesh into the Burnt Sienna
Umber:

I’m then using this gradient to high-

light the skin:
I’m aiming to stretch out the shadow to mid tones, but not hold back on Here I’m adding some Primary Red
some sharp, bright highlights: to create a lip tone:

And I’m adding Vanilla White to cre-

ate a highlight tone for the lower
lip:
 I’m also using Vanilla White to in-
crease the value of the general skin
highlights:

I’ve now chosen to glaze some

Orange into the mid tones to add
some richness:

And I’m freely alternating between

adjusting the highlights and in-
creasing the levels of orange:
Moving on to the cloak, I’m using a
I’m first mixing my Black Forest
mix of Black Forest Green and Abys- And I’m now adding some of this to
Green and Abyssal Blue (roughly
sal Blue for the shadows, and Field the Field Gray to create a mid tone:
equally):
Gray for the highlights.
I’m then using the gradeint to block in the values, starting with the shad-
And here’s some of my mid tone:
ow tone:

As usual, we may need to apply a

And this is the Field Gray highlight
couple of layers to achieve even
tone:
coverage:

It’s then a question of refining I also find using a series of short,

the transitions using intermediate horizontal strokes helps create a
tones: more pleasing look:
Finally, I’ve decided to add some
Birch to the Field Gray for my bright-
est highlights:
 Here I decided to stray from the
character art, and paint the legs in
the same way to help break up the
areas of brown:

For all of the leather areas I’m go-

ing to freely mix some Wyldwood
and Skeleton Horde on the model:

I’m roughly placing the Wyldwood

more into the areas of shadow,
then wet blending in some Skele-
ton Horde for the rest:
 I’m also using this for the wooden
parts of the shield:

To create a little variety I then de-

cided to tint the padded tunic using
Darkoath Flesh, producing a slight-
ly more orangy tone:
 And I’m now applying some ultra
matte varnish to take the shine off
the Contrast Colour:

Next I’m creating a simple gradi- And I’m using this to paint the
ent using Abyssal Blue and White metallic parts of the shield, NMM
Sands: style...
 I’m also using this for the short
sword:

As well as the buckles on the tunic:

This is a very simple colour combination but works well for quick NMM
effects like this:
To create some further contrast of This looks quite attractive when
colour temperature I’ve decided to placed into some of the shadows
apply some thinned Orange Leath- such as here on the underside of
er: the shield rim:

And I’m continuing to add some

additional glinting highlights (up to
pure White Sands):
 I’m now returning to the leather,
I’m applying this mainly to the belt
where I’m using Iroko to add some
using a series of short strokes:
cracked texture and highlights:

We can also add some White Sands

to create some brighter points:
 Here I’m adding some Iroko to
And I’m now brushing over some
I added one or two highlights else- the Burnt Sienna Umber to create
Skeleton Horde to help integrate
where, too: a slightly darker tone to pick out
things a little:
some of the grain on the shield:

And here I’m adding a few final highlights to the padded tunic, once again
using Iroko:
I’m now painting the cork rocks in grey, providing a dry brush of White Sands, and providing a wash of Agrax
Earthshade:

And I’m adding a few final highlights

I’m then glueing down some grass tufts and a few leaves:
to the metal parts of the shield:
And this completes Freahild!
 PAINT LIST

Nacar (SC)
Black (SC)
Burnt Sienna Umber (SCA)
Golden Flesh (SCA)
Pink Flesh (SCA)
Primary Red (SCA)
Vanilla White (SCA)
Wyldwood (GW)
Orange (SCA)
Skeleton Horde (GW)
Abyssal Blue (SC)
Field Gray (SC)
Black Forest Green (SC)
Birch (SC)
Darkoath Flesh (GW)
White Sands (SC)
Abyssal Blue (SC)
Orange Leather (SC)
Iroko (SC)
Agrax Earthshade (GW)

GW = Games Workshop, SC = Scalecolor, SCA = Scalecolor Artist