LURTZ

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After attaching the shield, the model was sprayed with an undercoat of Chaos Black, and watered down Chaos Black was painted over any areas missed by the spray.

A mix of equal parts Scab Red, Scorched Brown, Chaos Black and Dark Flesh was painted onto the model's skin as a basecoat. Highlights to the skin were added using equal parts of Scab Red and Dark Flesh for the first stages, then small amounts of Bleached Bone were added to this mix for the final highlights. The skin areas were given a wash with a watered down mix of equal parts Brown Ink and Chestnut Ink.

All the metal parts of the model were painted with a base coat of Tin Bitz. When painting the Tin Bitz, on some areas the Chaos Black undercoat was left showing through.

The armour sections were painted by picking out the edges very imprecisely with Boltgun Metal.

The shield and sword were the next parts to be painted. These were also painted with Boltgun Metal, leaving areas where the undercoat and basecoat showed through using the same technique used to paint the metal sections earlier. Chainmail was painted on as a final highlight stage, before giving the shield a glaze with a watered down mix of equal parts Black Ink, Brown Ink and Dark Green Ink.

The leather armour on the model was painted with a mix of Scorched Brown and Chaos Black, highlighting these with Scorched Brown on its own and then adding a small amount of Bleached Bone to Scorched Brown for the final highlight.

The leather sections were given a glaze with a watered down mix of equal parts Black Ink and Brown Ink.

FINE DETAIL

The gloves, sandals, straps and quiver were painted with an equal parts mix of Scorched Brown and Chaos Black, adding small quantities of Bleached Bone to the mix for the highlights.

The bow was painted with a basecoat of Codex Grey and Chaos Black. The tip of the bow was painted with Codex Grey, blending it in to the basecoat along the curve of the bow.

The arrows were painted with Bleached Bone, then given a watered down wash with an equal parts mix of Flesh Wash and Black Ink. The feather flights were given a second coat of Bleached Bone.

Lurtz’s hair was painted with an equal parts mix of Codex Grey and Chaos Black, using Codex Grey on its own to paint any highlights.

FINISHING TOUCHES

Finally the mark of Saruman, the white hand on his face, was painted with Skull White. Five thin lines were painted in a hand shape and then the detail was filled in to make it look more like a realistic handprint. Lurtz’s teeth were painted with a basecoat of Bubonic Brown, which I highlighted with Bleached Bone. The eyes were painted with Bubonic Brown.

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