Fembruary: Calden Keep: Ranged Deliverers

I've somehow managed to get a second Fembruary entry done right on the wire.

I bought this trio just after getting my Lordsguard from Etsy. They were another set of minis that grabbed my attention thanks to the cool helmets and weird clothing, as well as the fact they're female. The Deliverers really show what talents exist in the 3D modelling world and have a very unique look.

Like all the other Calden Keep minis I've painted so far, they have a basic scheme of dark red and old metal. The difference with the Deliverers is their wrappings, for want of a better word, so I had to come up with a couple of other colours that would work but match the overall scheme.

I kicked off with all the red, using Dark Red washed with Nuln Oil and then highlighted with Red. I eschewed using layers of Black and Burnt reds just to speed up the painting process, and to be honest you can't tell the difference anyway.

Once I was happy with the reds, I used Iron Warriors to paint all the metal areas and again shaded them with Nuln Oil. I left off the orange-rust wash this time as I thought it would be a bit much on such small areas of metal.

The bandages they're wrapped in were all painted Off-White and then washed with a couple of coats of thinned Army Painter Soft Tone. I wanted to make them look aged and dirty as well as increase the shadows, and I think it worked pretty well.

This one proved to be a pain, not to paint but because I had to find a stone the exact height so I could rest her left foot on it. Anyway, with the main areas done I started in on the details, using Chocolate and Mahogany browns on the leatherwork and crossbows and small dabs of Ionrach Skin on the bags hanging from their belts. The Deliverers have some really good details including throwing knives and what I'm assuming are bags of gunpowder and at times it felt like I was painting a Citadel model as I kept finding little bits I'd missed. But overall they were fun to paint and they look great.

I followed my usual Calden Keep basing style for these femme fatales: 32mm bases covered with Stirland Battlemire, drybrushed with Bugman's Glow and some random areas of flock. 

I was hoping to get more female figures painted for Fembruary, including another squad of Sisters of Battle and some dark elf witches, but thanks to work I just didn't have time. But they'll appear on the site soon.