I've chosen a different colour scheme from the traditional GW blue cloaks/tunics for these guys - I was re-watching the films recently and noticed that whilst Elrond & Gil Galad wore blue cloaks the rank & file troops definitely didn't.
My go-to reference book(1) notes that Gil-Galad and Elrond wore midnight-blue cloaks, "the colour of [the] king's banner", with the other elves wearing cloaks of Elven Silk "coloured a silver grey-green". When looking for a nice grey-green paint I discovered that GW don't actually make that colour so I have mixed my own up from what I had on hand. I may try and find a 'proper' shade from another range (I think some of the WW2 ranges should have something appropriate) but for now the mixing wasn't too awkward and gave reasonable colours.
Elrond & Gil-Galad will have deep blue cloaks and Glorfindel will probably have one too to keep all the commanders the same. My banners will also be coloured with deep blues & golds to carry the theme.
I decided to go with non-metallic gold simply because I've always wanted to try the technique and these guys seemed like a good opportunity to use it. I used the colours and methods from this tutorial and added a couple of green washes at the end to get the tone I wanted. My blending is still pretty rough but I'm hoping that will improve with practice!
At present the colours I have used are;
NMM Gold
- XV 88 Basecoat
- Washed with Agrax Earthshade
- Highlighted with Balor Brown then Zamesi Desert
- Outlined with White Scar
- Washed twice with Athosian Camoshade
Cloak
- 2:1 mix of Skavenblight Dinge : Elysian Green
- Highlights done by adding Dawnstone and eventually White Scar
Under-skirt:
- 2:1 mix of Stormvermin Fur: Ogryn Camo
- Highlights done by adding Administratum Grey and eventually White Scar
(1)Reference Book: "The Lord of the Rings" Weapons and Warfare by Chris Smith
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