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"Then We Will Fight in the Shade" - Conan Spartan Warrior

This is madness...
THIS IS SPARTA!!

- 300, Frank Miller

The best part of Fridays: The Art of Caesura!

We're back to Conan...well sorta...okay, so this is a bit of a confusing one. Well, I backed the Conan board game from Monolith on Kickstarter and one of the minis that was thrown in as incentive was this Spartan Warrior from their subsequent game, Mythic Battles: Pantheon. So while he may not technically be a Conan mini, I'm including him in this bunch. 

 I think it's pretty clear to see where they got their inspiration from:

But hey, I love 300 so I'm not complaining!

 I had a few goals with this model. I wanted to work on a nice Mediterranean ruddy skin tone, and I wanted a nice rich red cloak (as opposed to the grimy ones I usually do!)
Mythic Battles: Pantheon

 To this end, starting from a base coat of Cadian Fleshtone, I used diluted "Indian Shadow" and "Pink Flesh" as a targeted shade to bring out his musculature. I then worked the skin up through Scale 75's flesh tones from Basic Flesh to Light Skin. Unfortunately after spending a while doing this I really wasn't happy with the result. The crevices were too pinky - it didn't look natural, and definitely didn't have the swarthy Spartan Mediterranean look required. I tried an all-over wash of very diluted Seraphim Sepia to bring him back into to the tanned range and out of the pink range, and lo and behold, it worked!
Mythic Battles: Pantheon

 For the cloak, I started with Mephiston Red and shaded the cloak with Carroburg Crimson (where I would normally have used Seraphim Sepia or Agrax Earthshade). I then used multiple thin layers of Druchii Violet in the deeper folds of the cloak before using Evil Sunz Scarlet and adding Yriel Yellow for some rich highlights.

Mythic Battles: Pantheon

Mythic Battles: Pantheon

The armour was my regular blend of Hashut Copper, Agrax Earthshade and Runefang Steel. And his sword has a lick of watered down Drakenhoff Nightshade to contrast the warmth of the rest of the model. 

Mythic Battles: Pantheon

Mythic Battles: Pantheon

The base was the standard "badlands" look which has been my go-to lately. It's simple and effective. 

Mythic Battles: Pantheon

And there you have him! Leonid...I mean Generic Spartan Warrior that I got with Monolith's Conan Kickstarter. See you next time on The Art of Caesura!


Watching: Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (one of my favourite all-time movies)
Reading: Londonstani - Malkani


Next Week:

Onwards, to Middle-earth!
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