Introduction
The final character of the DnD group is none other than my drow elf wizard (who will at some point multiclass into fighter). The figure is that of Drizzt Do'urden from The Legend of Drizzt Board Game which I will desecrate by painting in traditional drow colors.
Prime
In black, due to the dark color scheme planned.
Painting the cloak
The traditional drow color is purple, so I did that instead of Drizzt's optimistic forest green. I also departed from my usual feathering cloak-painting method.
Basecoat of bright purple (Vallejo Hexed Lichen):
Mix the color with dark blue to get the shade color:
Mix with white to get the highlight color:
Generous purple wash (Druchii Violet) to mesh the colors together.
Same procedure on the front of the cloak.
Painting the fur on the cloak
I painted this at the same time as the dragonborn paladin, so I used the exact same colors and paints to get that brown fur look.
Painting leather and cloth
Brown and bone/white details should offset all that purple.
Start with a brown basecoat.
With leather brown, basecoat the smaller details (straps, belt) and thick edge highlight the larger ones (armor straps, boots).
Bonewhite basecoat on the padded armor on the arms. Ochre basecoat on the gold details. I wanted the gold to be more yellowy than metallic, again to offset the purple.
Sepia wash on the entirety of the cloth.
Brown wash (Agrax Earthshade) only in the recessed areas of the cloth. Also do the entirety of the leather surfaces.
Highlight the center of the cloth square with bonewhite. Edge highlight the leather areas with leather brown.
Painting metallics
Basecoat the blades and armor segments with gunmetal. Basecoat the sword handles with bronze, to give them a distinct look.
Overall black wash.
Basecoat the clasp of the cloak and the wide plate belt in gold.
Wash the gold with Reikland Fleshshade, then spot highlight the raised edges with gold.
Edge highlight the armor segments with silver.
Slight blue glaze on the blades. This makes them look slightly magical in nature, without over-the-top effects (molten or icy blades, etc).
Highlighting skin
I followed the black highlighting scheme I first used for cloth. I limited the highlighting to the raised areas of the face - brows, nose, chin, ears - and just two layers.
Painting white hair
Basecoat white, then paint over with thinned down grey.
Line highlight with white.
Painting red eyes
I didn't want to have to apply 10 coats of red until I get a bright shade over the black basecoat of the face. So I did a basecoat of white for the eyes.
And followed up with bright red.
Painting finished!
Basing
Finished!
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