TAUNTAUN RIDERS
PAINTING GUIDE BY SORASTRO
Hello! In this guide I’ll be painting the Tauntaun Riders from Star Wars: Legion.
I began by applying some basing paste I then primed the figures in black, fol- I decided to start by painting the eyes
and pieces of cork “rock” to the base lowed with some grey and white ze- of the Tauntauns using Nacar:
(notice I’ve left the firing arcs clear): nithal highlights applied from above:
I then mixed a dark brown using Brown Leather and Black for the iris/pupils:
I also did a little tidying up of the sur- Next I’m going to establish the main tones for the fur using Nacar for the areas of
rounding area with some grey: highlight, and Graphene Gray for the areas of shadow:
I’ve thinned the Graphene Gray down
I left the Nacar pretty thick however, as I’m then using a damp brush to wet
a bit, so it flows a little more into the
I want it to have pretty strong coverage: blend the tones on the model:
recesses:
I’m now working round the rest of the
Tauntaun in the same way:
For the face area I’m desaturating
(I’ll be applying some Contrast Colours over the top of the fur later on...)
some Gobi Brown with a little Graphite:
I’ve thinned this down a fair bit to
achieve some natural shading:
I’m now mixing some Gobi Brown in
And I’ve used this quite thinly for the
with the Black and Brown Leather mix And thicker for the claws:
horns:
we used for the eyes...
Next I’m going to use a 2:1 mix of Basil-
icanum Grey (2) and Wyldwood (1) for The Basilicanum Grey helps to thin out and desaturate the Wyldwood:
the leather straps:
This can also be used to push the depth
in the recesses of the horns:
I’m now creating a slightly lighter tone
And I’m using this for the bundles on
using an equal mix of Basilicanum Grey
the back:
and Skeleton Horde:
Here I’ve switched back to the darker And now back to the lighter tone for
I’ve also used it for these pouches:
tone for the belt and holster: the legs:
For the tan-coloured parts of the cloth-
ing I’m using Iroko mixed with a little
Graphite:
I’m now painting the skin tone using a mix of Golden Flesh and Pink Flesh (this may appear a little bright at the moment,
but I’ll be shading things down in a moment; you could use something like Cadian Fleshtone here too):
Here I’ve used Graphite for the fore- And I’m now just brightening the rim of
arms: the goggles with some Nacar:
And for the lenses of the goggles I’m I just applied a single layer of this be-
using Sap Green (pretty much any dark cause I quite liked the irregular cover-
green would be fine here): age:
I’m now once again using an equal
mix of Basilicanum Grey and Skeleton I’m then using this to shade the en-
Horde, but this time also thinned with tire upper body including the face (just
an equal measure of Contrast Medium avoiding the goggles):
(so a 1:1:1 ratio):
I’m now using an equal mix of Black
As usual we can soak up any unwant-
Templar and Gryph-Charger Grey for
ed excess pooling:
the blaster pistols:
And I’ve just noticed that one of the riders appears to have long hair trailing at the back, which I’ve chosen to paint black,
then highlighted with some blue-ish gray. So I’m just using a black and white grey scale, with a touch of Cantabric Blue
mixed in:
Next I’m going to shade the fur using a
mix of Basilicanum Grey, Gryph-Charg-
er Grey, and Contrast Medium:
I might thin the paint a little further for
the lightest areas like here on the top
of the tail:
I’m also using the shade we used for
the rider here on the Tauntaun’s face:
Once dry I’m applying some ultra-matte
Things are already looking pretty good,
varnish so I can get a better sense of
and you could absolutely stop here if
how things are looking (you could do
you like!
this just at the end if you like):
I’ve chosen to do a little further refin-
ing, starting with a few highlights for
the rider, initially using Nacar:
I’ve just noticed these straps on the
bundles, which I’m now painting with
the Basilicanum Grey and Wyldwood
mix we used earlier:
I’m now also adding some White Sands
to the Nacar for my brightest highlights:
We can also use the tan base colour to
add a few highlights to the top etc:
I’m now highlighting the skin with the addition of some Vanilla White, and a little
Primary Red for the nose area:
Elsewhere I’m just adding some White
I’ve also added some Vanilla White to
Sands to the base tones to push the
the Sap Green to place some reflective
values a little further. This includes the
highlights on the goggles:
tan clothing...
..as well as the face, horns, and claws
of the Tauntauns:
I’m now painting the ground with a dark
brown mix (most of this will soon be And I’m painting the rocks in gray:
covered in snow...):
For what it’s worth I’m also providing a light dry brush followed with some Shade (Agrax Earthshade):
For the snow effects I’m using the Pre-
And I’m now providing some grass cision Ice and Snow powder (some-
tufts: thing like Valhallan’s Blizzard would
also be fine for this):
I’m first thinning some Mod Podge with water and then using this to coat the base (Including the grass tufts):
I’m also adding a few touches of the
Mod Podge to the Tauntaun and rider
where I’d like bits of the snow to stick:
I’m then simply covering the model
with the powder - sifted from a decent
height:
After leaving to thouroughly dry, I’m now tapping/brushing the excess powder
away. (A damp brush can also be used here to wash away any unwanted pow-
der):
I’m now mixing some of the powder with some matte varnish, and I’m using this
to apply some additional touches of snow to the rider and Tauntaun:
I’m now painting the tongues which I
missed earlier using Pink Flesh dark-
ened with a little Black:
And finally, I’m mixing some Pink Flesh
I’ve also articualted some of the teeth into some grey, and using this to cre-
using Nacar: ate a pink-ish tint for the insides of the
ears:
And this completes the Tauntaun Rid-
ers!
PAINT LIST:
Nacar (SC)
Brown Leather (SC)
Black (SC)
Nacar (SC)
Graphene Grey (SC)
Gobi Brown (SC)
Graphite (SC)
Basilicanum Grey (SC)
Wyldwood (SC)
Skeleton Horde (SC)
Iroko (SC)
Golden Flesh (SCA)
Pink Flesh (SCA)
Sap Green (SCA)
Black Templar (GW)
Gryph-Charger Grey (GW)
White (SC)
Cantabric Blue (SC)
White Sands (SC)
Vanilla White (SCA)
Primary Red (SCA)
Agrax Earthshade (GW)
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Thank you!
SC = Scalecolor, SCA = Scalecolor Artist, GW = Games Workshop
