Moving away from the WIP stuff, to something finished a couple of weeks ago. Across the Sylvaneth force I've tried to maintain some consistency, taking the lead from Allarielle. So the Tree Revenant banner is blue/purple, or purple/blue, because those are Allarielle's dress and soul amphora shades.

For the tree-based stuff (Revenants' lower body, dryads, K hunters, treeman, Drycha) I also wanted a consistent recipe and approach. I also wanted to experiment with zenithal lighting to see if it would make the models a bit more striking on the tabletop.

So here's an example Dryad. I'll post unit pictures and some of the other models in due course, but it's enough to show the direction I wanted. The advantage to this style on wood/natural models is that unlike smooth armour, you don't need to be quite so precise. So it's more... artistic... is perhaps the kind description!

The recipe is as follows:

• Zandri Dust primer
• Dryad Bark base
• Baneblade Brown lighter areas
• Karak Stone highlights
• Agrax Earthshade Wash
• Rakarth Flesh highlights
• Stormhost Silver super-highlights

Instead of the normal diffuse lighting technique, lighter areas and highlights were focused on those areas as if the light source was directly above. Only slight highlights applied to shadowed areas to bring out a little depth, but no more. I found that I could complete a unit of 5 models quite painlessly, and actually managed to complete a batch of 10 within a week to this standard. As a unit, they look consistent, but the variety of Dryad poses/branches, etc still makes means they avoid looking uniform.

The silver highlights don't really show in this picture, but it's a subtle ploy to catch and reflect the light on the most important parts. The faces are interesting... they look a little bit like the Terminator (with the red eyes), but the contours and scary face is really emphasised. Elsewhere on the body the silver is used very sparingly on the sharpest/most prominent parts only. Upper edges of claws, shoulderblade ridges, etc. It's almost dry-brushed, more like a sheen than a paint layer... but if you try it and put too much on, it's easy to tone down with some careful Nuln Oil.

Obviously this model wasn't fully based, but for reference, the recipe there is:

• Lustrian Undergrowth
• Nuln Oil
• Castellan Green drybrush
• Loren Green drybrush
• Elysian Green drybrush
• Ogryn Camo drybrush
• Citadel grass tufts (I forget, but the lighter green and red/green varieties).
• Steel Legion Drab (rim)

I'll post more pics later of the unit together, and you'll be able to see the basing too.