It’s been a little while since our last update on the Tale of Two Tribes project, so apologies for the delay! Finding time to sit down and work on hobby projects has been a real challenge lately—life just seems to keep getting in the way! But after much persistence, Ethan is excited to finally share that he has completed the first 10 models of his tribe. Check them out in the image below!
E: Earlier this year we were fortunate enough to receive Wave 1 and 2 of the Two Thin Coats paint range from Trans Atlantis Games. A big thank you to Peter at Trans Atlantis, and apologies for the delay in putting them to use!
For this project, I chose to work with two palettes I rarely use in my personal hobby: yellow and dark skin tones. The Two Thin Coats Triad system made working with these colours much more approachable. For those who aren't familiar, each paint set includes three colours: a shadow, a midtone, and a highlight.
Shadow: The darkest shade of the colour, used for deep recesses and shadows.
Midtone: The standard or base colour, ideal for the majority of the surface area.
Highlight: The lightest shade, perfect for adding highlights and bringing out details.
For my yellow palette, I began with Dark Sun Yellow, the shadow colour from the yellow triad. Before applying Skulker Yellow (the midtone), I thinned some Sepia Wash to enhance the shadows, as I didn’t feel the Yellow Flame highlight would match the tribe's style. This approach allowed me to use Skulker Yellow as a pseudo-highlight. While I avoided using Yellow Flame too much, I did apply some very subtle edge highlighting to the tabbards. I used to find yellow quite an intimidating colour to paint, but the triad system made the process feel incredibly straightforward and easy.
For the dark skin tones, I used the Druid Flesh/Paladin Flesh/Bard Skin triad, applying Paladin Flesh as the highlight over skin base-coated with Druid Flesh, and Bard Skin as the highlight over skin base-coated with Paladin Flesh. Since I prefer not to have every model in an army with the same skin tone, I mixed in some black and white to adjust the tones. I also washed the base coats with a Flesh Wash and a Brown Wash—though honestly, I couldn’t tell you which wash went on which model, as it all blended together in the process.
I really enjoyed using Two Thin Coats and would highly recommend them. I’ve definitely been convinced to pick up Wave 3 as soon as it’s available!
Check back with us next month (hopefully), where Jazz will have finished painting her tribe to share with you all. If you want to help her find her hobby motivation, show us your tribes on social media!