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How to Paint a Glade Guard

Glade Guards--models of fantasy army units--wear green robes and carry brown bows and arrows. The guards have dark skin and hide their faces. While a traditional Glade Guard color scheme exists, you can use any color scheme you like if you want to create a figurine that is personalized rather than a figurine that matches the standard. To keep your Glade Guard recognizable, paint his robe a dark color and keep his skin earth toned.

Things You'll Need

Black undercoat
Green paint
Pewter paint
Brown paint
Dark brown paint
Tan paint
Dark flesh-toned paint
Paint brush

Instructions

- 1
  Paint the black undercoat of the Glade Guard. Spray the figurine with black undercoat and allow the undercoat to dry.
- 2
  Apply brown paint using a thin paintbrush. Paint the figurine's bow, arrow, quiver, gauntlets and leather armor brown.
- 3
  Paint the cloak, shirt and hood green using a fine paintbrush. Paint a thin coat, allow it to dry and add a second coat of green.
- 4
  Dip your thin paintbrush in tan paint and apply a few strokes of tan paint to the edges of the boots, belt, armor and quiver. Paint a light coat of tan over the entire surface of these items.
- 5
  Thin a dark brown paint slightly by mixing it with water at a one-to-one ratio. Apply this paint to the arrow fletching, bow handle and bow tips. Allow the paint to dry.
- 6
  Paint the Glade Guard's face with a dark flesh tone.
- 7
  Highlight the green areas of the Glade Guard with a three-to-two mixture of pewter green paint and water. Thin the pewter paint and apply it to the green areas.
- 8
  Paint the Guard's buckles with a dark silver paint.

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