Paint an Army: Painting Empire Spearmen

If you play Empire, it's more than likely you'll have a many figures in your army. Therefore, painting core infantry is a skill that should be mastered as soon as possible.

It's best to pick a color scheme that can be finished quickly and easily. With this scheme, each color builds over the last. With practice, the models can be finished in record time.

I painted these Spearmen in a color scheme to fit in with my Empire army of Nuln. If you're troops are from another province you'll may need to paint over the clothing with a few shades of your provinces regimental color scheme.

	Step 1 To start with, the entire model was sprayed with Chaos Black primer.
	Step 2 The model was next drubrushed with Chaos Black mixed with a small amount of Codex Grey. This mixed was them liberally drybrushed over the entire model. Additional amounts of Codex Grey were added to the paint mix, and then drybrushed only over the raised areas of cloth to give further definition. More of the mix was added to the legs to set them apart from the heavy cloak.
	Step 3 Bestial Brown is applied to the skin and leather areas of the model.
	Step 4 Vermin Brown is applied to all the leather areas of the model, leaving a small amount of Bestial Brown in the recesses for shading.
	Step 5 Bubonic Brown is applied to the shaft of the spear. You'll likely need to apply several thin coats application of Bubonic Brown to get an even finish. You can also highlight this with Bleached Bone if you wish.
	Step 6 Bronzed Flesh is applied to the face and hands. If you lightly drybrush over the skin at first you can leave Bestial Brown in the recesses. This gives an easy additional layer of definition for the fingers, eyes and mouth. Then, go over the model with Bronzed Flesh to make sure everything is covered.
	Step 7 oltgun Metal is applied to the metal areas of the model.

And that's it! Your spearmen are now ready to take for battle! With just a few colors and some careful application of paint our spearmen are tabletop-ready. I painted almost 90 of these models in a Nuln color scheme in about a weekend, so it's not that hard...

Be sure to pick a color scheme you can live with and finish in a decent amount of time. There's no reason to spend hours painting every pupil on rank-and-file models, especially when you know they're going to get blasted by a cannon first turn...

For more painting advice, check out the other painting articles here at Clockwork Empire. They will show you other troop types that can be painted quickly and easily.

Good luck and may you roll many 6's! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------