Middle Earth SBG – Ancient Ruins Painting Guide

This guide is ideally suited for painting the bases I showed you how to make in this tutorial.

I’ve used the same basing technique for both my Azog’s Legion and my White Council, but with a few subtle changes to the painting in order to give them a different character. I’ll be going through the stages for both in full but there are only a few differences between them, but you’ll notice from the picture they end up looking fairly different.

Eerie Ruins

What you will need:

  • Citadel Rhinox Hide
  • Citadel Eshin Grey
  • Citadel Dawnstone
  • Citadel Ionach Skin
  • Citadel Pallid Wych Flesh
  • Vallejo Chocolate Brown
  • Citadel Death World Forest
  • Citadel Karak Stone
  • Army Painter Steppe Grass
  • Army Painter Mountain Tufts
  • Dark Green Leaves
Begin by basecoating the base with Sotek Green, then apply a heavy drybrush of Eshin Grey
Apply a medium drybrush of Dawnstone
Apply a light drybrush of Ionach Skin
Apply an edge highlight to the tiles with Pallid Wych Flesh
Make a mix of 1 part Chocolate Brown and 5 parts water and apply over the sanded areas
Make a similar mix with Death World Forest and apply over select areas of the sand
Apply a light drybrush of Karak Stone I’ve the sand and edges of the cork
Apply a very light drybrush of Pallid Wych Flesh to the sand
Apply some of the mountain tufts to the base
Use PVA to apply the grass around the tufts and across the sandy areas
Finally use PVA glue to affix some leaves to the base. This can be a little fiddly so I would recommend some tweazers

Dark Ruins

What you will need:

  • Citadel Rhinox Hide
  • Citadel Eshin Grey
  • Citadel Dawnstone
  • Citadel Ionach Skin
  • Citadel Pallid Wych Flesh
  • Vallejo Chocolate Brown
  • Citadel Karak Stone
  • Army Painter Steppe Grass
  • Army Painter Mountain Tufts
  • Autumn Leaves
  • Alclad II ‘mud’ weathering pigment
Apply a basecoat of Rhinox Hide to the base and once dry apply a medium drybrush of Eshin Grey across the base
Apply a light drybrush of Dawnstone, focussing on the edges of the tiles
Apply a very light drybrush of Ionach Skin to the edges of the tiles
Apply an edge highlight of Pallid Wych Flesh to the tiles
Use the same Chocolate Brown mix found in the Eerie Ruins guide and apply to the sand areas and exposed cork
Apply a light drybrush of Karak Stone to the sand and exposed cork
Apply a very light Pallid Wych Flesh drybrush to the sand and exposed cork
Apply the mountain tufts to the base
Apply a light dusting of weathering powder to the top and edges
Use PVA to affix some autumn leaves to the base to finish

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