Duellists, Dragons & Demons - Spring Clean Miscellany 2026

There’s not much to this pair of figures really, so painting was relatively quick. Base colours were as follows:

• Skin – Citadel Dwarf Flesh
• Shirts – Vallejo Model Colour Pastel Blue
• Red breeches – Citadel Khorne Red
• Yellow/gold detail – Vallejo Game Colour Bronze Fleshtone
• Grey breeches – Vallejo Model Colour London Grey
• White/silver details – Vallejo Game Colour Stonewall Grey
• Blond hair – Vallejo Model Colour Middlestone
• Dark hair – Vallejo Model Colour German Camo Black Brown
• Boots – Vallejo Model Colour Dark Sea Blue

Leaves our pair of duellists at an ugly stage, but things will improve…

Washes next. Vallejo black wash was used on the blades, boots, dark hair and grey breeches.

Citadel Reikland Fleshshade was used to the skin, blond hair and red breeches.

The shirts were left alone, the idea being that the blue will act as a suitable base to white, adding enough depth and colour contrast that a wash would not be necessary.

Time to layer up some highlights to finish.

Anything white was initially painted Vallejo Model Colour Off-White, then given a second highlight with Vallejo Model Colour Ivory.

The red breeches had the base colour reapplied, followed by Vallejo Model Colour Flat Red and then Vallejo Model Colour Scarlet.

The yellow/gold details were first highlighted with Vallejo Game Colour Sun Yellow, then Vallejo Model Colour Flat Yellow.

The grey breeches just had a single highlight of Vallejo Model Colour Medium Grey.

Skin was initially highlighted with Citadel Kislev Flesh, followed by Citadel Flayed One Flesh.

The blond hair had Vallejo Model Colour Buff highlights, whilst the dark hair had the base colour mixed with a little Buff to lighten it.

Boots were painted with the base colour, and a second highlight with the base colour mixed with a little Ivory.

I’m pretty happy with how the pair have come out, I just need to think about how to base them.