The Dogs - Spring Clean Challenge 2026

RR17 also called just the Knights of the Cleansing Flame.  They were part of the second wave of Regiments of Renown and show some stylistic changes from the first release with slotta rather than puddle bases, and the miniatures are now more 28mm than 25mm.

The original description says:
The shields of the Knights are red with yellow flames. Armour and equipment is black, or a very dark green or blue. Spear-staffs are natural wood. The banner is red with the yellow flame device.

I’ll stick with some of this.  Having done blued armour already this unit will have shiny steel.  I do like the idea of very dark blue for clothing so will use Tyrian Navy.  This very dark blue should sit well with the yellow and orangey-red of the shields.

Basic colours (all AP Speedpaints):

Armour – Broadsword Silver
Leather – Dark Wood
Skintone – Warrior Skin
Spear shafts – Noble Skin
Shield symbol – Zealot Yellow
Shields – painted bottom half Blood Red and top half Bright Red.

I also did the basecoats for the flame effect.  I use a very good guide from North Star but use blended Vallejo Fluro paints instead.  The reflected light for the OSL effect is done as a drybrush with Citadel Macharius Solar Orange.

Having given everything a coat of Mr Hobby Super Clear matt varnish I reviewed the painting.  Some repairs to missing elements or overpainted edges.  Then on to final finishes.  I went through the same layered highlights for the armour, mostly Darkstar Baroque followed by a top and edge highlight with Vallejo Metal Pale Burnt Metal.

Gold details were added with Darkstar Royal Gold which had a top glint highlight of Vallejo Metal Gold.

I wasn’t happy with the flame effect.  I washed it with Citadel Yellow Ink which helped blend the tones and covered a few missed bits of white.  The OSL was enhances with Vallejo Metal Copper used on the highest points of the gold hilt.

Finally a ruby was added to either side of the champion’s sword hilt.  I used Carmine Dragon which is an excellent ruby gem colour, over a white undercoat with a second coat of the colour over the bottom third.  Then a white light glint dot in the top corner.

Basing completed using the previously detailed scheme.