LEATHERWORK Not a huge amount, mostly the hair bands and necklaces, and  one of the warrior’s kilts. For this I used a mix of Leather  Brown and Matt Black for the shade coat, followed by  Leather Brown, the a mix of Leather Brown and Monster  Brown for the first highlight and then adding a drop of  Skeleton Bone for a final highlight.  

KILTS The kilts for the senior warriors also give plenty of scope for  entertainment, Chris says “… hide loincloths and cloth blankets  were coming into widespread use by the late 19^th century.  Chiefs would substitute lion or leopard skins for the normal  brown cow hide.” Again taking inspiration from those already  painted on the North Star site I did two in plain tan or brown  cow hide (one I did when I was doing the other leatherwork),  and two in patterned coloured cloth. I got further ideas for  patterns from an old book on African designs and went with  what looked right! I claim no historical accuracy here.   The kilts are so nicely sculpted, flowing around the body and  hanging convincingly, with natural folds and gathers they were  a real joy to paint, no trouble deciding where to paint the  highlights on these, follow the sculpting! The Green and Yellow Kilt I wanted a turquoise kilt with yellow patterns, it turned our  more green that I meant but it still works ok I think and looks  suitably African. The main kilt colour is a mix of Wolf Grey and  Angel Green for the shade coat, then more Wolf Grey added for  the main colour (as in said before follow the sculpted lines of  the kilt and you won’t go far wrong!) and then a little Matt  White added to that mix for the highlight, however before this  highlight I painted on the decoration. First I painted the double line border, then the swirly pattern  down the front of the kilt. The decoration was started in Desert  Yellow as the shade colour. I blocked out the whole design, and then neatened it up with the Angel Green and Wolf Grey mix,  which I had saved for this very purpose. The Desert Yellow  gives a good base for the next shade which was a mix of Desert  Yellow and Daemonic Yellow, and then pure Daemonic Yellow.  Daemonic Yellow is not the strongest colour and needs the  support of a strong under colour like Desert Yellow. Lastly I  added some Matt White to the Daemonic Yellow for a final  highlight.