Rackham's Hunter of Darkness model is the first Confrontation miniature I had ever painted, and what an experience!

The Rackham models are a bit larger than Games Workshop models, standing about 30 or 35mm rather than 28mm.  The details, however, seem to be more in scale with the model, and don't protrude unrealistically from the model.

The main goal in painting this figure was to practice a bit of freehand filigree, which took the form of the brocading all over the purple coat.  I had seen this effect many times, most notably by Mike McVey when he used to be the High Overlord of the 'Eavy Metal painting team, but I had never been able to recreate it until now.

The folds of the purple coat have been shaded with very dilute glazes of dark green ink -- 1 part ink to about 10 or 15 parts water/future mix.  This was applied into all the recesses and folds, and wherever another part of the garb (such as the leather strap) met the coat.  You can't really tell that it's green, but it has provided a much more vibrant and effective shade than simply using a darker purple would have.

This model gave me the opportunity to practice NMM gold and silver techniques.  The gold I am fairly pleased with, and the silver looks effective on the smaller areas of metal such as the buckles, chain, and man-trap, but less so on the blade of his weapon.

Judging by the ruddy tone of his nose, Hunting Darkness must be a very stressful occupation, requiring the consumption of copious amounts of mead in order to deal... I really have to get around to fixing that color!

Update:  In June 2003, this model won 1st place in the Fantasy Single category at the Origins painting contest!