Hireling

This is a Grenadier hireling #2004e from the Hirelings fantasy boxed set. He's driving a spike with a mallet. I used white surface primer and acrylic inks ( white, black, burnt umber and red ). I was surprised how many different shades I could get using just the white, brown and black. I used a small amount of red for the skin tones and I also used red in his  neck collar to give a bit of color to the piece.
 It's hard to say whats around his neck, could be a bandanna or some kind of leather wrap so I decided red wouldn't be out of the question. I put on a coat of gloss acrylic and then did a black wash. The wash worked well as far as outlining, but still darkened up the piece more than I wanted. I'm painting one of his buddies right now and will forgo the final wash and compare the two pieces to see the best result.
While these castings are a bit flat compared to ral partha, hertitage and others, they are solid pieces for the gaming table and really have that dungeon expedition feel; extra bags, pouches, etc. The run of the mill colors are on purpose and I think they fit the figures.