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I am trying to paint Archers any ideas?

What army? Brettonians? Empire? High Elves?

I would go with the traditional Starfleet uniform. Don't do the casual stuff, he looks much better in his uniform.

High Elves of course check underneath my name.

pink with bunny ears.

Matrim wrote:pink with bunny ears.

and hello kitty arm guards

i would do there bows bow colour and the other bits other colours ?

And now for a more serious reply...

Well, I'm assuming that the GW standard white-and-blue isn't appealing. I used white and red for the few I've painted (refugees from the old old old WFB starter box, High elves vs. Goblins).

If I were doing it now, and I was going for a three-color highlight plus glaze, I'd do:

Skin: Basecoat Dark Flesh, then Dwarf Flesh (leaving Dark Flesh only in the mouth and between fingers), highlight 1/1 Dwarf/Elf Flesh, highlight Elf Flesh, glaze with 1/2 dilution of Ogryn Flesh
White robes: Fortress or Space Wolves Grey base, highlight off-white, highlight Skull White, glaze with an EXTREMELY thin dilution of Badab Black
Red Sashes/Plumes: Scab Red base, highlight Red Gore, highlight Blood Red, glaze with Ba'al Red - or Devlan Mud if I was opting for a dirtier look
Bows and other wood would be a light pine-ish color: Graveyard Earth base, drybrush Desret Yellow in the direction of the grain, drybrush Bubonic Brown the same, glaze with a 1/4 dilution of Gryphone Sepia
Steel (armor, weapons): basecoat Black, highlight Boltgun Metal, highlight Chainmail, glaze with a 1/4 dilution of Badab Black
Silver (helms, jewelry): basecoat Chainmail, highlight Mithril Silver, glaze as steel.
Leather (belts, scabbards, boots, etc): basecoat black, highlight Dark Flesh, edge higlight Snakebite Leather, glaze Devlan Mud
Bronze (Buckles, weapon fittings, etc): basecoat Tin Bitz, highlight Dwarf Bronze, higlight Shining Gold, glaze with either Ogryn Flesh or Grypnone Sepia.

Somewhere, GW has an excellent tutorial on how to do gems; I cannot reccomend it enough for HE.

Is that the sort of thing you are looking for?

Spireland, what do you mean by a starfleet uniform? Also,LOL
to matrim's comment

Captain Archer was a character in the latest Star Trek series, Enterprise.

I am afraid the robes *have* to be white as it symbolises Elven Resolve.