Hello everyone, my name is Matthias, I'm from the Netherlands and recently picked up two Ludi starter sets and several individual models to finally get my Arena Rex collection going after a long while without enough money to make a first plunge. I have a history in 40K and WARMACHINE, but today I'm asking for some advice on a paint scheme I've been aching to do ever since I came across this game and its miniatures. If you can help me out that'd be amazing. I have experience painting but it's been a few years by now and I've never done anything like this before.
Simply put: I want the miniatures to look like marble statues of legendary fighters long since dead. I'm thinking white marble with simple washes in the recesses for shading and painting every piece that would be made of bronze in the life-size versions of these models bronze & patina (so shades of green more or less). I might even pin models with secondary struts if they look unlikely to hold the weight were they made of actual marble (the pins also painted to look bronze). The bases would be plain marble with perhaps a broken column piece at most, but perhaps I'd paint the base edges in the colours appropriate to their faction.
Thing is, I've looked online for guides and came across a fair few good ones, but none that seemed to fit just right for me. I don't want the marble to be that veiny for example, and I have trouble putting the whole process together in a way that makes sense.
For example, do I paint the figures and bases separately? Do I prime and base coat? And which colours? I don't know how easily I start losing detail on these models for example. If there's anyone here who can give me a reasonably detailed step-by-step so I can replicate the paint job on future models as I buy them over time?
I'm looking to make something more or less like this:
but with this kind of green bronze patina (less patterned though) 
I hope to hear from some of you, and if you can help: thank you!
Kind regards,
Matthias
