Community member and brush-wizard, Steve Palffy has recently been wowing the Warlord staff with some of his latest Bolt Action armour…
One piece which particularly captured our eye was his RSO & Winter Pak40, set on a scenic base – Steve was kind enough to give a step-by-step guide to show you every step of the process:
Assembly
The models were assembled with an oval base for the gun. The RSO’s doors were left unglued to make it easier to paint the inside of the cabin.
Step 1
Base coat of Flat Earth followed by Wooden Deck Tan to figures and canvas.
Step 2
Dark Yellow applied.
Step 3
Heavilly thinned white is airbrushed in thin squiggly lines to represent snow camo.
Step 4
The display base is covered in texture paint before snow etc will be applied.
Step 5
Details are picked-out and all edges dry brushed in Dark Rust… the canvas edges are then dry brushed with Dark Stone.
Step 6
The tracks and breach of the gun are drybrushed with Natural Steel before a coat of clear gloss … I then applied the decals – and gave another coat of clear gloss again to seal everything.
Step 7
A wash of Oiled Earth is applied to the wheels and tracks – and a Sepia shade wash applied to everything else.
Step 8
A few streaks and stains applied with black shade wash.
Step 9
A little Army painter snow and grass tufts are added to bases.
Step 10
Display/Photography base complete… Army painter snow and tufts added, and the frame of the base is painted black.
Step 11
A small amount of Vallejo pigments mixed with clear flat and water are applied to the wheels and tracks.
Step 12
After a coat of clear flat, the figures are placed onto the Pak 40 base….and the project is complete!
The Finished Article
And if you want to get together a winter themed army then head this way:
Dan Hewitson
Tom Mecredy
Craig Nixon