Warlord painter Andres Amian Fernandez had produced this invaluable tutorial for how to paint early Waffen-SS camo schemes… If there is anything that can be tricky when painting miniatures, it is the camouflage, tartan, trousers and capes of Barbarian tribes. Sometimes we may not know where to start, what colour to use as a base,…
By Dr Phil Hendry Part 1: Introduction Part 2: Preparation Part 3: Painting Part 4: ‘Dipping’ After ‘dipping’ comes basing. I do all my basing the same way, to create a unified look. First of all, I glue on a mixture of sand and fine grit in little patches. I paint the whole base with…
By Dr Phil Hendry Part 1: Introduction Part 2: Preparation Part 3: Painting Now it’s the part you’ve all been waiting for – time to apply the Army Painter Quick Shade, Strong Tone! Although commonly referred to as ‘The Dip’ I don’t actually dip my models into the can. I prefer to apply with a…
By Dr Phil Hendry Part 1: Introduction Part 2: Preparation Once all the preparation was done it was time to get on with the painting proper. First of all, I dry-brushed the chainmail with Citadel Mithril Silver, then touched up the white primer where my dry-brushing had strayed – as it inevitably does. Then it…
By Dr Phil Hendry Part 1: Introduction The first job was to clean off the casting vents, mould-lines, and any other ‘messy bits’. Not a bad job on Warlord’s figures – they’re usually very nice castings. One thing to bear in mind is that ‘The Dip’ is not discerning in what it shades – if…
As part of the big English Civil Wars army Jonas painted up for Salute 2010 using all the different Colour Primers, one regiment was done up with the new Colour Primer: Crystal Blue. Look out for the pages of Wargames Illustrated for the full run down of the entire army project, but for now Jonas…
Not content with running the WAMP painting competition for us recently, Dave ‘Undave’ Jackson has also found time to paint a unit of our plastic Praetorian Guard. Even better Dave explains how he did it in this painting guide. Undave acquired his first miniatures at age eleven and armed only with three pots of Humbrol…
This painting guide shows how Chris Southern of Myrmidon Studios goes about painting our plastic Imperial Roman Legionaries. Check out Chris’ blog for more of his excellent work. He accepts commissions too should you be looking for someone to put paint to your metal mountain. Over to you, Chris… Normally painters will paint highlights and…
Painting an Army: part 2 Last time we saw Jonas and Bo from Army Painter they’d built and based several large units of our plastic Imperial Romans. With their self-imposed deadline to completely paint the army in a single day they were all ready to get stuck into the meat of the project. Onto the…
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