Guide: Painting bases

Hi everyone!

I didn't post anything here for a long time and now the moment has come. In this post, I want to show you how I paint different bases. I am going to show you four little step-by-step guides. I use all of these ways of painting bases for my models.

1. Wasteland base #1.
Step 1: I applied two thin coats of Citadel texture paint - Armageddon Dust.

Step 2: I washed all over the base using shade - Agrax Earthshade. I did that only after the texture paint has dried. Again, in this step I washed base using two thin coats.

Step 3: I drybrushed all over the base using The Army Painter - Skeleton Bone.

Here is the final result.

2. Urban base.

Step 1: I painted all over the base using Vallejo Negro Black. By the way, it is my favorite black paint.

Step 2: I used drybrush to apply Mechanicus Standard Grey. In this way, I painted only edges of the model sand.

Step 3: I drybrushed base again, but this time I used Dawnstone and I did that a little bit slightly, to make it possible to see previous  layer of dark grey color.

And that is all. As you see, it is a really simple way to make nice base. Usually I add some additional details to bases to make them more interesting and less boring. This time I added bolter.

3. Swamp bases.

Step 1: I painted base and all the details using Vallejo Negro black (there is photo, from the previous guide).

Step 2: I drybrushed model sand on the base using Caliban green.

Step 3: As next step, I used Rhinox Hide. I drybrushed some areas of the ground using this paint. Not all over the base just some areas to see the previous layer of dark green.

Step 4: Using PVA-glue I attached some swamp bushes from Citadel. Before these bushes, I used cheap model grass, but I decided not to use it anymore.

Step 5: Using one of my new paints - technical paint Nurgle's Rot, I made plague puddles.

And that is all. Swamp base is ready.

4. Wastleand base #2

Step 1: I covered base using Citadel Skrag Brown.

Step 2: I drybrushed all over the base using The Army Painter - Skeleton Bone.

Step 3: I painted the rest of the details on the base - this time it is part of the sword. 

I used such bases for my figures from inquisition retinue. As you see, it is very fast and simple way to paint base in this style. 

To sum up, in this post I showed to all of you my ways of painting bases. All of them are simple and a little bit cheap. But I like the final result and I hope you like it too.

Thanks for reading!
Good luck!

Daemons of Khorne: Bloodletters WIP (Part 2)

Hello everyone!

Today in this post, I will continue to show the process of painting Bloodletters for my Daemons of Khorne army. Earlier, I already showed several steps of painting them. You can see them here (click the word). Now I will show next stages of painting. 

As the next step, I washed metal parts using shades - Nuln oil for silver details and Seraphim Sepia for bronze elements.

Then I painted teeth using Army painter Skeleton Bone and washed them using Seraphim Sepia.

Next step was to paint tongues, I painted them using Xereus purple, after that I washed them with Seraphim Sepia and made some highlights using mixture of Xereus purple and Violeta azul from Vallejo.

Further, I made highlights on the rest of details. To highlight skin I used Wazdakka red, for black crests, claws and horns I used Mechanicus standard grey and to highlight metal parts I used Runefang Steel.

Now few words about the process of painting bases for Daemons. I bought new texture paint just to try. I liked the result so much, that is why I decided to make all bases for Daemons in this style. First of all I added Armageddon dust to the base and waited until it dries.

After that, I washed it twice using Agrax earthshade.

Then I applied highlights with Skeleton bone using drubrush technique.

Here you can see finished variant. 

Later I am going to show closer photos of all miniatures from this squad.

New project: Daemons of Khorne

Hi everyone!

In this post I want to tell you about new project that I started some time before. It is connected with the Chaos Daemons, to be precise with the Daemons of Khorne.

In the beginning of autumn, I found out several boxes with Daemons of Khorne miniatures. I had Start Collecting - Daemons of Khorne box, Daemon prince and Bloodletters. Therefore, I decided not to wait any more and started to paint them. 

I chose Bloodletters as the beginning of this project. I have 20 miniatures of Bloodletters in total. Below in a few sentences I want to show the process of painting. 

I started with the swords, I airbrushed them in bronze separately from the miniatures.

After that, I glued models all together and cover swords with the plastic wrap. Then I airbrushed them in Khorne red.

Next step - I made highlights using airbrush with the mixture of Khorne red and Troll slayer orange.

After that, I washed models twice using Carroburg crimson.

For now that is all. I will show progress with these Bloodletters later.

Alpha Legion: Tartaros Terminators WIP (Part 1)

Hello everyone!

In this post, I am going to show you my WIP Terminators for Alpha Legion. 

Some time ago, my friend and I bought new box - The Horus Heresy: Burning of Prospero. We decided to divide it into two parts. My friend took Silent Sisterhood Squad and Legio Custodes Squad. Therefore, I took the remaining models. Burning of Prospero impressed me so much with the quantity and the quality of its models. 

Especially I liked Tartaros Terminators. That is why I decided to buy five more Terminators to paint them for Alpha Legion. In several posts, I am going to show you the process of my style of painting.

Step 1: I cleared and glued the models together.

Step 2: I primed Terminators using blue Army painter primer.

Step 3: Using airbrush, I painted Terminators in their basic color - Caledor Sky.

Now all the miniatures are ready for further painting. I will show you next steps in other posts.