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How I Paint - Legions Imperialis - Sons of Horus Green

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Paints required: Chaos Black spray Mechanicum Standard Grey Lupercal Green Sons of Horus Green Coelia Greenshade Ulthuan Grey Abaddon Black Leadbelcher Corax White Balthasar Gold Eshin Grey Gryph-Charger Grey Nuln Oil Mephiston Red Evil Suns Scarlet Wild Rider Red I began by giving the aircraft an undercoat with Chaos Black spray . This was then followed with a light spray of Mechanicum Standard Grey . Then a basecoat of Lupercal Green , thinned with a little water, was applied over the miniature. I used a large drybrush and worked quickly, avoiding returning to panels already covered. When this initial basecoat was fully dry the aircraft was given a second basecoat with Sons of Horus Green (a layer paint). Again, this was thinned with a little water and applied with the medium drybrush. Two or three coats were required to get a nice smooth finish. When the basecoats were full dry, Coelia Greenshade was painted into the recesses and around the panels of the aircraft using a small deta

How I Paint - Legions Imperialis - Imperial Fist Yellow

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  Paints required: Wraithbone spray Averland Sunset Yriel Yellow Cassandora Yellow Screaming Skull Abaddon Black Leadbelcher Corax White Balthasar Gold Eshin Grey Gryph-Charger Grey Nuln Oil Mephiston Red Evil Suns Scarlet Wild Rider Red I began by giving the aircraft an undercoat with  Wraithbone spray .  Then a basecoat of  Averland Sunset , thinned with a little water, was applied over the miniature. I used a large drybrush and worked quickly, avoiding returning to panels already covered. It took around 2 coats to get a nice solid finish. When this initial basecoat was fully dry the aircraft was given a second basecoat with  Yriel Yellow  (a layer paint). Again, this was thinned with a little water and applied with the medium drybrush. Three coats were required to get a nice smooth finish. When the basecoats were full dry,  Cassandora Yellow  was painted into the recesses and around the panels of the aircraft using a small detail brush (I use synthetic brushes for this job). Try to

How I paint - Legions Imperialis - Blood Angel Red

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                           As I continue to work through the legions for Aeronautica Imperialis I wanted to paint up the loyalist Blood Angels. The Blood Angels are famous for their mastery of the skies, for being one of the legions that defended the Emperor's palace and for being one of the main legions of Space Marine used by Games Workshop. The Blood Angel livery is a bright red with some splashes of black. This is my take on their scheme. Paints required: Chaos Black Spray Pure Red Spray (Army Painter) Mephiston Red Carroburg Crimson Evil Suns Scarlet Wild Rider Red Abaddon Black Leadbelcher Corax White Balthasar Gold Eshin Grey Gryph-Charger Grey Nuln Oil Caliban Green I began by giving the aircraft an undercoat with Chaos Black . This was then followed with a light spray of Army Painter Pure Red spray . Then a basecoat of Mephiston Red , thinned with a little water, was applied over the miniature. I used a large drybrush and worked quickly, avoiding returning to panels alread

How I Paint - Legions Imperialis - Night Lords

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   Paints required: Chaos Black spray Night Lords Blue Kantor Blue Alaitoc Blue Lothern Blue White Scar Nuln Oil Leadbelcher Abaddon Black Balthasar Gold Corax White Gryph-Charger Grey Blood Angels Red  Eshin Grey Mephiston Red Evil Suns Scarlet Wild Rider Red I began by giving the aircraft an undercoat with Chaos Black  spray .  Then a basecoat of Night Lords Blue , thinned with a little water, was applied over the miniature. I used a Medium drybrush and worked quickly, avoiding returning to panels already covered. It took around 2 coats to get a nice solid finish. When the basecoats were full dry, Nuln Oil   was painted into the recesses and around the panels of the aircraft using a small detail brush (I use synthetic brushes for this job). Try to be neat but do not worry too much as you can always tidy the miniature up with a little Night Lords Blue. Allow the Nuln Oil to full dry. The aircraft was then drybrushed with Night Lords Blue  using a medium drybrush. This was then followe

How I paint - Legions Imperialis - Buildings

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  Over the past few years, I have been painting and playing Aeronautica Imperialis. It is one of my favourite games from Games Workshop. To play the low altitude version of the game, I needed some terrain. The Imperial Buildings from Adeptus Titanicus are perfect for this, as they are the correct scale. These building will also make for excellent ground targets. Paints required: Chaos Black spray Mechanicum Standard Grey spray Mechanicum Standard Grey Dawnstone Administratum Grey Athonian Camoshade Grey Seer Balthasar Gold Runelord Brass Sotek Green Temple Guard Blue Leadbelcher Mournfang Brown Nuln Oil Agrax Earthshade Gryph-Charger Grey Aethermatic Blue Retributor Gold Reikland Fleshshade The miniature was first undercoated with Chaos Black spray. Then a light spray from above and slightly to the side was applied with Mechanicum Standard Grey spray. After the undercoats were applied, the building was given a heavy dry brush of Mechanicum Standard Grey . This was followed by a dryb

Army collection - Oathmark - Dwarves

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  In 1990, I read the Hobbit for the first time. A tale of a band of dwarves, who set off on a quest to retrieve their lost treasure from a dragon. At the same time as reading this book, I had just begun my first foray into miniature collecting and as such I was drawn to the dwarves. In my first few years of miniature collecting, I tried to build a dwarven army, but unfortunately, I never had the funds and so it was never built. With my discovery of Oathmark, I have developed a certain amount of nostalgia for my younger years. On top of this, I have been building a goblin force. So, it only feels right, that the ancient enemies of the goblins get to battle against the dwarves once again.   To build this army, I wanted to use the Warhammer third edition Armies book to guide my troop choices. Back then an army needed to include a certain number of troops for the dwarves it was 40 warriors and 20 crossbow men (dwarves). This was a good place to start. I began by build two units of ten

How I paint Dwarven Infantry - Oathmark

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When I started collecting miniature, way back in 1990, my first miniatures were Dwarves. At the time, these were all metal miniatures for Warhammer Fantasy Battle and as a kid I could never afford many. As a result, I was never able to afford an army. With my discovery of Oathmark, I am now able to build my childhood Dwarven army. Paints required: Chaos Black spray Gun Metal (AP) Plate Mail Metal (AP) Shining Silver (AP) Dark Tone (AP) Strong Tone (AP) Soft Tone (AP) Weapon Bronze (AP) Balthasar Gold Bugmans Glow Cadian Fleshtone Kislev Flesh Mephiston Red Mournfang Brown Rhinox Hide Skrag Brown  Deathclaw Brown Doombull Brown Dryad Bark Gorthor Brown XV-88 Tau Light Ochre Steel Legion Drab Karak Stone Khorne Red Evil Suns Scarlet Wild Rider Red Carroburg Crimson When I painted the miniature, I effectively worked on four distinct sections: the amour, the faces and beard, the leather work, and finally the coloured cloth. Additionally, the shield was painted separately from the rest of t