Take a moment to consider how nice the sky looks outside. Seriously, just look for a second, empty your mind of your thoughts and take it all it with a few deep breaths. You’ll feel awesome. STEP ONE: OBTAIN BASE, SENSE OF ALL KNOWING CALM THANKS TO THOSE SWEET DEEP BREATHS The wood and bark is a mess of colours, there is Mournfang Brown, XV-88, Skarsnik Green, Gaus Blaster Green, Ogryn Camo, Highlights of Zamesi Desert, Ushabti Bone and Screaming Skull. I used spots of Contrast Plaguebearer Flesh, Skeleton Horde and Nazdreg Yellow in various areas to enhance colours.

The purple was straight up just Naggaroth, as mixing in yellow/white came later in the layering stage. Highlight the face masks and squad markings with Ulthuan Grey (Optional: Add a final highlight of White Scar. http://www.reapermini.com/forum/index.php?s=c770bc029dd218be5d17fff14fecefeb&showtopic=17678&st=0&p=266494&#entry266494 Finally, I added a coat of matte varnish to everything. The weapons are actually magnetized so they can be switched out, but that’s it’s own separate article.

TheChirurgeon’s Method

Experienced painters will be able to get around this without issue, but novice painters might be caught out. It’s worth being aware of, and definitely something to experiment with. The spak provides the body to our base, allowing the texture paint, ink and dry brushing to do more effective work.

The skin of my Sylvaneth tree guy was Sotek Green highlighted with Ahriman Blue and white mixed. There is some glazing of Warpstone Glow.

That sounds like a bunch of steps, but really it’s very easy or a hobby idiot like me couldn’t do it. Hey gang, it’s your boi deezy. Y’all have seen my Raven Guard in HTPE: Raven Guard, but before that project, I was working on my Steel Legion. While I consciously attempted to elevate my painting with the Raven Guard project, my prime directive whilst painting Steel Legion was to get them on the table . This method was effective, as I have over 7,000 points of Steel Legion fully painted. While they look good, especially when massed for battle, they are not up to my standard of painting anymore. I still love them, though. No doubt about it. Infantry