Astra Militarium Cadian with Contrast

Another quick contrast tutorial, but this one showing how to paint up a Cadian trooper for Astra Militarium.  If you're collecting an army of these guys this will help get them looking good quickly and on the table top.

Farstriders with contrast paints

Here's a quick tutorial on how to paint Stormcast guys quickly using Contrast paints for a non-metallic gold look.  Its not the best paint job, but its quick and easy and I think it looks decent on the table top.  Check after the jump for more pictures and a link to the youtube video.

Ork Boyz with Contrast

Here's a quick tutorial for painting Ork boyz using contrast paints.  Since most ork armies need lots of boyz it's handy to have a method to get the masses painted quickly.  The nice thing with contrast paints is that you can always go back and add highlights, but its not necessary if you just want table top level guys.

How to paint Iyaden

Another one from the archives, but not so long ago.  How to paint an eldar guardian in Iyaden craft world colours.  You can check out the original post here:
http://itslikewatchingpaintdry.blogspot.ca/2013/05/how-to-paint-iyanden-craftworld-eldar.html

I'm hoping to pick up the Assassins game tomorrow, so hopefully I'll have some stuff to post for that.

How to paint Sanguinary Guard

Here's an updated tutorial for Blood Angels Sanguinary Guard.  I did one of these in the my old format a long time ago, but here it is in speed painting (2x) format using the current Citadel paints.

The old tutorial (along with pics) can be found here:
http://itslikewatchingpaintdry.blogspot.ca/2012/02/blood-angels-sanguinary-guard.html

How to Paint the Stormwolf

Here's the finished Stormwolf... finally.  I started this guy back in the summer, and just haven't had time to get back to my painting table.  For a large vehicle like this I like to use an airbrush, but for that to happen I need a chunk of time all at once, so that was a bit tricky to arrange.

The basic technique is this:
Airbrush the large surfaces
Add detail colours
*Highlight details (should have done this but did it later)
Spray with Future floor polish (Arcylic gloss)
Shade with thinned artist oils
Wait ~24 hours and wipe off as much of the oils as possible
Finish with dull coat spray.

I'm really happy with how the oils turned out.  For large vehicles I'd say that this is the way to go.  For minimal effort you really end up with a nice looking finish and the process is very forgiving.  If you end up with too much you can wipe it off with a q-tip and a bit of mineral spirits.  Not enough and you can do it again.

Oh, and yes I did drill out the multi-melta barrels after the comments from the previous post.

Badmoon Shoota Boyz

Below you'll see some badmoons that I've had on my to-do list for quite some time.  I picked up the gas mas heads back in 2010 (link to the store below), and have been waiting to do these guys and the trukk for some time.

http://basicks.eu/shop/index.php?id_product=200&controller=product&id_lang=1

The Nob has a Black Orc head that has been modified to look like a gas mask, and the big shoota boy has a burna boy head.  The gas mask heads came in a pack of 10, so I needed to makeup two more to finish out the 12 boy mob.

The techniques were similar to the Badmoon trukk I did a few weeks ago, except without the weathering powders.  Fun guys to paint and a mob of 12 is small enough to be enjoyable.

How to Paint Ork Flesh

I suppose this will work for Orcs as well, but for the moment the focus is on 40k orks.  Here's a quick tutorial showing how to layer paint Ork flesh using citadel paints.  Obviously this isn't the only way to do it, but is what I'm currently using.  Depending on the look you're going for you can leave out a highlight or add a glaze, or even use different greens. Whatever the case, this method will work for any base-shade-layer-layer method.

I have an Grot/Ammo Runt/Grot Orderly/Gretchin tutorial coming next.

Deathwing Knights Conversion

Here's a video where I show up to make the most out of the Deathwing command squad box.  I built the regular command guys and then used the remaining Knight bits along with the Terminators from Assault on Black Reach to make up a squad of Deathwing Knights.  I could have done it the other way, but I wanted the Command Squad to have all the ornamental Deathwing bits on them.  You could also do this using the Deathwing terminators from Dark Vengeance, just use them as your command squad and build the Knights fully from the box.

DIY Painting rig - how to

I've posted some videos where I've used a special "painting rig" that I made. Up until now I hadn't described what it was, but basically is a Gimbal mount. Here's a video showing how to make your own for about $10. Links to the other videos are: http://www.miniwargaming.com/content/finecast-cockatrice-painting-tutorial http://www.miniwargaming.com/content/warhammer-fantasy-tomb-king

Deff Copta + Lego = Warbuggy

Here's a conversion I did based on Bad Donkey Gaming, here:
http://www.baddonkeygaming.com/2011/01/deffkopta-to-buggy.html

DIY Magnetized movement trays

Here's a follow up to the previous diy movement tray article. What I've done here is cut out a fridge magnet to size and added rare earth magnets to the bases. The sheet magnet is from the dollar store (it had a sleeve for a 4x6 photo), and cuts easily with scissors or a knife. The other magnets are the rare earth type available at store.miniwargaming.com. The ones used here are larger ones, but I'll have to use small ones for the smaller bases of the night goblins. A green stuff (or putty) and super glue is used to attach the magnets to the bases. I've done the same thing with all my 40k Orks so that I can transport them in cookie tins. The magnetic sheet is ok, but the magnets would actually stick better to a sheet of metal. I'm still trying to source out an inexpensive and easy way to do it that way. I also have magnetic paint, so I'll be giving that a try in the future as well.

How to: Space Hulk Terminator base magnetization

Here's how I went about magnetizing my Space Hulk Terminators so that the can be put on 40mm bases for 40k, but also used without the bases for Space Hulk. I'm sure there are other ways to do this, but here's one way to skin the cat. This article was orginally written for miniwargaming.com.

What you will need:
Space Hulk
1/16" x 1/32" Magnets (2 per terminator)
1/8" x 1/16" Magnets(2 per terminator)
1/4" x 1/16" Magnets (Optional, 1 per terminator)
Green Stuff (only a tiny bit is needed)
40mm bases (1 per Terminator)
Hobby Drill (with 1/16" bit)
1/8" drill bit
Sand paper or file
Hobby Knife

Step 1:
Remove terminator from sprue and file the base flat.



Step 2:
Drill 1/16" holes in base right under feet. You don't need to go too deep, only about half way through the foot, not as deep as I went in the second picture (I'll have to fix that with green stuff).



Step 3:
Drill a shallow hole in the same spot with the 1/8" drill bit (do this by hand). You only need it about 1 or 2mm deep, just enough to make a pocket for the top of a magnet to catch. Notice that the 1/16" hole is still visible and goes a bit deeper.


Step 4:
Drill 1/16" holes in the 40mm round base in line with the holes in the terminator's feet. Enlarge these to 1/8" holes. If they are slightly out of line you can enlarge them with your hobby knife. Green stuff will be used, so it's ok if they are a bit big.


Step 5:
Make up a small bit of green stuff. A pea sized ball will be enough.


Step 6:
Get aside your magnets, and make sure they are inline. This is how they will end up:


Step 7:
Put a small amount of glue on the top 1/16" magnet and put it in the hole. The 1/8" magnet will help you position this, and it should stick out below the bottom of the terminator's base. Be careful how much glue you use, as you don't want the 1/8" magnet to stick to the Terminator.


Step 8:
Put the 40mm base on, and add a bit of Superglue.


Step 9:
Squish two small balls of green stuff over these magnets. Make sure you don't push the magnets through. You can flip it over and push the terminator down to make sure it is flat on the round base.


Step 10 (Optional):
This step is added so that I can use cookie tins to transport my guys. Check the other article in my channel for a tutorial on this.

Add some super glue and the rest of the green stuff and squish the 1/4" by 1/16" magnet to the base. Let it stick down a bit and squash it in place by pressing the base on a flat surface.



All done!

DIY movement trays

Here's my first stab at DIY movement trays for my WFB orcs and goblins. Its all illustration board and a bit of PVA glue. I've given some a coat of textured spray paint to see how that would look. The ultimate goal is to magnetize them. I think the way I'm going to do that is using a magnetic sheet (from the dollar store, the type for putting things on your fridge) and small magnets in the bases of my guys (stuck on with green stuff).