Techniques

Hi,

Almost one year ago I've started to collect my SM army. I've an idea to have army on Drop Pods instead of Rhinos. The most important thing was that I wanted to have a 'real' looking pods, which wasn't an easy thing because of the lack of drop pods in real life. There was only one pod in SM Codex (white Scars), which looked quite nice, but I've got an idea to push weathering and battle damage to the next level. With brush and paints I've started to develop my pods. In this tutorial I'll only write about 'rusty gold' because many people ask me how have I done it.

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This tutorial will show you how to create realistic tank tread weathering. Not surprisingly I'm using pigments from Secret Weapon Miniatures, but the same effect can be achieved with any brand -- although the colours may vary slightly.

In this example I am using:

Dark Earth
Terracotta Earth
Clay Brown
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Hey all thought i'd do a simple rust tutorial that i just did on the inderneath of my trukk
You will need the following

Tin bitz
Boltgun metal
Vermin brown
Drybrush
An old brush for stippling
Step 1
Basecoat the area's you want metal ...

Hello!Here it is, the underwhelming tutorial article of a lifetime!Okay, now I assume you know the basics:

Cleaning the casting residue ...

Urmuth Painting Article

painting flesh and using colour


       Hello
again everyone, it's been a long time since I wrote my last article,
so I am afraid this new one is a long time overdue. First off, let
me mention that the techniques and theories I discuss here are not
the 'right' way to paint, only one particular way to paint. The
object of the article is not so much to teach anyone how to paint in
a specific manner, but more to give some insight into the processes
and thoughts that I personally go through when I am painting my own
figures. Hopefully this is interesting to somebody out there!


       Everyone
has their own way of painting, and that is how it should be – you
should never feel like you need to copy someone exactly. In my
opinion, you are better off if you listen and watch a variety of
other painters, and take on board the elements of their technique
which appeal and work for you, yourself. Not everything works for
everyone, and when it comes to high-level painting, personal taste
plays an ever increasing role in the way painting is approached. I
think one of the most important things to do when painting is to
simply think about what you are trying to achieve when you set
out to paint a figure, before you even begin.

       The
figure I have chosen to use for this article is Urmuth, Scars of War,
from the Andrea 'Warlord Saga' 54mm range. This figure was a
commission painting job, so many thanks to the client for allowing me
to use it for this article.


Preparing the figure


       First,
a quick look at the figure before undercoating. I spend a lot of time
cleaning and preparing my figures for painting. After the mould lines
have been removed, I gently file rough areas, and then use very fine
grade sandpaper to ensure a smooth surface. The sandpaper I use on
most metal figures ranges from grade 600, up to 1200. Little
rectangles of sandpaper stuck on the end of a small stick-like
instrument (I used a piece of brass rod flattened at one end) can
help to reach the smallest areas of the figure.



       Following
this, I scrub the figure all over with a stiff-bristled brush, like a
black synthetic dremmel brush. If your figure is of a harder metal,
such as the GW figures, you can even use a rougher brush – I have a
brass bristled one that I use carefully on a lot of metal figures.
But be sure to test it first on something unimportant – you don't
want to be overzealous and use a brush that will leave your figure
scratched to oblivion and ruined! After
this, I give the figure another scrub in hot water with some
dish-washing liquid, using an old toothbrush. This makes sure that
any oils from your hands etc. are removed from the surface before the
undercoat is applied.

       Once
the figure is dry, if there are still some rough or pitted areas, I
use some very thin washes of Milliput dissolved in water to fill in
the rough texture on the surface. In my opinion, the best Milliput to
use for this ...

Hello,This article will walk you through creating an arid or dried earth style base.  The techniques described here should ...

Hi, I just found a technique for doing rust/oxidised metals which seems to work and just wanted to share this with ...

Hopefully, this little article will help you with some weathering techniques for both metal and nmm painting styles.For this article I will be mainly using citadel colour, with the exeption of vallejo smoke.I know this isnt an article about nmm, so ...

Hello again everyone! I have a small update for you here, this time it's a few techniques to help speed things up. I would ...