by Duncan | Mar 23, 2020 | Mini Painting
First, I hope everyone is healthy, and following all the guidelines on how to remain so! Space Marine Number 8 is a member of the Iron Hands, which means the colour of the week is black. There are a number of different approaches to shading and highlighting black,...
by Duncan | Mar 17, 2020 | Mini Painting
Part 7 of my Space Marines painting series is a member of the Hawk Lords. Purple is the colour of the day, along with a bit of non-metallic metallic gold for the shoulder edges. This is one that didn’t photograph quite so well as it looks in the plastic, so...
by Duncan | Mar 9, 2020 | Mini Painting
Today’s Space Marine, a White Scar, tackles a particularly tricky colour to get right – white! I used an old white paint set for this, that to be honest, I really didn’t get along with. The shades go from cream to a sort of dirty grey for the...
by Duncan | Mar 2, 2020 | Mini Painting
We’re now halfway through my first box of Space Marines of the old school variety. This time around I went with a Dark Angel’s colour scheme. As always, I use Vallejo Paints, not GW ones, so I have to come up with an approximate colour match. In terms of...
by Duncan | Feb 25, 2020 | Mini Painting
Space Marine Number 4 is a Salamander, which is a light green colour scheme. Overall this wasn’t a difficult colour to work with, and I’m pretty happy with the tonal range I had – as a reminder, I don’t use GW paints as I don’t own any,...
by Duncan | Feb 17, 2020 | Mini Painting
In the third instalment of my Space Marine painting adventure, I’ve painted an Imperial Fist. Yellow is the colour of the day with this guy, which presented its own set of challenges, some down to the nature of the colour, and some self-inflicted. I’ve a...
