This is the final part of this series of exclusive Tale of Painters’ tutorials, Whilst I describe the tutorial as Dark Vengeance in the title, the model is more than at home in this Space Hulk tutorial. Death Wing have been a major part of Space Hulk since the beginning.  More after the jump.

This tutorial assumes you have a basic understanding of how to paint. For the beginners, I will explain the techniques as I go along. Each picture below shows four chronological steps. Underneath each picture are the corresponding instructions. Each step shows the paint I used during that step.

Paints you will need for this tutorial:

White Undercoat

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Ushabti Bone (layer)

Zamesi Desert (layer)

XV-88 (base)

Warpstone Glow (layer)

Nurgling Green (layer)

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Agrax Earthshade (shade)

Biel-Tan Green (shade)

Eshin Grey (layer)

Dawnstone (layer)

Administratum Grey (layer)

Karak Stone (layer)

Rakarth Flesh (base)

Khorne Red (base)

Wazdakka Red (layer)

Wild Rider Red (layer)

Screamer Pink (base)

Pink Horror (layer)

Leadbelcher (base)

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Ironbreaker (layer)

Abaddon Black (base)

Fire Dragon Bright (layer)

Ceramite White (base)

Steel Legion Drab (base)

Armageddon Dust (texture)

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1. Undercoat the model white. I used Vallejo Surface Primer in my airbrush. 

2. Basecoat the model with Ushabti Bone. Painting several with an airbrush speeds this step up. 

3. Create a glaze of Zamesi Desert by mixing 75% of Lahmian Medium with 25% Zamesi Desert. Then paint the thin translucent mix onto the lower halves of all the armour pieces. Repeat this step to blend and increase the intensity of the shading. 

4. Water down XV-88 so it flows from your bristles smoothly and then carefully paint the creases and recesses on the armour to give the model depth and shading. 

5. Paint the Chest Aquilla with Warpstone Glow.

6. You then need to highlight the chest with Nurgling Green (I photographed the wrong colour) you can then wash with Agrax Earthshade.

7. Wash the chest Aquilla with Biel-Tan Green.

8. Paint the Crux Teminatus and any areas you want to be stone with Eshin Grey

9. Highlight the Stone areas with Dawnstone.

10. Highlight the stone areas further with Administratum Grey

11. Paint the purity seals with Karak Stone.

12. Highlight the edges of the purity seals with Rakarth Flesh

13. Paint the wax seals, the braided rope, the Deathwing shoulder icon and stormbolter casing with Khorne Red

14. Highlight just the Storm Bolter casing and shoulder pad icon with Wazdakka Red

15. Highlight just the Storm Bolter casing and shoulder pad icon further with Wild Rider Red.

16. Screamer Pink is now used to highlight the wax seals and braided rope. 

17. Continue to highlight the wax seals and braided rope with Pink Horror

18. Paint the metal areas with Leadbelcher.

19. Wash the Stone, Metals, Reds and Purity Seals with Agrax Earthshade.

20. Highlight the metal edges with Iron Breaker. 

21. use Abaddon Black to Paint in any flexible areas between the armour like the elbows and back of knees. Also pick out any hoses or pipes. Black in the eyes. 

22. Paint a thin orange line along the bottom of the eye lens. 

23. Paint a dot of white in the top corner of the eye. Highlight every single edge of the bone armour with a thin white line of Ceramite White. 

Finally, base the model in a way which fits in with your collection. I used Armageddon Dust texture paint highlighted with Screaming Skull and the base edge was painted with Steel Legion Drab

That’s it for this series of Space Hulk tutorials. Hope you enjoyed it. 

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