Kill Team, Tutorials

Tutorial collection: Kill Team: Octarius

Cinematic shot of a Death Korps of Krieg Guardsman fighting against Drukhari Wyches

This week the new Kill Team Starter Set is on pre-order, and the Ork Kommandos, Death Korps of Krieg, and the Octarius Killzone terrain are also available individually. If you don’t know yet how to paint your models, we’ve got you covered with a selection of tutorials.

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40k, Tutorials

Tutorial: How to paint Dark Angels power armour

How to paint Dark Angels power armour tutorial

The perfect shade for Dark Angels power armour is not easy to find. Too dark and it will lack contrast, too light or too green and it will look more like Salamanders. In this tutorial I show you the recipe I came up with and what in my opinion is the perfect colour to highlight Dark Angels armour.

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Tutorials, Warcry

Tutorial: How to Paint Tarantulos Brood Doomweaver

In this post, I’ll show you how to paint a Tarantulos Brood Doomweaver from the Warcry Red Harvest box set. I painted this model in 20 easy to follow steps. You’ll learn how I paint white webs, spider armour plates, poisoned skin and more. This tutorial is perfect for any of the models in the Tarantulos Brood like the Broodmaster or Broodkin. Find out how in this tutorial.

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40k, Tutorials

Tutorial: How to paint Black Templars Crusader Squads

In this post, I’ll show you how to paint a Crusader from the Black Templars from the Black Templar Army Set. I painted this model in 24 easy to follow steps. You’ll learn how I paint black armour, cream tabards, bright yellows and more. This tutorial is perfect for any black armoured Space Marines like Raven Guard and Death Company. Find out how in this tutorial.

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40k, Tutorials

Tutorial: How to paint an Ork Beast Snagga Wurrboy

In this post, I’ll show you how to paint an Ork Wurrboy from the Kill Rig box set. I painted this model in 30 easy to follow steps. You’ll learn how I paint Beast Snagga Ork skin, dirty metals, power cables and more. This tutorial is perfect for any models from the Ork range. Find out how in this tutorial.

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40k, Tutorials

Tutorial: How to paint golden skin

Tutorial: How to paint Sisters of Battle golden skin

In the final part of our “Skin Tone Week”, I’ll show you how to create a slightly more golden skin tone with the colours included in The Army Painter’s Skin Tone paint set, and in particular, I’ll go into the specifics of painting young and female faces.

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Necromunda, Tutorials

Tutorial: How to paint dark skin

Tutorial: How to paint dark skin (Goliath Stimmer) - featured

This week is “skin tones week” on Tale of Painters, where we want to celebrate different colours of skin. We start with a tutorial for dark flesh, for which I use the three still quite new Citadel Colours Knight-Questor Flesh, Bloodreaver Flesh and Catachan Flesh. There’s also a tip on how to paint muscles more easily, so check it out.

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