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Tutorial: Painting Red the Easy Way

Many painters struggle to acchieve good results when painting red, especially over a dark or black basecoat. In this tutorial I share some great, time-saving tips and my favourite recipes for various shades of red. Painting bright red over a black basecoat You need: GW...

Tutorial: Painting Ultramarine armour

Our very own Stahly here is the Ultramarine Master on the site but I love my colossal Ultramarine collection, and I get asked a lot what my recipe for the armour is. Well today I’m pleased to share that recipe with you guys at Tale...

Tutorial: Magnetic Movement Trays and Basing

We all know movement trays, don’t we? They are crucial to move units of Warhammer Fantasy models around the table. But it often happens that models shift around or even fall off when you carelessly move the tray. This is why you shold magnetize your...

Fantasy - The Old World, Tutorials

Tutorial: How to paint High Elf Seaguard from “Island of Blood”

After my Skaven tutorial last week, this time I give myself over to the other half of the “Island of Blood” box. Contrary to the other tutorial, my High Elf colour scheme focuses less on speed but more on clean layering and an unique palette....

Fantasy - The Old World, Tutorials

Tutorial: How to paint Skaven Clanrats from Island of Blood

This is a tutorial in which I’m going to explain how I will paint my Skaven army. Of course it is a great starting point for all of you who picked up “Island of Blood” in order to start a new Skaven army! In my...

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Tutorial: Basing with Vallejo Black Lava texture paint

Thanks to px40k and Oni I was made aware of this great product: Black Lava texture paint from Vallejo. Black Lava is essentially a premade mix of black paint and fine stone particles. It comes in a 200 ml jar with a price tag of...

Tutorial: How to Paint Daemonettes

As promised my Daemonette tutorial! I kind of sticked to the studio paintjob, but wanted to add a little more contrast. I made the hair and the robes more pink because what would Slaanesh be without pink? Also I added a little bit of turqouise...

Fantasy - The Old World, Tutorials

Glowing Warpstone, Scource Lighting Mini-Tutorial

Inspired by the Vermin Lord ‘Eavy Metal Masterclass some time ago in White Dwarf, I decided that I want glowing Warpstone in my Skaven army as well. As the bulk of the army will be painted in a more basic style than my Eldar or...