Space Wolves

Prime the model using a grey primer that offers a good starting colour for blue armour.

Colour Forge — Wolfkin Grey

Apply a thin layer of Wolf Grey to your palette, dampen your brush slightly, and work the paint through the bristles. Then apply a combination of tight circular strokes and a stippling motion to the armour, focusing on upper areas to start shading.

Two Thin Coats — Wolf Grey

Enhance the effect with a second drybrush of Gravestone Blue. Focus the application to smaller areas that would be hit with the most natural light, repeating the drybrushing steps.

Two Thin Coats — Gravestone Blue

Apply a base coat to all steel details on the model, including weapon blades, armour details, and power pack vents.

Two Thin Coats — Sir Coate's Silver

Apply a base coat of Dragon's Gold to all gold details, building up the paint over a couple of layers.

Two Thin Coats — Dragon's Gold

Apply a base coat to the segmented sections between the armour, pipes, and remaining parts of the weaponry.

Two Thin Coats — Death Reaper

Give the leather details, such as the belt, pouches, and necklaces, a base coat of Scorched Earth.

Two Thin Coats — Scorched Earth

Pick out the bones and teeth with a base coat of Dragon Fang.

Two Thin Coats — Dragon Fang

Apply a base coat to any rocks on the base or runes scattered across the model.

Two Thin Coats — Wizard Grey

Apply a base coat to the wrapping around any weapon handles.

Two Thin Coats — Royal Cloak

Paint the right shoulder pad and right kneepad with a base coat. You may need three or four thin coats for a pleasing result.

Two Thin Coats — Dark Sun Yellow

For a Blackmane model, the left shoulder pad is also painted yellow.

Two Thin Coats — Dark Sun Yellow

Thin your paint and apply three evenly spaced dots where you want the points to be, then apply straight diagonal lines to create the outline, before filling in the shape and cleaning up the edges.

Two Thin Coats — Sanguine Scarlet

Heavily thin some Cygor Brown contrast paint with water to create a mixture that easily flows into recesses. Carefully target this mixture into the recesses of the armour, gold details, leather details, and fur to create the appearance of shadows and bring out surrounding details.

Citadel — Cygor Brown

Apply a thin wash to the silver details to create shadows and bring out the surrounding details.

Two Thin Coats — Oblivion Black Wash

Use a lighter paint than the base coat to line the edges and pick out details. Apply Wolf Grey across the ridges of the armour.

Two Thin Coats — Wolf Grey

For an even brighter highlight, mix a little white paint into your Wolf Grey. Apply this lighter mix to just the corners or sharper details.

Two Thin Coats — White Star

Apply a highlight to the steel details.

Two Thin Coats — Mythril Blade

Apply a highlight to the more decorative gold areas.

Two Thin Coats — Glistening Gold

Pick out areas previously painted with Death Reaper.

Two Thin Coats — Wizard Grey

Apply a highlight across the leather straps and pouches.

Two Thin Coats — Ancient Forest

Add small dots to the bone details.

Two Thin Coats — Ivory Tusk

Pick out the strands of wolf fur.

Two Thin Coats — Temple Stone

Highlight the edges of the stones.

Two Thin Coats — Carcharodon Grey

Highlight the handle wraps of the weaponry.

Two Thin Coats — Sword Hilt Burgundy

Highlight the yellow areas of the shoulder pad markings.

Two Thin Coats — Yellow Flame

Highlight the red areas of the shoulder pad markings previously painted with Sanguine Scarlet.

Two Thin Coats — Demon Red

Apply a base coat for the hair.

Two Thin Coats — Fanatic Orange

Wash the hair to add shading while preserving the orange coloration.

Two Thin Coats — Hellion Red Wash

Pick out the lines of the hair.

Two Thin Coats — Orange Flare

Apply a base coat to the skin.

Two Thin Coats — Barbarian Brawn

Lightly thin the paint with water and carefully paint it across the face, leaving the recesses as the darker Barbarian Brawn. Build up the application slowly for a smoother finish.

Two Thin Coats — Dwarven Skin

Highlight the most prominent facial features by steadily building up layers of thinned paint.

Two Thin Coats — Elven Skin

Apply texture paste to the base, being careful not to spill onto the model itself.

AK Interactive — Dark Earth

After the texture paste dries, lightly drybrush the surface to create the appearance of frozen ground.

Two Thin Coats — Carcharodon Grey

Clean up the rim of the base with a flat black marker.

AK Interactive — Flat Black