Space Wolves

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

2. 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.

3. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1. 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.

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

1. 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.

2. 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.

Apply a highlight to the steel details.

Apply a highlight to the more decorative gold areas.

Pick out areas previously painted with Death Reaper.

Apply a highlight across the leather straps and pouches.

Add small dots to the bone details.

Pick out the strands of wolf fur.

Highlight the edges of the stones.

Highlight the handle wraps of the weaponry.

Highlight the yellow areas of the shoulder pad markings.

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

1. Apply a base coat for the hair.

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

3. Pick out the lines of the hair.

1. Apply a base coat to the skin.

2. 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.

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

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

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

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