Space Wolf Land Raiders and a Vindicator

5 More Dragon Princes.. and how to ship them.

Here's the remaining 5 Dragon Princes. I converted one of them to have a horn strapped to his belt, just in case the client ever wants to use a musician in the unit.

The flags and spears in this kit are really fragile. Way too fragile for gaming, in my opinion. While they are great-looking models, it baffles me why a company would make gaming miniatures excessively delicate like these. (But that's a topic for another day). Since there are a lot of fragile areas, I took a little extra care in shipping. The first batch of 5 arrived across the country in perfect condition, so I think it might be worth sharing this method just in case anyone is curious (Unfortunately I didn't take photos of this process).

I began by carefully wrapping each figure in bubble wrap, putting more of the wrap near the base of the figures, and less around the spear/flag. After the wrap was taped, I slipped a 12-oz paper coffee cup over the top half of the model. I then took a long piece of tape and secured the wrapped model inside the cup.

I've used this cup method before when shipping figures with banners. It helps ensure that they don't get bent from the weight of anything else in the box, from being wrapped too tightly, or from whoever is unwrapping them later. Paper banners ship great this way too. I've also used cardboard to make a cone/cylinder type shape around really fragile areas.

Well, that's it for now. I've got finished photos of some Space Wolves vehicles to post sometime later this week. Wolf cavalry is nearly done, and I've got a Forge World Avatar on the chopping block as well. Stay tuned, and thanks for following.

5 Finished Dragon Princes and some Space Wolf Long Fangs

First up we have 5 finished Dragon Princes. There are 5 more to come.

Next are two stragglers from the Sky Claw batch

And last up is a few Long Fangs

I really liked how the Long Fangs turned out. Here's a couple new color recipes:

Shoulder pads:
Since I undercoated the models with black, I had to build up a white base on the shoulders. That was done with a few thin layers of Ceramite white. The goal is to get it as smooth as possible. The thinner the layers, the better. Once the base was sufficiently white, I painted it with a mix of white and Space Wolves Grey. Thinned Shadow Grey was used to line the crevices along the edge. Next, the black squad markings were drawn in, and then highlighted with a dark grey (I took a pot of Eshin Grey and added a few drops of black ink to darken it. It makes a great color to use as a highlight right on top of black). Once the dark grey highlight was added, I highlighted the white areas with pure white on the edges.

Caution stripes:
The caution striping on the multi-melta wires was first painted with several thin layers of Ceramite white. Once the base was good and solid, I painted a thin layer of Golden Yellow. Water it down and apply a couple coats if needed. Yellow can get chunky pretty easily. I highlighted the whole wire with a mix of Sunburst Yellow and white. Next came the black stripes. If the wire is really thick, I will try to twist the stripes around it. It can be a little difficult to draw it in correctly, but with some planning you can do it. This was done with some thinned black. Generally I won't highlight the black stripes, unless it's on a larger section of armor.

That's it for now. Up next: a Skaven Screaming Bell, 5 more Dragon Princes, a Space Wolves Vindicator, and two Land Raiders.

More Space Wolf Scouts

Space Wolves and a High Elf Dragon Prince

For the 10 Skyclaws, I found it easiest to paint the jump packs separately. That way I could still access the shoulderpads and apply decals.

It's been a while since I posted some of the color recipes, so I'll share some of them again.

Gold: Basecoat with VMC Brassy Brass, wash of Earthshade, highlight Shining Gold, highlight Shining Gold + Mithril Silver. Afterwards, apply a thinned down glaze of Sepia wash, a small amount of water and Yellow Ink. The yellow ink really brightens up the Mithril Silver highlights on the edges, but be careful not to overdo it. Give it a shot sometime.

Wolf Pelts: Basecoat Mechanicus Standard Grey. Wash of Earthshade. Drybrush Dawnstone, drybrush Dawnstone + Screaming Skull

Grenades: Basecoat Camo Green. Wash Thraka Green. Wash Earthshade. Paint metal areas black. Basecoat Chainmail. Black wash.

Wolf Armor: Basecoat the Fang. Shade in the cracks with Earthshade. Highlight the Fang, highlight Fang plus Russ Grey.

Purity Seals: Paint black. Basecoat paper with Graveyard Earth. Highlight Zandri Dust. Basecoat wax seal with Scab Red. Highlight Scab Red + White.

Next up is another test figure for the High Elf army I did a while back. This is for a unit of 10 Dragon Princes.

Some of the color recipes:

Horse: Basecoat VMC Fortress Grey. Shade with Nuln Oil mixed with a touch of Fortress Grey and some water (it makes a dark grey wash which I find pretty handy for lots of things). Highlight Fortress Grey plus white in several stages. Highlights were omitted in later stages on the tail, and it was given an extra grey wash along with a black wash.

Gold: Same as the Space Wolves above, but in several more stages.

Silver: Basecoat Chanmail. Shade with Black wash mixed with Asurman Blue wash. Highlight Chainmail. Highlight Mithril Silver on all the edges.

Green: Basecoat Scaly Green. Highlight by adding in white.

Blue: Basecoat Regal Blue, highlight by adding in white.

Red: Basecoat Mephiston Red. Highlight Blood Red, highlight Blazing Orange, highlight Fiery Orange on the very edges.

That's it for now. Thanks for following. Stay tuned!

Space Wolf Drop Pods and more Moria Goblins

First up is the Drop Pod. I painted three of them for this army, though only one is pictured. All the colors I used are the same as the other Space Wolf figures I've done (They are listed below somewhere, but feel free to ask if you can't find them). The interior was mostly drybrushed. The weathering near the base of the pod was painted with thinned Graveyard Earth, followed by Earthshade and thinned black paint.

Next up are some more Moria Goblins. This is the second to last batch for this army (which is already pretty massive). I was not able to get a picture of 36 or so more Gundabad Blackshields.

That's it for now. Coming up next: More Space Wolves, High Elf Dragon Princes, and maybe even a showcase quality miniature painted for myself.