ARMIES OF THE 41st MILLENNIUM

Starting a new army of miniatures has always been a daunting task at best. The following pages will show you a few of the endless possibilities of colour schemes for Space Marines and a few of their adversaries. Using the simple steps shown below will make it very possible to paint an army in a week or two – compared to months before.

STARTING & FINISHING A NEW ARMY THE BASIC ARMY PAINTER TECHNIQUE

TOURNAMENT STANDARD…

Unit of Bl

Spray the model

with a Colour Primer

after assembly.

Only basecoat the

miniature with flat

Acrylic colours.

Dip or “Splash-on”

Quickshade for great

shading effect.

Antishine after 48

hours & then base

the model.

Add one or two

simple highlights for

great effect.

OPTIONAL!! SPRAY BASECOAT QUICKSHADE VARNISH/BASE MASTERCLASS

The same technique as above can be used on vehicles and walkers. Use the “Splash on” technique

and remove Quickshade pools immediately after. The Dreadnought has been sprayed with PURE

RED Colour Primer and dipped in STRONG Tone Quickshade. It has not been Masterclassed.

This Sergeant in this Blood Angel unit has been “Masterclassed” to raise the overall standard. A unit like this takes about 1½ hours (excluding drying

time/basing) to finish as above. The Blood Angels are primed with Dragon Red Color Primer and dipped in DARK tone Quickshade.

The basic technique gives great looking miniatures, perfect for Wargaming. Sometimes though, players want to participate in tournaments and thus something extra is needed to stand out. Bases will do a lot, but one simple edging highlight, especially on darker miniatures, will make a world of difference. See difference below.

ANY ARMY – NOT JUST SPACE MARINES!

The Army Painter has developed a simple technique to knock down the time spent on a trooper to mere minutes. Simply follow the BLOOD ANGEL example below, repeat it 60 times and you are done! Check our website for video tutorials and to see all the sprays, Warpaints and basing available:

WWW.THEARMYPAINTER.COM

3 different tones,

DARK tone used

in this example.

DRAGON RED

PRIMER

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in any way affiliated with Games Workshop. Miniatures painted by and photos taken by The Army Painter studio.

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COLOURS OF WAR

AVAILABLE COLOUR PRIMERS: AVAILABLE QUICKSHADES:

SOFT DARK

STRONG

BASECOAT DARK HANDS

IMPERIAL FIST

AURORA CHAPTER

KNIGHTS OF GRYPHONNE

BASECOAT

BASECOAT

BASECOAT DESERT YELLOW

GREENSKIN

BASECOAT BASECOAT

SPRAYED BASECOAT

BASECOAT

BASECOAT

WHITE SCARS

REVILERS

SONS OF MEDUSA

HAWK LORDS

ULTRAMARINES ULTRAMARINE

PLATE MAIL GREY KNIGHTS

STORM GIANTS SPACE WOLVES BASECOAT BASECOAT

BASECOAT BASECOAT

WOLF GREY NECROTIC FLESH

PURE RED SKELETON BONE BLOOD DRINKER ANGELS OF ABSOLUTION

WARHAMMER 40,000, Space Marine and Eldar are copyright and or registered trade marks of Games Workshop Limited. All rights reserved. The Army

Painter is not in any way affiliated with Games Workshop. Miniatures painted by and photos taken by The Army Painter studio.