The Wolfling Project

A power-armored Chaplain for the Lamenters Space Marines.

I tried some new techniques for the gold -- a basecoat of Tin Bitz, black wash, Shining Gold highlights, sepia wash, and a a gloss coat on top.

My opinion of painting quality:

First, we have unprimed. That's the state of the miniature out of the box -- either bare metal or plastic. To construct it properly, it should be assembled without noticeable glue puddles or marks, superglue fingerprints, and have flash and mold lines removed. This may be time consuming for some of Games Workshop's cheaper and more available miniatures, like the Space Marines from the Assault on Black Reach starter set.

Most problems of an unprimed miniature can be fixed quickly.

I decided to try a test miniature of another Blood Angels successor chapter, the Blood Drinkers.

These guys are red with yellow trim.

First, the start: Army Painter Colour Primer on one of my AOBR Marines.

The Cor Semper Fidele after washes, drybrushes, and weathering powder.

Front of the "Always-Faithful Heart"

New techniques:

• Sponged on Charadon Granite, which works great for paint chips and general damage.
• Forgeworld Black Soot weathering powder around the exhausts. Better results than a black wash.
• Forgeworld Light Earth powder on the tracks, mixed with turpentine substitute ("white spirit"). Good for general mud.

In progress: the Razorback Cor Semper Fidele "Always-Faithful Heart", for the Lamenters Chapter Space Marines.

Standard basecoat: Army Painter Daemonic Yellow over a thin coat of white primer. In this state they're pretty much a Schoolbus of Death.

I've done some detail work. Masking those larger checkerboards is tedious, but produces a clean look with a little clean-up on the edges. The door is one of my custom Lamenters Chapter designs, engraved and cut on an Epilog laser machine at TechShop.

Lamenters Assault Marine.

Here's the test model for some Assault Marines (guys with jetpacks). I used more highlighting and tried to be careful about the areas of sepia wash over yellow.

Note: photos are about 250% enlargements (the figure is 30mm tall).

Here's a chunk of the Lamenters, in the middle of a Purity Seal treatment.

The circles at the bottom are laser-cut, hand-painted objective markers. I also made other copies in smoke-colored acrylic, as well as ones for Imperial Guard, Ultramarines, and Chaos.

I've also finished weathering and customizing two rhinos.

Here's the Rhinos with a couple of occupants, along with their new-style shoulder emblems.

When only S10 pie plates will do.

I found the GW book on painting tanks a good source of techniques on this one, as I'm still learning.

I was looking for a second army which would allow me to do a lot of modifications and other odd stuff. I decided on a Traitor brigade of the Imperial Guard.

Traitor IG sergeant, Company commander, and three guardsmen.

Inspired by Aventine's army, my Space Marine chapter is the unfortunate Lamenters.

Here's the first Tactical Squad I've (almost) completed and based. Variation in the paint shades is due to experiments with different washes and highlights. My current method is the one used in the models in the front row, 2nd and 3rd from the left. The sergeant is an earlier "cleaner" style.