3rd Olea Light Infantry 'Ragged Angels'. 2nd Tamanskaya Motorized Infantry Regiment. 1st Regiment of Uthred Kar. Gallery of Completed Imperial Guard Infantry1st Harknian Imperial Guard Regiment. The intent of the Sky Talon is to carry Elysian Drop Sentinels, or Taurus vehicles into battle, however in making it available in games of 40k Forgeworld as unwittingly given Imperial Guard players access to a flyer with a heavy bolter and, with a 30 point upgrade, 2 multiple rocket pods with Deep Strike and Vector Dancer at just 100 points.
Such as the gear and tools I use, as well as handy methods such as using a wet palette. And this does follow the Warhammer TV method although I have refined it slightly from that video.But, I’ll also cover other bits and pieces too. So today, I document my process for others to learn from! And for me to refer back too! And of course, when I say Painting Imperial Guard I also mean Painting Astra Militarum too… Never miss an article? Subscribe!I’ll be specifically covering my Cadians here. This is mainly because I leave it so long between sessions. Painting Imperial Guard infantry is something I’ve done a lot but I always have the same issues.
Brushes are more like wine. And like most things in life, you get what you pay for.But there is a difference with brushes when compared against something like cars or houses. But I have painted a few models before so here goes…You can spend £1 on a brush or £20 on a brush. And I’m no pro, so I’m not qualified to write such an article.
If you purchased or were given, an expensive bottle of wine, maybe you would read up on it – to fully experience it. It’s just how I’ve approached brushes in the past.It can also spur you on. That isn’t to say if you use a £1 brush you’re a terrible painter. If I spent £1,000 on a bottle of wine it would probably taste the same to me as a £10 bottle.The point being as our skills and knowledge improve so should the brushes we use.
But trust me, these things are free. Which for us 40K players is very odd. I started with Games Workshop brushes then got Windsor and Newton Series 7 and now I use Artis Opus Series S.Artis Opus in action – April 2019 Wet PaletteIt took me a couple of years to find out what a wet palette is and then a month or so to finally make one and use it.It does change your painting instantly and it is the biggest single thing you can do right now to improve your painting.The only issue is the cost. I improved!Start with whatever brushes you feel comfortable with using. I read more about the methods I was using and generally took my time.
Warhammer 40K Imperial Guard Free Is OK
Mix colours ever so slightly giving you nicer blends, and actually, the wet palette will give you the confidence to try blends if you haven’t before Keeps paint thin because it’s always slightly mixed with water, this improves your layers and forces you to do thin layers For hours! The first paint you put down will still be wet hours later when you’re packing away. Essentially all you need is:In short, what it will do is keep your paint wet for longer. Free is OK, not all plastic costs the same as an A class drug.This tutorial from Uncle Atom will do a much better job than I can of explaining it.
Others paint with a base on and others don’t. Some people paint in subassemblies and some paint with their models already fully built. Fairly often I find video tutorials miss out a vital step or reasoning.Also, you can read specifically about Batch Painting on this blog.In The Emperor’s name that will not happen here! We live for the granular! Bases & Sub-AssembliesThis is one such time being detailed helps someone to understand something new. It’s one thing to watch something being done on a video, but it’s an entirely different experience to read how and why something is done, in detail and then re-read it yourself a few times. As mentioned above, this does follow the Warhammer TV method, but I’ll be more verbose than Duncan I expect.There is a lot to be said for words on a page and hobby techniques – I think.
Try any and all methods and settle on the one you like.A Valhallan I recently did as a sub-assembly Base Colours – Painting Imperial GuardI prime my Cadians in Abaddon Black using a rattle can. There is less need to try and thread a paintbrush between arms or legs if there is no base But each to their own. Purely because it’s easier. Because I already have an army to play with.Now I have started to paint in subassemblies and without a base. Now I have an army that is painted I have the luxury of being able to wait before I play with my models.
Don’t worry about spending loads of time not touching the grenades if they will be painted later anyway.You’ll probably have to go back and forth between your base colours to get it right. For example, if you’re painting the Lasgun completely silver, later on, don’t worry about getting bits of green on it.This is especially the case with details such as magazines, bottles, pouches, grenades, etc. You’ll learn where you can afford to be messy and fast and where you need to be cautious. A big help when painting a squad is to do one model through to completion.
I then come back with Runefang Steel to give the edges a brighter look. I do wash all of the silver in Nuln Oil, fairly heavily. It saves you moving between colours and forgetting which parts are which colour.The Aquilas and skulls I do in Ushabti Bone, with a wash of Nun Oil and highlight in Ushabti Bone again and then Screaming Skull.I do my silver Leadbelcher and wash with Nuln Oil. These decisions have been done already, on your first model so you can just go through and do all the red in one go on a squad, then all the silver etc. We can now move onto details.This is where having a complete model helps because we can refer back to it and know which details are silver, which is bone coloured, which are red, etc. But I’m happy with it.Highlights being applied to the clothes – Painting Imperial Guard War Gear & DetailsSo we have our base colours completed which is most of the model.
This is how a lot of the metal was done on the Autocannons. Dry brushing Runefang Steel over the Nuln Oil wash can be a really good way of doing metal.
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