AN INDEPENDENT WARHAMMER REFERENCE ARCHIVE ONLINE // EST. M026
Index Obscura.THE WHITE DWARF ARCHIVE

PAINTING·WHITE DWARF 449

Paint Splatter: Flesh Tearers, Contrast Style

December 2019·pp. 84–85

THE SHORT VERSION

A light undercoat and translucent red and black establish the main armour colours before conventional edge highlights are added. Perry uses two thin coats on broad surfaces to control pooling, then treats lenses, seals, parchment and bone individually; the resulting method offers a parallel route to the classic guide rather than a completely different scheme.

AT THE PAINTING DESK

Paints in this article

Every named colour below is searchable across the archive.

Grey SeerFlesh Tearers RedWazdakka RedSquig OrangeBlack TemplarMechanicus Standard GreyAdministratum GreyWyldwoodBaneblade BrownScreaming SkullLeadbelcherNuln OilStormhost SilverRetributor ArmourReikland FleshshadeSkeleton HordePallid Wych FleshWraithboneWarp LightningYriel YellowMoot GreenAggaros DunesUshabti Bone

All Paint Splatter page footers here say October 2019, but the cover and surrounding issue identify December 2019. Named paints were checked against the illustrated stages.

FOLLOW A THREAD

Full recipe Reiver Contrast painting Green lenses Bone Parchment

Back to the original

Find this article in White Dwarf 449, pp. 84–85.

This is an original summary. Refer to your magazine for the complete article, rules, images and painting steps.

KEEP EXPLORING

Another page to turn.

Back to the archive →
PaintingWD 449 · p. 4

Painting Question: The Cleaved

Dan Hyams’s question prompts a recipe for pale pink Chaos armour stained with carefully diluted brown streaks. Green cloth provides a cool contrast, while progressively lighter flesh colours pick out the armour’s edges without losing the sickly appearance that distinguishes the warband.

Warhammer 40,000Chaos Space Marines11 paint colours
December 2019Read summary
PaintingWD 449 · p. 5

Model of the Month: Black Templar Sword Brother

Francesco Olivieri gives a Primaris Lieutenant the red heraldry of a Sword Brother and a near-black armour mixture with a small blue component. Successive grey and white marks define damage and sharp highlights, giving an otherwise dark miniature readable edges and a worn campaigning appearance.

Warhammer 40,000Black Templars5 paint colours
December 2019Read summary
Army showcaseWD 449 · pp. 6–7

Reader Spotlight: The Ironbeaks

Andrew Bailey’s Kroot mercenaries use scavenged machinery to stand in for an Adeptus Mechanicus army after escaping the Fourth Sphere’s violence. Kroot torsos on mechanical legs, a Krootox-hauled walker and a bionic Great Knarloc turn a background premise into a consistent collection of unusual vehicles and infantry.

Warhammer 40,000Kroot
December 2019Read summary