AoS Build and Paint

Watching a bunch of Soul Wars content today and rather than try to blitz through the Stormcast Vanguard straight away, I took a bit of time to consider a colour scheme for the Vanguard and how I wanted to differentiate the Stormcast chambers on the table.

So I grabbed a Hunter and went to town. This is the second attempt at him which I’m pretty happy with and this will be the scheme I use across all my vanguard.

The steps are –

• Spray with Retributor Armour
• Shade with Reikland Fleshshade Gloss
• Highlight Armour with Auric Armour Gold
• Celestra Grey for the Pauldron, inside of cape and wolf claws
• Shade those areas with Nuln Oil
• Brighten again with Celestra Grey
• Incubi darkness for Helmet Plume, sword hilt and cloth strap skirt thingy (what is that called?)
• Shade those with Drakenhof Nightshade
• Highlight with Kabalite Green
• Leadbelcher for the crossbow gun and blade, shade with Nuln Oil
• Pick out features of the crossbow gun with Retributor Armour and shade those with Reikland Fleshshade Gloss
• Zandri Dust for the back of the cape
• Dry brush cape with screaming skull
• Shade cape with Agrax Earthshade all over
• Allow to dry then shade with Agrax earthshade again, this time using it to define a pattern for the fur
• allow to dry again and once more, shade with Agrax Earthshade to add further depth to the pattern on the fur.
• The centre of the orb he’s holding is painted with Celestra grey and then painted over with very thinned down Nihilakh Oxide.
• The base is Astrogranite Debris texture paint, drybrushed with Celestra Grey and shaded with Agrax Earthshade