Spring Cleaning Hobby Challenge - Classic Warhammer Dwarfs

The first miniature I got some paint down on was Long Drong of the Slayer Pirates. I didn’t do an extremely detailed breakdown but went with showing off the three main stages I go through when I paint.

The first is the basecoat. I just run a basecoat over everything and shade up as a whole rather than completely finishing certain areas of the model.

Long Drong is different from many Slayers in that he is covered in different accessories. Not only does he have the twin pistols but also the cutlass on his back. Oh, and the lovely parrot on his shoulder.

The next stage is the wash. For the majority of the model, we got out the Agrax Earthshade. The skin was given Reiksland Fleshtone and then the more colourful areas of the model an appropriate blue or green wash.

Once the wash has gone down it really binds the miniature together. It also picks out the different areas that you might want to consider highlighting during the next step.

The final step was doing that quite heavy highlighting across the miniature. I think it turned out well and covered some of the mistakes from earlier.

The next stage will be to base the miniature. I’ll go with a standard grassy landscape to match the rest of my Dwarf army.

Whilst most people paint Long Drong’s trousers in blue to match the pirate theme, I went with red as that also matches my army.

Given the chance – and plenty of disposable income – I’d probably completely redo the paint scheme of my army to be a lighter almost Space Wolf grey. But, for now, I’m enjoying the earthy red.

The next miniature in line is going to be Umgrim Ironfist!