Warhammer 40,000: Class of (Spring) 1986

Now that the bases are modeled, I decided to start by painting up the Terminators. I didn’t want to waste time on a test model, so I assumed these would be the best place to start. Their larger build makes for the perfect canvas.

To begin with, I’m going to be using Army Painter Warpaint Fanatics for these models, specifically Imperial Navy and Wicked Pink.

For the Imperial Navy:

I covered 100% of the models in this color. I did originally prime them black, but I think the blue will add a much nicer shadow color to the model. This will also save me time later as I wanted the under armor to be a blue color anyways.

For the Wicked Pink:

I did an over brushing of the Wicked Pink on approximately 75% of the model, going in a downward motion with the brush. Later steps will use a lighter shade of pink and I’ll be able to blend it into a more natural transition (hopefully).

For these two steps, I might attempt using an airbrush on the rest of the Combat Patrol. I’ve only ever used an airbrush to prime before, but it might be a bit of a time saver, especially on the Infernus Squad.

On to the bases!

For the bases, I had a couple of different paint recipes going on to bring them all together.

For the stone roads:

After the initial dry brushing of Titanium White in the last entry, all of the stone work and rubble was covered in Army Painter Speed Paint Gravelord Grey (not pictured). That was followed by a light dry brushing of Deep Grey.

For the rubble:

Following the Deep Grey drybrushing, I went over the rubble with a dry brush of Oak Brown and Fur Brown. The idea with this was to give the rubble a muddy look without the need of applying any mud texture paste.

For the skulls:

All of the skulls were initially covered in the Pallid Bone Speed Paint. I thought this was a bit darker than I wanted as they sort of just blurred into the stone too much. I highlighted them up using Skeleton Bone and Bleached Bone from the Army Painter Air line. These look a lot better I think.

For the bullets:

Lastly, for the pile of spent ammunition for the one Terminator. The bullets were first painted in Weapon Bronze, followed by a light dry brushing of Greedy Gold. The Greedy Gold made for a fantastic highlight without over powering the Weapon Bronze.

I think the bases are looking good but they are missing something to make them pop. They need some street/traffic/whatever lines.

I masked off a strip going in different directions on the bases. Using the super vibrant Rainforest, I sponged in the masked off lines. Maybe these are the color of the dividing lines for traffic this alien world? Or they could be hints of radiation seeping through the stone work? Who knows, I certainly don’t!

After that paint dried, I pinned the models in place. Rainforest definitely added a little extra wow-factor to the bases, that’s for sure.

With the models attached to their respective bases, I can go in and more easily do all the fine detail work that still needs to be done. And howdy is there still a lot to be done!

That being said, I’m proud of my little, poppy Terminators so far.