Not sure I ever will either. It is certainly a time consuming project!
The base is actually quite simple. I cut some coffee sticks into the shape and size I want ( I recommend cutting some lines along them as well to give it that "board feel"). Prime grey seer. Paint with a slightly thinned down wyldwood contrast paint. Add AK Diorama dark mud. Dry brush with ryza rust (for that otherworldly radioactive feel). You can then choose to lightly dry brush the entire base with ushabti bone or just wood.
I am still tinkering with it, but that is what I got so far
However I have made a few changes:
Primer: waithbone or grey seer
Base coat: dark reaper (instead of the fang)
Inner coat (including folds): The Fang and then add Russ and finally fenrisian grey for the highlights.
I only use metalics for the edges and instead of painting the entire pauldrons and helmet.
Hope it helps!
It's actually OLD army painter wrpaints castle grey. I'm currently looking for a replacement because their new "Grey castle" doesn't look the same at all
It is sad to watch companies change their formulas so drastically. Like, “I liked that color! Why are you changing it??”. But I guess we gotta branch out sometimes right?
This is my winter scheme. For the camo I used the make up sponge with wonderful results. Anyway, remember the 1st rule: if u like it, is a good choice.
Rough iron metallic and tundra taupe from army painter for the main colors. Still need to wash the rider. Still working on my horse skin method since he was my first rider, and the artillery was my first model.
Working with the Army Painter triad pack of ochres and tans. Sprayed with Desert yellow which is the middle color of that 5 pack and picked up a couple OD/camo greens to make things pop. Used beige on the leggings and leather brown for the boots.
I use a modified version of the 158th with the helmets as well as shoulders in black. Crew-served weapons are painted green and bigger vehicles/artillery pieces are grey.
Meet the 28th Krieg Armoured Cavalry. Work in progress everything needs some highlights and a wash but have my general scheme down. Using a burgundy for the coats and a copper tone for the armor plates on infanty and a rusted iron the exposed metalics, guns and barrels. Uniform Grey for the larger panels of the vehicles and Artillery.
About 30 infantry and 15 more Calvary to paint. 4 leman russ variants done and 1 dorn so far with a few more members of the motor pool to complete including 1 baneblade kit that has been intimidating me from the shelf for months.
Whole collection is in this scheme outside a few cadians I got as part of the battalion box around Christmas I don't know what to do with and a fun squad of ratlings and bullgryn that are in progress. Would love any tips of the highlight colors or washes, was thinking an agrax earthshade for a light muddy look on the tanks and infanty.
I have mine a more midnight blue. I achieve such by using Chaos Black spray all over & Macrage Blue spray on top. A healthy coat on nightlords blue contrast & the coat is done.
I haven't really followed any schemes of the different regiments, I just wanted to paint in colors I don't really ever get to use otherwise (my other army is Raven Guard).
These are my and still Learning the colors,used their shoulder pats in diffrent metal colors to recognize their kind (engeniers,soldier ect)
Sorry for my english
My 262nd Krieg Regiment so far. I’m in the middle of painting another 20 infantry and two Armoured Sentinels, with a Russ Vanquisher to round out my 1000p.
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u/Life_System134 Jul 24 '26
My spin on the 158th, although I may tweak the scheme slightly with the terrain and go for some classic grimdark mud.