A scout squad with Telion was placed in another building using infiltration. He covered two more squads in one building beside a Predator Annihilator packed with lascannons. The enemy deployed most of its tactical squads in the open hopping to damage the Wolves’ vehicles with their missile launchers and meltas. Finally the old and wise Venerable Dreadnought would fall close to the enemy armor by drop pod on the first round. Behind the Land Raider came a pack of 7 Grey Hunters, which acted as a rear guard along with the Predator Annihilator. To the left of the terminators rolled a Rhino transport packed with 9 Bloodclaws and a Wolf Priest, eager to come out of it and meet the enemy head on. It also covered the advance of the Wolfguard Battle Leader and his terminator bodyguards. It carried a pack of 8 Grey Hunters and a Wolfguard pack leader in terminator armor. The Land Raider Crusader (which defected from the Ultramarines J ) was set up closer to the enemy where its tough hide could resist heavy weapon punishment. All armor was deployed in such a way, so to provide cover to the infantry units that were on foot. They set up as close to the enemy’s forward elements as possible, eager to meet his units in close combat. The wolves chose a tight packed formation since intelligence revealed the opponent lacked ordnance weapons. It was an annihilation scenario of 1750 points with spearhead deployment. The battle was against Ultramarines instead of Imperial Guard that was initially planned. A little late but better late than never! It is a bit long but stay with me for a tale of heroic deeds. So stay in touch!Īs promised here is my first battle report. In order to see the results of the above methods you can check the following posts I made on the blog:įor the third method, you will see the results on a squad of Wolf Guard terminators I am about to finish. All three can be finished with a wash of gryphonne sepia and a light drybrush of golden yellow, in order to achieve a more weathered look. However I cannot say if one is better than the other as the results are similar. In general all three methods give satisfactory results. Furthermore, since you are using a foundation color, the first step of basecoating can be skipped and you can begin with iyanden darksun straight away. The results you get are the same with those in the second method, with a darker tone of yellow. In that method, iyanden darksun from the foundation range of colors is used. The third method differs from the one above, only in the color you use before applying golden yellow.
Finally it comes out slightly darker than the result of the previous method. Furthermore it requires less layers of golden yellow than the previous method. The advantage is that if you paint your minis after you assemble them, you don’t have a problem spraying the whole of them black. You will probably need 4-6 layers for a clean yellow shoulder pad.įirst of all, this method allows you to use black or white as a basecoat. Then start painting golden yellow as described in the first method. For this method however you can start with a basecoat of black.
#Painting 40k drop pod with a brush full#
This method does not require many different colors, so it’s ideal for people that have just got into the hobby and don’t have to spend a fortune on a full paint set.Īgain start with a basecoat of skull white, spray or brush. Be patient and do not despair! Keep on painting and you’ll get it. This method is quite straightforward, but quite nerve-raking as well, because you might reach the 5 th layer of golden yellow and still have shadows. However you must not water it down too much, because it will require many more layers. It is necessary to apply the paint watered down and not straight from the pot, as this would cause it to “build” on the area you are painting. It will probably require about 7-9 layers of golden yellow. Then start applying several thin coats of golden yellow, until the desired effect is achieved. It probably requires 2 coats of your basecoat for a more even coat. This can be from the spray can, or plain skull white with a brush. However I will try to state their pros and cons.
Mind you that I have not decided yet which is the best. From the start of my occupation with Warhammer 40k up to now, I have tried 3 different ways of painting yellow, which I will share with you. Yellow can be a very difficult color to work with, because it requires many layers in order to achieve a solid looking area. As a Space Wolf player I have to deal a lot with painting yellow.
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