Warhammer 40,000 - Space Marines

Space Marines

Getting Started with Space Marines

Space Marine Miniatures

Gaming
- Deathwatch Rules
- Tactica: Land Speeder

There are many, many ways to paint a Space Marine. You can paint them according to a specific Chapter or make a colour scheme up on your own! Here we'll learn how a Space Wolf can be painted using 17 colours. Once your model has an undercoat, painting can begin. Follow the detailed instructions and check out the stage by stage images as you paint your model for reference. Don't fret if the model doesn't come out picture perfect in the end, painting takes time and practice to master. Just do the best you can each time and be open to learning new techniques from others. Before you know it, you'll be quite an accomplished painter with models you'll be proud to game with!

WE USED THE FOLLOWING CITADEL PAINTS:

Shadow
Grey

Bronzed
Flesh

Sp. Wolf
Grey

Bestial
Brown

Chaos
Black

Codex
Grey

Brazen
Brass

Dk. Angel
Green

Red
Gore

Skull
White

Boltgun
Metal

Bleached
Bone

Burnished
Gold

Shining
Gold

Snot
Green

Bubonic
Brown

Blood
Red

After undercoating the model Skull White, all power armour is given a basecoat of Shadow Grey and the face is painted Bronzed Flesh.

The face is given a wash of Bestial Brown with Varnish added to the paint in order to break the surface tension. A slightly thinned mix of 70/30 Shadow Grey and Space Wolf Grey was carefully painted onto the edges of the armour. Try to ensure that the lines are of the same size and wide enough to allow you to paint on narrower lines in the next step. All other areas were painted Chaos Black.

A slightly thinned mix of 50/50 Shadow Grey and Space Wolf Grey is carefully painted onto the edges of the power armour for the final highlight. The gun casing, hair, and wolf heads on the backpack are highlighted with a mix of Chaos Black and Codex Grey. The face is now given a highlight of Bronzed Flesh. The chest eagle and wolf icon on the gun casing are painted Brazen Brass. The purity seal is painted with Dark Angel Green. The parchment of the purity seal, all dangling teeth, and the skull on the shoulder pad are painted Bestial Brown. Any rune stones can be painted with Red Gore. Your model is certainly suitable for gaming at this point!

More Codex Grey is added to Chaos Black for the final highlight on the gun casing, hair, and wolf heads on the backpack. The face is given a highlight of Bronzed Flesh mixed with Skull White. The chest eagle and wolf icon on the gun casing are highlighted with Shining Gold. The purity seal is highlighted with Snot Green and Dark Angel Green. The parchment of the purity seal, all dangling teeth and the skull on the shoulder pad are highlighted with Bubonic Brown. Any rune stones should be highlighted with Blood Red.

A final highlight of Burnished Gold is used on the chest eagle and wolf icon of the gun casing. Use Bleached Bone as the final highlight on the parchment of the purity seal, all dangling teeth and the skull on the shoulder pad. The eyes and teeth were finished with Chaos Black and Skull White along with a steady hand! Shadow Grey is very steadily painted onto all the soft ridges in between the armour plates. Finally Boltgun Metal is painted onto all the metal areas of the boltgun.

Don't like Space Wolves? Check out our guides for painting Ultramarines, Dark Angels, and Blood Angels!

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Armies of the Warhammer 40,000 Universe
Black Templars	Dark Angels	Orks
Catachans	Dark Eldar	Space Marines
Chapter Approved	Eldar	Tau
Chaos Space Marines	Imperial Guard	Tyranids
Daemonhunters	Necrons	Witch Hunters