Beasts of Chaos
Who are the Beasts of Chaos?
Getting Started with Beasts of Chaos
Beasts of Chaos Miniatures

Gaming
- The Core Army
- Path to Glory
- Sample Army: 1-2-3-4
- "The Challenge"
- Destroy the Herdstone
- The Sacking of Reinhold
- Raid on Lachenbad
- The Gibbet Tree
- The Chaos Heart

Painting and Modeling
- Painting Basic Beastmen
- In depth Painting Beastmen
- Beastmen Plastics
Scenery and Terrain
- Chaotic Trees
- Herdstone
- Ruined Farm

Beasts of Chaos Extras
- Designer's Notes
- Desktops
- Concept Art
- Fallen Giant Template
- Banners

RESOURCES
ARMIES

 

 

Painting Beastmen generally involves a lot of the colour brown, so get comfortable with it. The good news is that browns are easy to work with! Now that your models have a basecoat, painting can begin. Below you will find a simple-but-effective colour scheme using only 10 colours. Follow the detailed instructions and check out the stage-by-stage images for reference as you paint your models. 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:
Chaos
Black
Scorched
Brown
Dark
Flesh
Bestial
Brown
Bubonic
Brown
Bleached
Bone
Blood
Red
Boltgun
Metal
Chestnut
Ink
Black
Ink
1 Start things off by drybrushing the model's fur with Bestial Brown. Drybrushing first makes sense, because you'll inevitably get brown all over the place as you drybrush! Now paint all the flesh with Scorched Brown. Leave recessed areas of black paint visible while painting the flesh, especially on the arms and abdomen. Once the flesh has its basecoat, carefully stripe the model's horns with Scorched Brown as opposed to painting them all one colour. This step gives your paint scheme more depth. The model's base is then heavily drybrushed Scorched Brown.
2 Start to highlight all the skin with slightly watered-down Dark Flesh. Paint over most of the Scorched Brown skin areas that you painted previously, but not completely. Paint the raised and central areas of the flesh but leave the edges and recesses Scorched Brown. Open up some Boltgun Metal and begin painting the weapons, gauntlets, chainmail, and anything else metallic on the model. Water the Boltgun Metal down a tiny bit so that it flows from your brush smoothly. The model's base is again heavily drybrushed but with Dark Flesh instead.
3

Grab Bestial Brown once more and paint the weapon hafts. If wood grain is visible, carefully drybrush this area and you'll find that the grain picks up the paint rather nicely. Pick out the model's teeth and necklace string with Bestial Brown along with the hanging trinkets found around the waist. The weapon handle wrappings were picked out with a steady hand and Bubonic Brown. Continue the base's progress by drybrushing it with Bestial Brown.

4

Time to finish the flesh and fur. Carefully drybrush small areas of the model's fur with Bubonic Brown. Use a small drybrush and be careful not to get paint on other areas of the model. Highlight the skin in a limited fashion, but use a watered-down mix of Dark Flesh and a drop or two of Blood Red. Pay special attention to the face while highlighting. Continue using Blood Red and paint the model's tabard with downward strokes that leave recessed areas black. Add the model's eyes with two dabs of Blood Red from a trustworthy fine detail brush. Pick the beads on the dangling trinkets out with Blood Red and paint the waist belt with Scorched Brown. Lightly drybrush the model's base in spots with Bubonic Brown. Finish the forth step by first spreading watered-down Chestnut Ink and then a tiny bit of watered-down Black Ink on the Boltgun Metal areas. Don't over ink an area, or it'll run all over the place! Always try and do inks last because they need time to dry.

5 Almost done! Use Bleached Bone to paint the model's hooves and carefully pick out the teeth. Now, paint any tooth trinkets or necklaces with Bleached Bone. Very lightly drybrush the weapon haft's wood grain with this colour and then paint the handle wrappings. Going back to the model's horns, use Bestial Brown to apply rings to the areas you painted Scorched Brown from Step 1. Finish the base with a light drybrushing of Bleached Bone in a few spots and paint the flat base edges Scorched Brown. Relax, sit back, and admire your work!

Now that your models are painted, it's time to test them in battle!

Next: Your first battle!