The fine folks over at Games Workshop have furnished the store with its own set of terrain!
For those of you who look at Warhammer 40,000, Age of Sigmar or any other minis game and say "I could never do that!" I'm hoping to show you all that with a little bit of effort and some practice you too can have some awesome looking minis for use on your tables (or to battle it out in-store).
I'll be making a series of posts detailing how I've painted up the terrain, and then the Marines and Necrons for in-store armies; I've had some experience painting but I'm very pragmatic and a gamer at heart - you'll see what techniques I use and what paints (all available in-store.)
By the end of it all, you too can see that an effective, "good enough" paint job is achievable, and a great way to start levelling up your skills!
First up:
Here's some of the terrain that we've got, mostly assembled. Gives you a good idea of what we'll have available anyway. It's gorgeously detailed... and a boring, flat grey. I'm going to do these in batches as I try a few different options/painting styles.
Here's our first set we're going to go with; one that's nice and big and chunky, and a couple of smaller options. I've used some masking tape to stick them to my cardboard "tray" to stop them from moving around (hopefully) when I spray them. First off, we're giving them a nice basecoat of Chaos Black to start. And here's what that looks like:
Nice and even, but not really much better than our flat gray. Next up was some White Scar.
Immediately we're seeing much more of that detail in the mini. This is a rough attempt at what's known as a "zenithal" (somewhat simulating the sun at its highest point or zenith). You can see there is darkness in the shadows and its lighter up the top; texture! If I was just painting up some minis for a boardgame, this is often where I would leave it - they're no longer flat gray plastic, but have some nice depth to them. We're definitely not done yet, though!
Final touch from the spray paints is our trusty Leadbelcher. This was a bit of an experiment, but I'm mostly happy with how it turned out!
There's a possibility I may have held back to much on the white... I'll probably play around with going heavier on that, or just completely cutting it out and applying the "zenithal" priming with just the Leadbelcher; remember - they key here is easy and effective!
Here's one final comparison between unpainted and where we got to over an afternoon (probably about 5 minutes total work, and lots of waiting to ensure it was dry!)
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