Paint Station

Lamenters are hard to paint, they have a ridiculous chapter symbol and yellow is a tough colour to go on. However because of this even if you don't do a fantastic job, your models will stand out. Now I'm by no means a pro painter,and pretty much every other blog shows you how to paint fantastic though complicated models, I have taken it upon myself to present a simple guide to painting our boys in yellow.

Now like most marine armies, its a three step process, undercoat, armour and detail. This is a pretty fool proof method, I do however like to paint some detail over the overcoat before the armour, I just think its a little easier to go back and repaint detail than mess up armour and have to redo that.

At stage one, the model has been painted in Chaos Black with a Bolter painted in Chainmail, Ive picked out some chest detail with Skull White and used Blood Red for the Bolter scope and the distinctive red knee pad.

I have used Iyanden Yellow foundation paint for a rough paint of the armour, because yellow is a tricky colour I tend to do a scruffy paint first (as you can quite clearly see) before I go back later and neaten the piece up. On a side note, you need to regularly clean your brush between each model, Citadel Foundation paints enjoy drying and gumming up brushes quickly.

And with a little Skull White for the Shoulder pad and trims we are there, all that remains is a last little neatening up and any superfluous detail, skulls, Laural and what have you. Once based and in ranks, these form an imposing force and look the part on the battlefield.

And remember, tournament standard requires three colours only. Never feel pressured into perfect models