Rogue Trader Friday: Chaplain

Posted by Bryan


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One of the things I've always loved about Space Marines is the Chaplain character. Battle priests smashing heads with rosary beads and Imperial "crucifixes".

Being an altar boy as a young lad, I always wondered if it came down to brass tacks and the galaxy was in flames, could Fr. Steve be counted on to lead us to victory against an alien horde?

Probably not.

As a complement to Rogue Trader Fridays here at From the Warp, I have some Rogue Trader modeling going on over at my blog, Imperial Painting Table. This week, Space Marine Chaplains.

- Bryan

Forge World Brass etching and a drop pod

Posted by Ron


So apparently, it's pretty easy to use the fancy brass etchings from Forge World. I recently picked up a drop pod commission (for a Deathwatch squad) and adding the Forge World Inquisition etchings was a breeze.

All I used was my trusty X-Acto blade to cut them from the sheet and then trim away the last little bit of excess along the edge and I was good to go.

A word of caution though, these things are tiny and can be difficult to handle and glue into place. I used the tiniest amount of superglue and it was more than enough for these... use too much and it will spill out from behind the edges and make everything a mess.



I added a seal to the outside of each door and then a smaller one on the inside as well. I needed to use a small piece of plasticard to cover an opening in the back wall of the pod (it's the old FW resin drop pod and it came from ebay already assembled). Once painted though, you'll never know these were added after the fact.

It's amazing the amount of detail in these things.
Now I just need to figure out a suitable paint scheme for this model.

- Ron

Painting Raven Guard muted pale skin

Posted by Ron


I got a couple requests for "how" i painted the pale skin on the Raven Guard guys I've been working on lately. It's real simple and if you take your time and work in the details of the face and blend your highlights, the results are better than tabletop.


It's just one color (a light, cool grey) and two washes, Ogryn Flesh and Devlan Mud. Here's the process.


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1. Prime. I did this one in black like I did the others for consistency.
2. Basecoat with the light grey. You want a nice, smooth and consistent finish with this coat.
3. Liberal wash with undiluted Ogryn Flesh over the face.
4. Go back with the grey and pick out the raised areas of the face.
5. Slightly thinned (50/50) wash with Devlan Mud over the face.
6. Go back with the grey and pick out the highlights.

That's it.
Like I said, if you've got a good, smooth basecoat and you take your time working with the grey, you'll have some really nice transitions on the face and plenty of detail.

When I'm working with the grey, I thin it down ever so slightly so that it takes two coats to get it back to pure grey when I paint over another color. Make sure your final highights are that pure grey too.

- Ron