Vlad's completed Kravek Morne.

Airbrush a black primer coat 50/50 with Vallejo Airbrush Thinner for a smooth, even base. Mr. Hobby Mr. Finishing Surfacer 1500 Black is no longer reliably importable into Canada — Vallejo Mecha Black Primer is the recommended in-stock alternative and performs excellently through an airbrush at the same ratio.

Airbrush the entire model with Vallejo Metal Color Dark Aluminum. This establishes the core metallic body colour over the black primer. The black primer showing through recesses at this stage is intentional — it provides natural shadow depth without additional work.

The chain links receive a full five-stage bronze treatment: a mixed base coat, recessed shadows, chunky highlights on the raised link bodies, then two progressive edge highlight passes stepping up through silver to create a worn, polished-metal look.

Chain link detail — five-stage bronze

Chain and trim together

Non-chain bronze trim elements (ornaments, rivets, edging) follow a simpler four-stage approach: a warm Runelord Brass base, Brass Scorpion highlights, a Seraphim Sepia wash to unify and deepen tones, then Ironbreaker for the final crisp edge.

The black armour panels are highlighted using a cold blue ramp — a technique that reads as reflective, high-quality black rather than plain dark grey. Four stages step up through increasingly bright, cool tones: starting with a green-black base through to a near-white cold highlight on the sharpest edges.

Black armour — cold blue highlight ramp visible on panel edges

Black and yellow panels together

The hazard stripes are built up in five stages. The base is laid down over the full panel area first, the black stripe pattern is drawn in freehand and then filled out to final width, then two progressive yellow highlights bring the stripes up to a hot, saturated final tone.

Mix Abteilung Starship Filth oil colour with mineral spirits (Tamiya X-20 enamel thinner works well here) to a thin, flowing wash consistency. Apply across the entire model. Allow approximately one hour for the wash to begin to tack — once it darkens slightly but before it fully cures, use a makeup sponge to wipe the raised panel surfaces clean, leaving the wash collected in recesses and corners.

Apply Vallejo Industrial Thick Mud in varied thicknesses across the base to build realistic terrain texture — don't spread it flat, let it pile and ridge. Once dry, paint the whole base surface with Ratling Grime Contrast, then drybrush lightly with Skavenblight Dinge, and finish with a final highlight drybrush of Stonewall Grey on the highest points.

All paints and supplies used in this guide are in stock at Wheels & Wings Hobbies in Toronto, available online with Canada-wide shipping. Canadian alternatives are noted where original products are no longer importable.