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Wheels and Wings Hobbies - Miniature Paint Guide - Canada Day 2026 Kyle's "Royal" Marines Warhammer 40,000 - Custom Conversion - Canada Day 2026 Canada Day 2026 In celebration of Canada Day 2026, Kyle brings us his "Royal" Marines - Primaris Space Marines reimagined as Napoleonic-era British infantry, inspired by the War of 1812. The red coats are line infantry. The green are riflemen of the 95th Rifles, made famous by the Sharpe TV series that ran from 1993 to 2008. A heavy Nuln Oil pass ov …

Wheels and Wings Hobbies - Miniature Paint Guide Kyle's Chaos Marines - Slaves to Darkness Warhammer 40,000 - Chaos Space Marines - Paint Guide Chaos Space Marines Kyle took inspiration from the aesthetic of the Age of Sigmar Slaves to Darkness faction for this squad - a classic, simple to execute look that's hard not to admire. Dark iron metal armour, tinny tin trim, and a deliberately unsettling collection of horns, skulls, and glowing eyes. Let's jump into it. Built from the Chaos Legiona …

Wheels and Wings Hobbies - Miniature Paint Guide Kyle's Grimdark Space Wolves Paint Guide Warhammer 40,000 - Space Wolves - Paint Guide ⚔ Space Wolves One of the most popular Space Marine chapters - their heavy Viking-inspired aesthetic gives the painter a lot of room to work with. Kyle painted his Space Wolves in their standard colours, but with no chapter decals on hand, all shoulder iconography was freehanded using straight-line Viking inspired designs. The result is more characterful tha …

Wheels and Wings Hobbies - Miniature Paint Guide Kyle's Custom Chapter: The Decimators Warhammer 40,000 - Custom Chapter - Paint Guide ⚔ The Decimators Kyle's homebrew chapter - a lost Blood Angels successor with their own identity, scheme, and lore. The inspiration was simple: wanting to paint red without painting Blood Angels. A slightly shifted scheme and a custom chapter badge change everything. The Decimators chapter badge combines a standard white skull decal with a Roman numeral "X" p …

Wheels & Wings Hobbies · Miniature Paint Guide Kyle's Dark Angels Veteran — Kitbash Build Feature Warhammer 40,000 · Dark Angels · Paint Guide ⚔ Dark Angels This is the quintessential Dark Angel - the one you picture when the chapter comes to mind. Deep black-green armour, red accents, purity seals, and the kind of weathered gravitas that the chapter demands. Kyle built this as a kitbash from three kits to get exactly the right silhouette and stance. Kit source …

Wheels & Wings Hobbies · Miniature Paint Guide Kyle's Captain in Terminator Armour — Armageddon Pre-Order Launch Warhammer 40,000 · Ultramarines · Paint Guide ⚔ Ultramarines To commemorate the pre-order launch of Warhammer 40,000 11th Edition Armageddon, we're showcasing one of the launch miniatures from the Leviathan 10th Edition box - the Ultramarine Captain in Terminator Armour. A model that rewards careful painting, from the crux terminatus on the shoulde …

Wheels & Wings Hobbies · Miniature Paint Guide Kyle's Crimson Fists — Ready for Armageddon Warhammer 40,000 · Crimson Fists · Paint Guide ⚔ Crimson Fists To prepare you for Warhammer 40,000 11th Edition, we're covering one of the chapters that doesn't get nearly enough attention - the Crimson Fists. With a confirmed role in the Armageddon conflict and their own decal sheet included in the upcoming Armageddon launch box, now is the perfect time to get them on …

Wheels & Wings Hobbies · Miniature Paint Guide Kyle's Classic Ultramarine — A Blast from the Past Warhammer 40,000 · Ultramarines · Paint Guide ⚔ Ultramarines A blast from the past. Kyle's classic Ultramarine is painted in the style of the 1990s and early 2000s - that iconic blue, yellow, and red combination that greeted a generation of hobbyists walking into a Games Workshop for the first time. Just seeing this scheme brings it all back. This is a push-fit A …

Wheels & Wings Hobbies · Warhammer Warhammer 40,000: Armageddon - Full Contents, Release Date & Canadian Pricing 11th Edition Launch Box · Updated June 06 2026 Games Workshop confirmed 11th Edition Warhammer 40,000 at Adepticon 2026, and the launch box is called Armageddon. Blood Angels and allied Space Marine Chapters against a full Ork horde, set on one of the most iconic battlegrounds in the hobby's history. GW is calling it the biggest starter set they've ever made …

Wheels & Wings Hobbies · Miniature Paint Guide Kyle's Grim Dark Blood Angels Heavy Intercessor Warhammer 40,000 · Blood Angels · Paint Guide ⚔ Blood Angels Kyle's goal for this build was a maximum grim dark look — little to no highlighting, no wash, and a deliberately hand-crafted transition from dark to light across each armour panel. Rather than relying on washes to do the work, the depth here comes from concentrating lighter colour toward the panel centres …

Wheels & Wings Hobbies · Miniature Paint Guide Kyle's Lemon Imperial Fists — Heavy Intercessors Paint Guide Warhammer 40,000 · Imperial Fists · Full Paint Guide ⚔ Imperial Fists Kyle's take on the Imperial Fists in a clean, saturated yellow - Moon Yellow over white primer, desaturated with a Corax White mix on the edge highlights, and washed down with Tamiya black enamel panel liner. Red trim, freehand chapter symbol on the backpack, and Horus Heresy decals s …

Wheels & Wings Hobbies · Miniature Paint Guide Kyle Builds a Space Marine 2 Heavy Las Intercessor Conversion Warhammer 40,000 · Custom Conversion · Full Build & Paint Guide ⚔ Custom Conversion Space Marine 2 was the inspiration for this one-off custom Heavy Las Intercessor. The las-gun is sourced from the Eliminators kit and heavily modified away from its sniper configuration - Kyle wanted the shorter, heavier rifle look from the game rather than a sniper barre …

Wheels & Wings Hobbies · Miniature Paint Guide Kyle Builds the Necropolis Hawks Heavy Intercessors Warhammer 40,000 · Space Marines · Full Paint Guide ⚔ Space Marines Heretical, Kyle knows - but sometimes the same blue Space Marines can get a little boring. He grabbed some of his favourite Heavy Intercessors and finished them in the very striking colours of the Necropolis Hawks, gene-successors to the Raven Guard. The minis were sprayed white first, with the rest …

Wheels & Wings Hobbies · Miniature Paint Guide Kyle Builds the Tyranid Prime: The Velobsteraptor Warhammer 40,000 · Tyranid Prime with Lash Whip · Full Paint Guide Tyranids Once, when Kyle was trying to describe Tyranids to a non-Warhammer person, he compared them to an unholy amalgamation of a lobster and a velociraptor. Thus was born the Velobsteraptor. Wanting to do something other than the usual Tyranid colour schemes, Kyle ran with the lobster theme and built …

Wheels & Wings Hobbies · Miniature Paint Guide Vlad's Kravek Morne Full Paint Guide · Warhammer 40,000 · May 2026 ⚙ Warhammer 40,000 Vlad's full recipe for Kravek Morne, dark aluminium armour with elaborate bronze chain and trim, black panels with a cold blue highlight ramp, hazard stripe yellow panels, and a muddy industrial base. A striking scheme built around metallic contrasts and sharp edge highlighting. All products below are in stock at Wheels & Win …