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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 Night Before Armageddon — Kyle's Horus Heresy Salamanders Warhammer: The Horus Heresy · Salamanders · Paint Guide Salamanders To get everyone fired up for launch night, we're covering a Salamanders scheme from Kyle - one of the chapters deeply involved in the Armageddon conflict. There's no better way to count down to a launch than painting the warriors who'll be on the table. This is a Mark VI Horus Heresy Space …

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 · Scale Model Build Feature Kyle Builds the 1/35 StuG III Figure — Living the StuG Life Dragon/Cyber Hobby 9119 · 1/35 Figure · Winter Scheme ⚙ 1/35 Figure The companion figure to Kyle's StuG III Ausf.C build — a 1/35 crewman from the same Dragon/Cyber Hobby kit 9119, painted in a matching winter scheme. The base uses the same Russian mud, splash mud, and snow products as the tank itself, tying the two pieces together without comm …

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 · Paint Reference Citadel Colour Complete Guide — Warhammer Colour Complete colour listing · The Warhammer paint system · Base · Shade · Layer · Dry · Contrast · Technical · Spray · Now branded Warhammer Colour The paint system most Warhammer tutorials are written for Citadel Colour is Games Workshop's own paint range, developed alongside their Warhammer 40,000 and Age of Sigmar miniature …

Wheels & Wings Hobbies · Paint Reference Citadel Technical Paints — Warhammer Colour Complete listing · Texture pastes · Special effects · Mediums & varnishes Specialist effects for the finishing stage Citadel Technical paints are specialist products used at the finishing stage of a model or base — each one does something no standard paint can replicate. The 24 products in this range span four categories: texture pastes for fast, realistic bas …

Wheels & Wings Hobbies · Paint Reference Citadel Spray Primers — Warhammer Colour Complete listing · 400ml aerosol · Primer & base coat in one · Colour-matched to the pot range Primer and base coat in a single pass Citadel Spray cans serve as both primer and base coat simultaneously. They bond to plastic, resin, and metal, provide a tooth for subsequent paint layers to grip, and are colour-matched exactly to their pot equivalents — so you can …

Wheels & Wings Hobbies · Paint Reference Citadel Contrast Paints — Warhammer Colour Complete colour listing · 18ml · Base coat, shade, and layer in one application · Now branded Warhammer Colour Base, shade, and highlight in a single coat Citadel Contrast paints use a high-flow medium that pulls paint into recesses and thins over raised surfaces through capillary action — delivering automatic shading and highlight variation from one application. T …

Wheels & Wings Hobbies · Paint Reference Citadel Dry Paints — Warhammer Colour Complete colour listing · 12ml · Formulated for drybrushing Warhammer miniatures and basing · Now branded Warhammer Colour The fastest highlighting technique for textured surfaces Citadel Dry paints have a thick, paste-like consistency with reduced medium — designed specifically for drybrushing. Load a stiff-bristle drybrush, wipe off nearly all the paint on a tissue un …

Wheels & Wings Hobbies · Paint Reference Citadel Layer Paints — Warhammer Colour Complete colour listing · 12ml water-based acrylic · Highlights & mid-tones for Warhammer miniatures · Now branded Warhammer Colour The largest Citadel range — highlights and colour progression Citadel Layer paints are semi-opaque and formulated for building colour in stages on top of a Base coat and Shade. They are used to highlight raised surfaces — applie …

Wheels & Wings Hobbies · Paint Reference Citadel Shade Paints — Warhammer Colour Complete colour listing · 18ml water-based acrylic wash · Depth and shadow in one coat · Now branded Warhammer Colour The fastest way to add depth to any miniature Citadel Shade paints are thin, flow-enhancing washes formulated to flow into the recesses, panel lines, and surface detail of a miniature. Apply them over a dried Base coat — they do the shading work for yo …

Wheels & Wings Hobbies · Paint Reference Citadel Base Paints — Warhammer Colour Complete colour listing · 12ml water-based acrylic · The foundation of the Citadel system · Now branded Warhammer Colour Step one for every Warhammer paint scheme Citadel Base paints are the starting point for nearly every painting guide written for Warhammer 40,000 and Age of Sigmar. Heavily pigmented and formulated for strong opacity, they establish the main colour of an a …

Wheels & Wings Hobbies · Paint Reference Paint Types for Scale Modelling: Acrylic, Lacquer & Enamel Compared From a Toronto hobby retailer since 1986 · What the labels actually mean · Updated May 2026 There is a conversation we have at our counter several times a week, and it goes something like this: a customer tells us they use acrylic paints, picks up a bottle of Tamiya, and is surprised when we explain that you can thin it with lacquer thinner. "But it's an a …

Wheels & Wings Hobbies · Miniature Painting Guide Vallejo vs Citadel (Warhammer Color): Which Paint Is Better? Miniature painting paint comparison · Prices, quality, and value for Canadian hobbyists · Updated April 2026 Vallejo and Citadel are the two most popular acrylic paint ranges for miniature painting. Both are water-based, both work on plastic and resin miniatures, and both are stocked at Wheels & Wings in Toronto. Choosing between them is one of the first …