Vlad's 20 Minute Beastmen Paint Guide - Fellgor Ravagers Build Feature
Vlad's 20 Minute Beastmen
Warhammer 40,000 Kill Team - Fellgor Ravagers - Paint Guide
Vlad wanted these Fellgor Ravagers (now being released as a 40k kit) done as fast as possible while still maintaining a level of quality. The solution: zenithal highlighting with contrast paints. A simple contrast paint over a light colour will give you a solid tabletop-ready result - but the zenithal does a lot of heavy lifting in taking the minis to the next level without adding hours of painting time per model.
The Zenithal Technique
Prime the model black all over, then spray white primer from directly above - straight down, as if from the sun at noon. The black stays in the recesses, the white catches all the raised surfaces and top planes. When contrast paints are applied over this, they pool dark in the shadows and stay lighter on the highlights automatically. The zenithal does the shading work so you don't have to.
Vlad's Fellgor Ravagers - all four, front pose.
Alternate formation
Rear
Side profile left
Side profile right
How Vlad Painted Them
Full step-by-step breakdown. All products in stock at Wheels and Wings.
Black All Over, White from Above
Guilliman Flesh Contrast
Ratling Grime then Gore-Grunta Fur Over Top
Stonewall Grey Washed with Gore-Grunta Fur
Snakebite Leather Contrast
Flesh Tearers Red Contrast
Leadbelcher and Balthasar Gold
Agrax Earthshade Over Everything
A full coverage wash of Agrax Earthshade over the completed model to unify the palette and push depth into the recesses - the final step that ties everything together.
The Finished Squad
Four Fellgor Ravagers. Tabletop quality. Twenty minutes each.
Front
Alternate formation
Side profile left
Rear
All paints used in this guide are in stock at Wheels and Wings Hobbies in Toronto, available online with Canada-wide shipping.
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