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Hey everyone I'm looking for some help with ideas for an easy paint style for a relatively new painter to do his Space Wolves. I don't like the bluey grey, I prefer more the 13th company grey or similar.

A word about my current painting methods. I have only really painted a few things more recently my Rohan Army for LOTR and I am working through my space hulk. For the Rohan I used army painter brown spray and then used foundation paints as base coats then washed on top of that, they came out great. For the space hulk I primed red then built up red blood dry brushing then orange and then washed and then did the details.

I'm always looking to learn and improve, but I have to find a balance between consistency and available time and above all having stuff table ready to play!

So for the wolves I want to find a consistent method, that I can cope with. I'm considering army painter grey primer and working up from there. Naturally I won;t rush them, but would be very open to help and suggestions from the community.

Thanks

For my Space Wolves I've gone for a darker approach, basecoat of Charadon Granite over a black primer then work up my highlights by adding in Codex Grey.

I think you would get a good effect using the same method you used for your space hulk marines (using grey rather than red though, obv. ). If that style of painting works for you, keep using it.

It should be relatively easy to adjust the shade of grey you get in the end by simply using black wash. Use it straight from the pot and in large quantities to get a nice dark grey finish, then pick out a few brighter highlights when the wash has dried.

If time is a major constraint but you want to try a different method, pick one model and have a go at blending rather than dry brushing:

Start with a coat of chaos black, then block in all the armour with your preferred tone of grey. give it a thin wash of black, then build up your highlights by adding a little white at a time to your base colour and painting it onto the raised surfaces of the armour. Give the model another thin wash of black to help smooth the blending, pick out the details and you're done!

Painting this way does take more time (I use this method and can happily spend 20 hours painting 5 basic troops) and will look similar to dry brushing at a distance but will look alot better close up.

Great advice thanks. I'll try the drybrushing and have a go at the blending too as it's something I have been considering.

I guess I am not in a particular hurry, I just want to enjoy both sides of the hobby, if you know what I mean?

I would suggest not drybrushing. If you want to make a really good looking army to play with on the tabletop, drybrushing is rarely the best method to use. I would layer/blend them, in the end they'll look better.

For your colours, I would consider a midtone; if not the blue grey; how about a much darker tone? Codex grey with a touch of shadow grey or space wolf grey perhaps?

Kuffy