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Anyone got any tips for putting my guys in Levi’s? I have some old Goliath models that I am trying to repurpose as Fabius Biles vat born body guards and I think the would look good in jeans.

The last time I did it was years (decades really) ago. Start with a rich indigo blue, and drybrush a lighter blue/white on top, focused on high wear areas. This should give you the lighter wear patches that jeans have.

Now this was much younger me with a limited toolbox of tricks and paints, but I remember being happy with it at the time. Probably have the mini around somewhere.

Yeah I was planning something similar with my Necromunda Goliaths, painting them up as kind of 70s rockers / punks.

Not got round to doing it yet but was planning on a muted mid-blue something like Caledor Sky or Hoeth Blue drybrushed up with grey and white to show wear on the knees etc.

The way I did it was to basecoat in a basic grey, then wash over it with Val intermediate blue. Using a muted blue is the best method, brighter blues just make the denim look strange.

Drybrushing actually works quite well in this context, implying texture that is too small to be represented on the model.

yeah - drybrushing is the way to go for denim.