Learn how to paint your Space Wolves’ fur and armor with this awesome Ragnar tutorial from Wyatt at Jack of Clubs Painting.
Jack of Clubs Painting is a regular here and normally shows us how to fully paint our favorite models. This time though, he’s giving us some advice on Space Wolves’ armor and even some fur to go with it. He focuses on getting it airbrushed and ready for detail work. Watch the video for all the insights, or check out our notes for the step by step. Let’s dive into it!
Painting Fur & Space Wolves Armor: Ragnar Tutorial
Poor old Ragnar seems to have lost his head! Let’s see how Wyatt turns this from plain to amazing.
Base Coating
With the model primed black, apply a solid base coat of Pro Acryl Dark Grey Blue with the airbrush. The next color is Pro Acryl Faded Ultramarine and this will be used to highlight the armor at high angles, again with the airbrush.
Add in some Pro Acryl Light Neutral Grey to the mix to get a very light blue and do a final highlight. Trying to hit the centerline to pop the blues out.
Painting the Head
Prime it with the Synylrez Red Brown to start. Then get your Pro Acrly Shadow Flesh loaded into the airbrush with plenty of Flow Improver. He focuses on the centerline of the face and feathers the paint out from there. This keeps the shadows intact. Next, he grabs Tan Flesh and hits the face from a top-down center focused attack. And that’s it for now, just two easy steps! He finishes the head in another video.
Painting the Cape
Moving onto the cape, take some Vallejo Heavy Brown and base the entire thing with a brush. Then, using Pro Acryl Olive Flesh, basecoat the fur and leave the edges darker brown.
With the two base coats applied, grab some Pro Acryl Dark Umber and highlight the middle sections of the fur using the airbrush.
Follow that up with any Black right down the middle of the previous brown, but still with the airbrush.
With that, the model is looking sweet and ready for detail work! If you want to hear more of his insights, watch the full video above!
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About Travis Pasch: Travis has been a Warhammer 40k hobbyist since the 1990s, playing the game since Third Edition. Through extensive traveling, he’s seen a lot of the miniatures hobby from across the world, giving him a unique perspective on the latest gaming topics and trends.
Travis’s brother even owns a commission painting studio, where he’s picked up a lot of good advice and techniques for painting Warhammer and tabletop miniatures over the years, as well. Travis joined the Spikey Bits team in 2019 and has been the lead writer since 2020.
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