With the terrain pack being released, I'd like to share this painting tutorial to help you all get your terrain sets painted up and on the pitch. I'll try to go into enough detail of the techniques I use for those of you who are new to terrain painting or model painting in general.

I use Army Painter paints to get the job done along with a few different brushes. Army Painter makes some nice starter brushes that work great for terrain painting. If you don’t have access to those specifically, the brushes you can find at your local hobby or craft store will work well too. You mostly want something with good spring to the bristles. Just avoid cheap water color brushes.

Materials:

Paints:

Oak Brown, Dragon Red, Mummy Robes, Skeleton Bone, Leather Brown, Fur Brown, Dark Stone, Ultramarine Blue, Desert Yellow, Electric Blue, Uniform Grey, Greenskin, Gun Metal, Plate Mail Metal, Strong Tone Wash, and Soft Tone Wash.

Other tools:

Decent small brush, medium sized dry brush, small dry brush, black primer, white primer, glue PVA or wood glue, static grass, and gloss medium.

I will give an overview of how to paint a few of the pieces in this set in a timely fashion that will still have them looking great on your pitch. The techniques demonstrated can be applied to the other pieces that come in this set.

Prime and Base Wash:

Step 1: Prime the set with black primer and then highlight it with zenithal white spray paint. I use Duplicolor White Enamel because it goes on nice and light with minimal speckling. When zenith priming, hold the can at a 45-degree angle from the piece and do wide slow passes over it. You're not looking to fully cover the piece, only to hit the raised portion of the piece, simulating light hitting the piece. This will give you a good starting base for shadows and highlights and it works well for painting stone textures.