So this is my first blog post in a while and I’ll be dedicating it (and the next few) to painting up your Dreadfleet box set from Games Workshop. The box set is beautifully done with great miniatures and terrain.
All the ships and terrain assemble easily (I’ve left the sails off for painting…FYI) with minimal issues and clean up. Take not, for different items, I’ve used different spray primer. Most items have been primed black.
Exceptions:
Grey Prime: Seadrake, Shadewraith & Skabrus
Tan Primer: Sails for Flaming Scimitar, Sails for Seadrake, Measuring sticks
ISLANDS
- Islands Rocks: Each successive layer users less and less paint culiminating with a touch of paint on the top
- Black Primer Base
- Dry Brush Chardin Granite
- Dry Brush Mix Chardin Granite:Codex Grey 50:50
- Dry Brush Codex Grey
- Dry Brush Codex Grey:Astronomicon Grey 50:50
- Dry Brush Astronomicon Grey
- Skull Eyes: Painted in layers, making smaller dots as you get lighter in color
- Royal Blue
- Ultramarines Blue
- Enchanted Blue
- Ice Blue
- Buildings
- Dark Flesh Base Coat
- Drybrush w/ Bronze Flesh
- Wash with Devlan Mud
- Washed up Wood (boat parts) – layerd
- Base Coat Scorched Brown
- Layer Graveyard Earth
- Layer on tips/edges Kommando Khaki
- Turtle Bones
- Base of Snakebite Leather
- Layer Snakebite Leather and Kommando Khaki
- Layer of Bleached Bone
- Lava
- Base Coat of Red Gore
- Dots of Blood red:Blazing Orange 50:50 in middle of puddles
- Dots of Sunburst Yellow inside of last mix
- Dots of Sunburst yellow:White inside of previous.
- Drybrush of Chaos Black over the top “lava waves”
- Stains: applied to base of rocks and in the crevices.
- Thraka Green lightened w/ Glaze medium
- Thraka Green mixed w/ Gryphonne sepia w/ Glaze medium
- Gryphonne sepia w/ Glaze medium
Water & Gauges
- Water
- Base Coat Reaper MSP Deep Ocean
- Drybrush Reaper MSP Marine Teal
- Drybrush Reaoer MSP Surf Aqua
- Drybrush Privateer Press Frostbite
- Glaze of thrakka green w/ glaze medium in spots
- Gauge Bronze
- Same series as water above for the blues
- Base coat Brassy Brass
- Wash Devlan Mud
- Highlight w/ Drybrush Shining Gold
- Skeletons
- Base Reaper MSP Aged Bone
- Devlan Mud wash
- Drybrush Aged bone
- Drybrush white
- Vortex Skull
- Base: Liche Purple
- Highlight warlock Purple
- Highlight Warlock purple:Vallejo squid pink
- Highlight squid pink
Castle IslandCorpseface CliffRocky Isle 1&2Volcano
Leviathan Island
Vortex Marker
Wind GuageShip's Wheel
Water for Base
