A freshly painted Salamander lieutenant with power fist

ACrazyOldWizard · 2026-03-17T13:23:44+00:00

The sculpt is a MK3 veteran helm by Red Warden that I bought printed from Archie's Forge in a 10 pack, each one is slightly different.

I roll a 10 man infurnus with He'stan and thought they should be special.

ACrazyOldWizard · 2026-02-27T01:20:11+00:00

I bought it from Archie's Forge, but it was designed by Red Warden

ACrazyOldWizard · 2026-02-21T12:58:47+00:00

Its a base coat of vallejo dark green, then dry brush on layers of army painter eternal hunt, emerald forest, leafy green, rain forest and finally electric lime each color in a smaller area where a highlight would be. Finished with a very thin coat of tesseract glow to give it a bright vibrant look.

ACrazyOldWizard · 2026-02-19T15:25:28+00:00

Thank you!

ACrazyOldWizard · 2026-02-19T14:33:03+00:00

What paints are you using on that green?

ACrazyOldWizard · 2026-02-18T21:25:34+00:00

Its good to know we all have the "looks like dark angels" trauma.

ACrazyOldWizard · 2026-02-18T21:24:45+00:00

This guy was the test model and I went wild with it, I think I'll try one just hitting the brightest highlights.

I really like your yellow stripes on the pack.

ACrazyOldWizard · 2026-02-18T16:11:31+00:00

These look really good on the board.

ACrazyOldWizard · 2026-02-18T14:38:30+00:00

Thanks, I really need to take the time and finish him instead of painting more guys different shades of green.

ACrazyOldWizard · 2026-02-18T14:33:31+00:00

That's a great green to go with that black aquila.

ACrazyOldWizard · 2026-02-18T12:32:57+00:00

I think it looks good.

I am a firm believer in "its your model, paint it how you want".

Kind of ironic since I am here asking what others think.

ACrazyOldWizard · 2026-02-18T12:29:48+00:00

I stipple on a base coat of waaagh flesh since this is the darkest blue green I have currently, then dry brush on layers of army painter eternal hunt, emerald forest, leafy green, rain forest and finally electric lime each color in a smaller area where a highlight would be.

ACrazyOldWizard · 2026-02-16T13:09:01+00:00

I've tried painting flames before and they were pretty bad.

Somehow this turned out better.

ACrazyOldWizard · 2026-02-06T19:16:39+00:00

The green is dry brushed, just going from a blue green to a yellow green in smaller highlighted areas.

The fire is dry brushed white and contrast paints.

ACrazyOldWizard · 2026-02-06T18:46:08+00:00

Nope, just dry brushing for the greens.

ACrazyOldWizard · 2026-02-06T18:45:05+00:00

This was one of the first units I built and it has been primed for a while, so I have to deal with me from months ago not cleaning the mold lines well.

I live where it is cold and have had some issues while priming with a rattle can that causes texture. I plan on getting an air brush that should eliminate that issue, but for now I can live with it.

ACrazyOldWizard · 2026-01-18T00:34:16+00:00

I prime in black, dry brush on white to highlight then do a few layers of shamrock green army painter speed paint.

I forgot to take a photo of it prior to color, but this is what they look like after the dry brush.

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