Pre-Painting Planning

I've spent some days planning on what colours to use with my army. Though I've yet to settle on anything in particular - everything being subject to change when I finally have everything that I need to start painting, I do feel that I really want some parts of my collection to be genuine space wolves, showing their true colours and bearing proper marks.


But before I can start I need to get some items first. I've placed an order for two washes that I'm missing and a new spray-can of black. I noticed that my current/last one had begun to leak. When I tested it the colour didn't give an even look and I felt that it would be a good time to place the order for the colours that I were missing anyways, replacing the base coat in the process; as there's no point in risking future problems that might come with having used a bad primer.

I plan to use a black primer, continuing to apply a base coat, using the equivalent of "gw shadow grey", followed by a two-layer high-lighting consisting of a mix of the "shadow grey" and space wolves grey, finishing with either pure space wolves grey or an additional highlight after that of very thinly painted tinted green or purple to give a more vivid look.

I feel that as I've yet to experiment with painting furs I want to give this some additional attention at the start. I'll probably test around before finding the proper colours for the leather and fur coats. But the different colour-combinations that first comes to mind are brown, black and white - staying true to my idea of keeping it simple and true to the standard theme. One of them being the one illustrated to the left.

But I'm far from sure on whether or not to use the same type of colour-schedule for all units and just keep the special coats for a select few - so I'll probably end up with three - four different units to start with.

The other combinations will probably be some kind of black primer, under a dry-brushed mix of white followed by either a hint of ice blue / hawk turquoise or a streak of silver, finishing the look.

More to come as I make up my mind. Ideas and tips on where to look for inspiration will be greatly appreciated.

- Thanks!