BOLT ACTION SPRAYS Tutorial

Warlord staff member Darren Evans was keen to try out the new Bolt Action spray paints,
so we asked him to do a quick step-by-step guide. Over to Daz

Stage 1: With my models assembled, cleaned and based, I kept the can (after a bit of
vigorous shaking mind you) the obligatory 20cms from the model (I did, giddy with power,
creep up to 15cms for the sheer hell of it!). I used British Uniform Brown for my plucky
British infantry and German Field Grey for my Wehrmacht models. I must say the
coverage on just one pass was great some sprays on the market put out a lot of colour
but miss the more off-centre bits.

Stage 2: After the models were dry, I used a fairly large brush and some Warpaints dark
tone ink to liberally coat the figures ( you can see that this makes the uniform folds look
great and starts to create a highlighted
effect).
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Stage 3: The next thing I did was to

block in the other solid colours on
things like ancillary pouches, webbing,
putties boots, flesh, etc. I kept the
palette fairly modest my idea was to
buy, build, paint and play!

For the rifle furniture (stock etc) I used

Oak brown and Vellejo Gunmetal grey
for the metal bits.

British webbing and putties were

coated with Vellejo 821 German
Camouflage Beige, while extra pouches
were picked out in 882 Middlestone.
The Germans were a tad easier as they
were mostly black the exceptions
being putties in 989 Sky Grey and
pouches in 882 Middlestone.
For both forces the skin was painted
with a base of 928 light flesh, and the
boots in black.
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Stage 4: If youre like me you might

like to add an extra layer of detail
such as on the German collars and
shoulder boards. You can pick out the
white infantry piping and create
highlights by running a thin line of the
base colours over raised sun-facing
areas. The blacks can be brought out
by a light drybrush of 989 Sky Grey
mixed with a little black. Base them
up with some sand an static grass
and hey presto you are ready to give
your opponent a damn good
thrashing should the dice be on
your side!