The Model Process

Warhammer 40K is one of the hobbies I do when I have time. The process to me is interesting and creative to me as you start with only a few pieces of plastic but at the end of the process, it is a detailed and colorful model.

Plastic bits out of the box

In the beginning, it does not look like much but a bunch of plastic which I then cut each piece out using an X-Acto knife. After all the pieces are cut out and separated I then shave off any extra pieces of plastic that may be hanging off the model piece. The next step is to put all the pieces together using model glue.

Built model spray painted

Preparing to paint

After the glue does its thing I move on to priming the model in a coat of black paint. The reason for this is so the model paint has something to stick to. I use black spray paint as my color scheme is mostly dark colors. After the primer drys, I get the paints I am using for the particular model. I start with a base coat which in this case was another black. I then used a bone color to paint all of the talons and teeth. Next, I use a shade over the body of the model while trying to avoid the bone pieces. Finally I use a dark blue and green for detailing.

Finished Trygon Model

Finally at the end of all the tedious shading and detailing is the finished model. The model is now ready to be used in the tabletop game of Warhammer. This is only a single model while more than one model is needed for play. The process can take a while to finish but it is interesting to see the final results and to use the model in-game.