Painting Fur

[Messanger of Death]

Hello fellow loyalist,

I am curious as to some of the recipes for fur as I've seen some rather awesome models painted by Space Wolf players (specifically grey/white). I ask this as one of my Black Templars has a minor conversion with the fur 'loin cloth' from the space wolf sprue.

 

Cheers, Messanger

 

N.B. athought I think the white/grey look would best match the black of my Templars, if anyone things a brown would look better then I am open to suggestions.

[Yeti]

Generally speaking, painting fur is very simple.

 

For a black look, paint black and drybrush with Codex Grey or the new Foundation Grey (???) since it's a little darker I think.

 

Another option it to paint in grey and apply a fairly heavy layer of black wash.

[Messanger of Death]

Thanks for the fast reply Yeti but I'm more after a lighter tone such as white or grey, maybe even a grey or brown with white tips like I have seen done by some Space Wolf players. Darker colours wouldnt look so good on the black armour generally.

 

Cheers, Messanger

 

N.B. I have shadow grey, codex grey, fortress grey, bleached bone and skull white, as well as a variety of browns (though I dont have any non-citadel paints and no foundation paints or washes).

[Yeti]

Well, the grey w/ black wash will give you a lighter tone, especially if you go with Fortress grey and the black wash. You can redo a drybrush with fortress to lighten it if the wash is too heavy.

 

For the browns ... start with a snakebite leather or vermin brown, and work up to a bleached bone. Inking with a diluted chestnut ink or a sepia wash (I think it's the chestnus replacement in the new range... ) to give it depth will look good too.

[Messanger of Death]

Thanks again Yeti. I'll give the grey w/ black wash a try and use fortress grey and maybe a touch of white to give it a lighter tone.

 

Messanger

[WG Vrox]

yep, do all that then just dry brush a few layers of white until you get the look you want. Make sure the brush is very dry as its real easy for white to fill up them tiny holes. Thats how I did these wolves and I think its what you rafter.

 

WG Vrox.

 

http://i435.photobucket.com/albums/qq71/WG_Vrox/Omegawolfa.jpg

[Vassakov]

My White Pelts are done as a base of Fortress grey, drybrushed with Skull White, washed with black and then re drybrushed with White.

 

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii189/vassakov/Pelt.jpg

 

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii189/vassakov/Pelt2.jpg

[Growler67]

If you are set on a lighter pelt, just thin the black wash some until you get what you like. Don't worry if you go too far, you can just apply more after the first coat dries until you get what you are looking for.

[stinkenheim]

for the brown pelts i use on my wolves (fairly sure some of you have noticed the pics) i start with black-scorched brown-bestial brown-snakebite leather-desert yellow-bleachd bone.make sure theat you blend tem slightly (easiest way is to apply the next colour whilst the previous is still wet, don't worry about being neat the next layer will cover it).

once the paint is dry begin drybrusing starting with scorchd brown-bstial brown-snakebite- desert yellow-bleached bon and finally white with eah drybrush going into the previous basecoat... finallya little wah of gryphonne sepia will tie it down nicely.

 

hopefully you guys get what i mean... if you want i'll post pics.

 

as for the 'white' fur, i'd start with desert yellow-kommando khaki-bleached bone-white cos it'll give you a light colour but wont be as stark as pure white and imo would look a bit more natural.

 

and finally grey... i'd go with black-adeptus battlegrey-codex grey-fortress grey and when drybrushing add some white over the fortress... wouldn't wash tis one with gryphonne sepia though... don't know how that'd look.

[Combat_Vet]

Greets,

 

If the black is too much of a contrast, try this:

 

1) paint the fur shadow grey

2) dry brush codex grey

3) dry brush 50/50 space wolves grey and skull white

 

http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w291/meadows88/P1010869.jpg

 

P.S. - don't go so heavy on the final stage, like I did :)

 

Better days,

[Doc Faolan]

If you want the very light grey effect in the end, I'd use the Adeptus battlegrey, lightly drybrushing over Vallejo Sky Grey (it's fairly light, like old dry ash), and then lightly washing with dark grey (or badab black mixed with some really thinned out white).

 

Then check and see if you like the result, if you've washed too much on for your tastes, simply re-drybrush lightly and it should do the trick.

 

If at any stage you like how it looks already, skip the later stages :tu: