Chris started by basecoating the model using Mordian Blue. This was applied to all of the armour plates, as well as the helmet and backpack. The rims of the Space Marine's shoulder pads, as well as any other areas that were going to be gold, were painted with a 50/50 mix of Scorched Brown and Shining Gold. Brown leather areas were painted with Scorched Brown, while parchment was painted with Khemri Brown. The Space Marine's eye lenses, as well as the wax on his purity seal and the pipes on the Dreadnought were painted with Scab Red, and the metallic areas (such as the boltgun, grenade, the Dreadnought's multimelta and the armoured flexible ribbing) were painted with Boltgun Metal. Lastly, areas that would later be painted white or stone were basecoated with Codex Grey. Any areas that would be black on the finished model were left unpainted, or touched up with Chaos Black if other colours had strayed onto them.

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The second stage was nice and easy, Chris explained. The models were given two washes. The first was of Gryphonne Sepia and covered the gold and parchment. The second was of Badab Black and covered the rest of the models.

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In the next stage, Chris applied highlights to the models. Once the washes from the previous stage were completely dry, he highlighted the armour with Ultramarines Blue. The gold was highlighted with Shining Gold and the metallic areas were highlighted with Boltgun Metal. The brown was highlighted with Scorched Brown, the parchment with Bleached Bone and the red with Blood Red. The areas that were going to be painted white or stone (like the Tactical marking on the shoulder pad) were painted with Fortress Grey. Lastly, the black areas were highlighted with Adeptus Battlegrey and given another wash of Badab Black.

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Next, Chris added to the first batch of highlights, detailing the models further. The armour was now carefully highlighted with Fortress Grey and the gold with a 50/50 mix of Shining Gold and Chainmail. The brown was highlighted with a 50/50 mix of Scorched Brown and Bleached Bone. The metal was highlighted with Chainmail and the parchment was highlighted with Skull White. The red areas were highlighted with a very fine highlight of Blazing Orange and the white areas were highlighted with Astronomican Grey.

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The fifth and final stage was where Chris applied all of the fine details to the Space Marine and Dreadnought. He weathered the Dreadnought by painting on watered-down Adeptus Battlegrey to areas that were likely to have received battle damage. He then highlighted this with Boltgun Metal. The red areas like eye lenses and pipes were given a final highlight of Vomit Brown. He also created a singed-effect on the barrels of the multi-melta (which is perfect for use on flamers too) by carefully drybrushing a fine coat of Tin Bitz, followed by Chaos Black around the barrels and vent-holes.

For the bases, Chris glued modelling sand to the base with PVA glue and left them to dry. He then painted the sand with Bestial Brown before drybrushing it with Bubonic Brown followed by Bleached Bone. The rims were painted with Graveyard Earth.

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To start the Orks off, Chris made sure that the Chaos Black spray had left a good even coating across the whole model - a great deal of the Ork and Deffkopta would be black on the finished model, so Chris touched up any areas that the spray hadn't fully coated (like between the Ork's legs and the underside of the rotors) with watered down Chaos Black before beginning properly. Chris then basecoated the Ork skin with Goblin Green, painted the leather with Scorched Brown and any red areas using Scab Red. The metallic areas were painted with either Boltgun Metal or Tin Bitz. The fur trim on the Ork pilot's jacket was basecoated with Codex Grey.

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In this stage, Chris washed the entire model, except the Ork skin, using Badab Black. The Ork skin was given a wash of Thrakka Green.

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Once the Badab Black wash had dried, Chris began to apply highlights to the Ork models. The black areas were highlighted using Adeptus Battlegrey and the Ork skin was highlighted with Goblin Green. The brown areas were highlighted using Scorched Brown and the red was done using Blood Red. The fur on the Ork's jacket was highlighted with Fortress Grey. The metal was then highlighted, the silver areas with Boltgun Metal and the rusted metal (which was basecoated using Tin Bitz) with a 50/50 mix of Tin Bitz and Chainmail.

 

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For the fourth stage, Chris increased the highlights on the Orks. The black areas were line-highlighted using Fortress Grey and the Ork skin with Rotting Flesh. The red areas were highlighted with Fiery Orange and the fur with Astronomican Grey. The metallic areas were all highlighted with Chainmail.

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For the final stage Chris added chips and battle damage to the Deffkopta by painting watered down Adeptus Battlegrey onto likely areas and highlighting it with Boltgun Metal. He then created a burned, singed-effect on the exhausts and vents by drybrushing Tin Bitz followed by Chaos Black. Red eyes and piping was given a final highlight of Vomit Brown and the gums in the Orks mouths were painted with Scab Red.

For the bases, Chris glued modelling sand to the base with PVA glue and left them to dry. He then painted the sand with Bestial Brown before drybrushing it with Bubonic Brown followed by Bleached Bone. The rims were painted with Graveyard Earth.

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