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How to Paint – Renedra Outbuilding

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Wattle & Daub Outbuilding from Renedra

Returning to my occasional series of How to Paint, I’ve picked something a little different.

Renedra are a foundation of the UK lead belt – based in Cambridgeshire … not everything makes sense! But they have been around for a long time and are known for their bases and scenery.

Whilst purchasing the basing equipment for my Blood Angels from the ever reliable Firestorm Games, I picked up their Outbuilding to paint.

Following a successful painting year last year where I completed a Horus Heresy force (Blood Angels) and a Legions Imperialis horde (Solar Auxilia) this year I have challenged myself to get a 2,000 point army of Blood Angels for Warhammer 40k.

Renedra

As mentioned, Renedra offer loads of stuff and I have used them extensively for simple bases and plastic bases for historical models.

This is the first time I have taken a bigger leap and decided to paint one of their buildings. And it was all for my Silver Bayonet games.

Silver Bayonet requires a lot of scenery (in common with lots of skirmish games). And Renedra offer some great historical offerings from the Outbuilding to a full castle.

Renedra’s pretty castle… but it’s big so comes at a price.

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What can you use it for?

I’m planning on using this for Silver Bayonet, but any Skirmish games set in Medieval or Fantasy settings would benefit from this. It’s a great line of sight blocker and wouldn’t be out of place on an Old World table or for Kings of War. Used as an impassable terrain feature probably.

Paints Used

Scenery needs to be painted quickly to keep me interested… otherwise I spend too long on pipes and then don’t paint any toys. I also like it to be interesting but also blend into the background. So I needed a colour scheme which wouldn’t overwhelm my drab (dark) Russians for Silver Bayonet.

Starting with an undercoat Black, I gave it a very heavy drybrush of Rakarth Flesh (this could easily be done with a rattle can too).

Then I added some Dyrad Bark for the wooden beams, and finally added the roof. This took a little longer with Aggaros Dunes (Contrast Paint), and then a Drybrush of Screaming Skull. This is great for some stark highlights but also to make it not quite fully dark.

The basing is mostly Russian Mud from Vallejo Diaroma, with some static grass and tufts to add a little variety. Keeping with the simple approach. This took about 2 hours to paint in total, including waiting for the Contrast to dry, and I’m very happy with that.

It also helps with my Woepoints Challenge.

So that’s How to Paint a Renedra Outbuilding — graphic below.

Buying a Box?

This is a great little kit and with an RRP of £6 its also good value for money. Solid plastic which is easy to glue with poly-cement. I just added a 5″ blast marker as a base but any, thing suitable can be used.

As always ask at your local FLGS, directly with Renedra or use our affiliate link with Element Games for a small collection of Renedra buildings.

— Declan and Eeyore

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How to Paint – Blood Angel Dreadnought

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Blood Angel Dreadnought for Warhammer 40k

Following a successful painting year last year where I completed a Horus Heresy force (Blood Angels) and a Legions Imperialis horde (Solar Auxilia) this year I have challenged myself to get a 2,000 point army of Blood Angels for Warhammer 40k.

Blood Angels

I have always collected Blood Angels. However as I don’t play 40k very often I only had one completed army… And it is all firstborn. So 2026 is the year I finish a more up-to-date Blood Angel Army.

This also forms part of the Woehammer Slow Grow challenge and the Woepoints challenge which is great for keeping me motivated.

So, in January I have finished… 2 Brutalis Dreadnoughts

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How do they play?

Blood Angels are traditionally a ‘ABC’ (Always Be Charging) Legion. But in 10th Edition they can struggling to destroy vehicles in close assault. And so the Brutalis is a great addition to the legion to fill this gap.

Two of them may be a little excessive for a small force and I would intend to use 1 at 1,000 points and only add the second later to keep the balance of assault versus shooting right in a Blood Angel army.

However, I haven’t played Blood Angels for so long that this is all theory hammer and the wise words of ‘BA Commander’ who knows a lot more than me on the subject.

Paints Used

Blood Angels are red! And so I picked up lots of Colour Forge Sanguine Red for the undercoating and gave both models an even undercoat (on top of Black). I then kept the rest of the model simple with Black Weapons, some gold items picked out and of course transfers… lots of transfers.

I use the Micro Sol & Micro Set for mine and it makes it so much easier.

However, I have been unable to give the models a full Matt Varnish coat due to the cold English weather so there are still a few streaks of varnish showing around the transfers. These will disappear with a coat of varnish in good weather… so roll on July!

The basisng is something I’ve been torn on for a while. Ideally I wanted a Baal red desert base but… it just doesn’t work well on the tabletop for red models. So I’ve stolen borrowed an idea from YouTube!

This takes some more time than I would usually spend on bases, but the contrast to the red is very nice. So that’s Vallejo Rough White Pumice, Zandri Dust, Ushabti Bone, Seraphim Sepia and a Screaming Skull very light highlight. Check out the video for a great explanation of the process.

So that’s How to Paint Blood Angels Brutalis Dreadnoughts — graphic below.

Buying a Box?

These were in the Leviathan box (which is why I have 2), so you may find them cheaper second hand or on Ebay. However the kit is also a permanent fixture in the Games Workshop catalogue. That all means – ask at your local FLGS or use our affiliate link with Element Games. They are £52.00 RRP.

— Declan and Eeyore