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[Image] I very rarely document any project in steps. In fact I was going to do this with the RT Space Marines I painted last week, but I took one picture of the basecoated figures and promptly forgot to take any others until they were pretty much all done. Anyway, since I was painting the Rhino for the RT guys on Sunday night I thought I'd take "in progress" pics just for fun.

Immediately above, we have the basecoated vehicle. I just painted the whole thing with GW Iyanden Darksun foundation paint and a large brush. I didn't worry overly much about getting paint on parts of the model that aren't supposed to be yellow - I'll clean that up later.

[Image] Next step was to paint the camo on. I decided to use a WWII German pattern (surprise!) and found a suitable one in "Panzer Colours" by Bruce Culver. The "model" was a StuG IV on the eastern front, late '44. I lightly brushed/stippled on GW Dark Flesh. The historical equivalent would be "dunkelgelb/rotbrun" I'd say.

[Image]Next, a wash of GW Devlan Mud (the all-purpose wash!) to darken the yellow, even out the camo, and add a bit of shading.

[Image] Above, I've tidied up the stowage and painted the metal bits with GW Boltgun Metal, followed by a light drybrush of Deneb Stone.

[Image] Good progress in this photo - I've painted the stowage (nearside in Scorched Brown/Bestial Brown, far side in a Darksun/Dark Flesh/black camo to match the Space Marine armour, with Codex Grey straps), rusted out some of the metal with a Chestnut Ink wash, painted the exhausts straight Dark Flesh, and washed the bolter with Badab Black.

[Image] Finished vehicle with rider - I've done my typical weathering with a Scorched Brown drybrush up from the bottom in the places where mud and dirt would accumulate. I follow this with a drybrush of Bestial Brown. Now into the decal folder...

[Image] Beauty shots of the finished model with decals. Griffons from Ginfritter, letters from ??, numeral "5" from the SKIF Russian tank kit I built for Futurkom.

[Image]The "5" denotes the fifth company (several of the Space Marines have a matching number on their armour), "K" for the platoon within the company.

[Image]I added a fascine cut from a huge roll of wire mesh I bought at Home Depot. The retaining loops, side rails and antenna are florist's wire from Michaels. I like the look of the old Rhino with the side rails, it's very reminiscent of the RT era.

So that's how you paint a Rhino in an evening!