Games Workshop's Warhammer Nemesis Crown Campaign: Hobby

he Helblaster Volley Gun is a snap to paint, as it's composed mainly of metallic hardware on a wooden frame. For the most part, a steady hand will be more helpful than intricate brush skills. Below, you'll find a simple step-by-step way to paint your Helblaster Volley Gun. Although the Helstorm Rocket Battery is not pictured here, the same methods would apply if you were to paint one using the steps below.

The Empire Volley Gun set out in three easy-to-paint pieces.

For easier painting, you may not want to glue these three pieces together just yet.

Empire Volley Gun painting step-by-step.

Start by heavily drybrushing all the wooden areas on the gun carriage and volley gun itself with a coat of Scorched Brown.

Heavily drybrush the wooden areas once more, but this time around use Dark Flesh. Don't worry about getting paint all over the place — it can be covered up later.

Complete the wooden parts of the volley gun with a lighter drybrush using a 1:1 mix of Scab Red and Terracotta.

Carefully go over the metal bands, wheel rims, volley gun housing, and the like with a coat of Boltgun Metal. Use caution so as not any get paint on the wooden areas you just finished!

Highlight the Boltgun Metal areas of the volley gun with thin lines of Mithril Silver. Paint these lines along the hard edges of the model as shown in the image above.

Moving on to the next metallic color, carefully apply Brazen Brass to the volley gun barrels, griffon-shaped gun hammers, tow rings, and crank handles.

Go back over the Brazen Brass areas with a quick highlight of Dwarf Bronze. This layer of paint will help the brass areas of the weapon shine a bit more.

The final step is to paint the tiny details that remain. Paint a name for the gun onto the machine's face plate, the skeleton hidden within the carriage frame, and some Skull White details onto the wheel spokes if you so desire.

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