HOBBY TUTORIAL: Painting Archaon the GW Way

Learn to paint up Archaon, Grand Marshal of the Apocalypse – the GW WAY with Duncan!

This epic Citadel miniature requires an epic painting tutorial that is worthy of the Chaos Lord himself. And who better to show you how to paint it than our very own Duncan Rhodes. In it he shows you a great variety of tips and techniques including great ways to get a fantastic blend on both Dorghar’s tail and Archaon’s sword, the Slayer of kings as well as ways to paint Dorghar’s 3 Chaos heads. So go grab your paints and brushes and let’s begin.

Painting Stages:

Dorghar’s body 01:18
Dorghar’s wings 23:27
Dorghars heads 32:23
Armour and shared details 50:55
Archaon’s unique details 1:00:24
Final details 1:15:42
Base details 1:22:40

~That was a really thorough one – great job GW!

Author: Larry Vela

Dad, Gamer, Publisher, Pilot, Texan. All games all the time since junior-high. I started BoLS Interactive in 2006. I’m a lifelong tabletop & RPG gaming enthusiast, and internet publisher working to entertain and inform my readers every day. I've been playing RPGs and Tabletop Games since the 1970s. I'm been playing and covering Warhammer and Warhammer 40K for over 35 years.