40k Terrain, Ruined Imperial Buildings (Steve)

 

I forget exactly where and when I bought these 6 pieces of  40k terrain, but  until this shadow paint challenge these were assembled, base-coated and sitting in my pile of unpainted shame for over 25 years.   Since I am going to soon paint up some recently purchased Mierce Miniatures Atalantes Mesokolossos and Kolossos, I thought I should first practice up my 'stone' painting techniques.  

I started with a couple layers of sponge stippling grey, dry brushing lighter shades of greys, and some brown/beige in the deeper parts.  I found the GW black templar contrast paints worked well for painting in the shooting pock mark damage, and for the lines between floor tiles and some of the stones I actually used some 25+ year old Citadel Color brown ink wash.  Turns out that in my old boxes of 40k stuff I recently unpacked after decades in storage, I still have a couple pots of Citadel Color inks and paints that are still viable.

So this 40k terrain is out of the pile of shame and ready for play, and painted with colors bottled and sold over a quarter century apart.