I have never written a tutorial before but when I was asked about the galaxy cloaks the other day and how I did them I volunteered to do one. I have tried to keep it as simple as I can!
Step 1: Coffee – an essential must have for all painting endeavors
Step 2: Background – I use Abaddon Black as the base for the galaxies so I make sure the entire area is covered and even before I start. I also find that having an image as a reference is very useful, though I do not often refer to it!
Step 3: Base colours. As I was going for a blue based galaxy, I used Kantor Blue and Xereus Purple. At this point, I use one of my very old brushes and stipple the paint on carefully. I don’t put a great deal of paint on the brush and I create the outline of the galaxy.
Step 4: Using the same brush, I then go over the outline with a lighter colour – in this case, I used Caledor sky and Xereus Purple mixed with Mephiston Red. I also make sure not to put as much on the brush as at this stage, you want to start seeing spots of colour.
Step 5: Here is where I swap to a smaller brush and begin to build up the layers that form the galaxy. Using watered down – this makes the paint much easier to manipulate – Sotek Green, Temple Guard Blue for the blue and Xereus Purple with a mix of Emperors Children, I then blend and build up the colour until it looks natural.
Step 6: Stars. This is the step where I add the first layer of stars. I use a very fine brush to spot on the stars that are the same colour as the blended parts. You can add them at a varying sizes too.
Step 7: More Stars. This time, I use white to add in stars. They add a final striking layer to the cloak. I also use a range of sizes and this time, I put in a small cross to show one as twinkling.
So, there you have it, a whirlwind explanation of how to create groovy galaxy cloaks. I am going to be giving them to all psyker type models for the time being as I think they fit the theme. Space Wizards need wizardy cloaks that look like space… Here are a couple of others I have done!
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Heretic Deb! 
Great tutorial. Especially well done as it was your first. I can’t do tutorials because I often don’t know or don’t remember what I’ve done haha. The cloak looks very cool.
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Thank you. The hardest part was remembering to take pictures as I went along. I was a teacher so I think that helped a little!
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Coffee helps too
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Always! I don’t paint without it!
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Thank you for this, I was among the one asking for it and will try it on a fantasy wizard (I am sure it would look good on some of my confrontation minis).
I hope I would end up with something worthy of the standard you set.
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I have no doubts as to that – I look forward to seeing the results in the future too. Glad you found this helpful too.
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Far future, my hobby “to do list” is….long (and I am slow), but I already am thinking about the model I want to give the cloak to.
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Haha! I know the feeling about a long list! We seem to acquire them faster than I can paint them at the moment. Still – tag me when you get round to it?
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Will do.
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Just a quick hello. And a are you oke? Have not seen any posts go up in a while…
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