Space Wolves - Heresy Grey Edition

Space Wolves - Heresy Grey Edition

This is the recipe for how i use speedpaints to quickly paint up a Space Wolf in the neutral grey 30k scheme (I use the scheme in 40k too)

1 hr 30 mins Intermediate 2 steps
Mighty Melee Games · Richy P Richy P · 22 April 2026

Space Wolves - Heresy Grey Edition

I really like the Horus Heresy version of the Space Wolf colour scheme, and I also REALLY like the new 40k models for Space Wolves. So the only answer is a mash-up, also known as how do I use speedpaints to quickly pull off a nice grey Space Marine.

I don't have many work in progress shots for this model, so it's only 2 steps. The first step is the speedpaints and a wash, and the second step is highlights and shadows. Like most of my paintjobs, the majority of the work is in the speedpaint stage (step 1), finished off with some details in regular acrylics.

You can stop at the speedpaint stage and still have a good looking "Battle Ready" (tm) model if you prefer.

I've not gone into details on the face in this paintjob as that's going to be saved for another recipe.

Workbench Palette

Wight Bone

Spray

Colour Forge

Runic Grey

Speedpaint

The Army Painter

Pallid Bone

Speedpaint

The Army Painter

Bony Matter

Speedpaint

The Army Painter

Zealot Yellow

Speedpaint

The Army Painter

Weapon Bronze

Warpaints Fanatic

The Army Painter

Dark Tone

Warpaints Fanatic Wash

The Army Painter

Broadsword Silver

Speedpaint

The Army Painter

Grim Black

Speedpaint

The Army Painter

Deep Grey

Warpaints Fanatic

The Army Painter

Murder Scene

Speedpaint

The Army Painter

Basilisk Red

Warpaints Fanatic

The Army Painter

Brainmatter Beige

Warpaints Fanatic

The Army Painter

Brigade Grey

Warpaints Fanatic

The Army Painter

Dark Red Tone

Warpaints Fanatic Wash

The Army Painter

Crusader Skin

Speedpaint

The Army Painter

Ice Yellow

Acrylic

AK Interactive

Reference Images

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