his week we have an epic painting tutorial starring a truly massive hard plastic miniature (seriously, this beast rivals the War Mûmak from Games Workshop’s Middle-earth range for size, and it sure is heavy too)! This is the Apex Predator, for Conquest: The Last Argument of Kings by Para Bellum Wargames, a mighty feathered dinosaur which forms a very impressive centerpiece for the W’adrhun army (the Conquest version of Orcs). It towers over the rank-and-file and has a powerful W’adrhun warrior stood on the back and ready for war! In this video we show how to paint such a huge miniature from start to finish, which is always an intimidating task at first glance. If broken down into bitesize (ha) stages however, it becomes much easier. We begin with the major part of the body which is the scales, followed up by the feathers which offer a great opportunity to add colour to an army often dominated by shades of brown. Any colour works here, so the choice is yours! Afterwards it is a matter of running through the smaller details systematically to bring the model to completion. First up is the inside of the mouth, and here we opted for another flash of colour with purple, and illustrate how to give it a fleshy tone (with a trick that can be applies to many other colours!). We also cover painting the turquoise, the fabric, the various small features like rope and wicker, and much much more.