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ADDING DETAILS
The next things to be constructed for the chapel were a number of items to reflect both the military and the religious functions of Ecclesiarchal installations in the 41st millennium. Again a number of metal and plastic kits were utilised in constructing of these details.

The laud hailers from the Sisters of Battle vehicle upgrade sprue were combined with plastic window frames from the Mordheim building sprue to make these speakers, enabling the Priest's sermons to be heard no matter how large or rowdy his congregation is.

The book and pulpit were made from parts that were available in an old Warhammer Quest supplement.

A major feature of the finished chapel were to be automated sentry turrets, able to quell a rioting mob with a hail of heavy bolter fire. These were largely constructed from the Immolator accessory sprue, which provided the guns, seat, control panel and central pivot. The pillars were made from part of the Necron Monolith and the sensor on top of the guns came from the Land Raider kit.

The automated sentry guns.

George wanted a looming statue to appear behind the glass windows to either side of the Chapel's main door. For this he decided to use the Navigator miniature from the Inquisitor range of figures. This model has a suitably static pose and, once all trace of mutation was erased by removing the Navigator's third eye with a dremel, served well as an ancient Ecclesiarchal saint. A plinth for the statue was constructed from hard foamboard.

PAINTING THE CHAPEL
The first stage in painting the chapel was to undercoat all the components with Chaos Black spray.

Once the spray was dry all the masonry was painted with Codex Grey paint, with highlights added by drybrushing Fortress Grey over the basecoat. Wooden areas were given a basecoat of Scorched Brown and metal areas were given a coat of Tin Bitz.

The elements of the chapel are prepared and painted.

Marble: Getting a decent marble effect is very difficult and George stresses that getting good results takes both practice and research. Before attempting a marble effect it is worth spending some time studying picutres of marble to get a good idea of its properties.

A good source for painting marble is books on interior decoration. These books often contain step by step guides on how to create marble effects for friezes, pillars and walls. These techniques can be applied to miniature painting just by reducing the scale.

George started the light marble with a basecoat of Vomit Brown. He then stippled on rough bands of Vomit Brown/Bleached Bone mix which ran parallel to each other. These parallel lines of light colour acted as a guide for the veins of Red Gore/Chaos Black mix that run through the light stone.

The veins were applied using a painting technique where the brush is dragged across the surface of the marble with the bristles trailing behind. The brush is twisted as it is dragged, resulting in a line that is of varying width and sharpness. The first veins to be applied were relatively thick ones which ran in the same direction as the lighter bands of colour. Smaller veins were then applied which connected the larger veins to one another.

The same techniques were used to make the darker marble although the colours were different. George started with a Red Gore basecoat and then stippled thick bands of Red Gore/Chaos Black over the basecoat. Pure Chaos Black was then stippled over the top of this.

The veins were applied with Space Wolves Grey and were highlighted in some places with Skull White. George very gently stippled some Skull White over some areas of the veins, such as the junctions where two veins meet, to soften their edges.

Bronze: The metal areas were given a Tin Bitz basecoat and were then highlighted with Dwarf Bronze. Successive highlights were added with Brazen Brass and Shining Gold. Final, sharp, highlights were added with Mithril Silver.

Details such as purity seals, parchments, the laud hailers, sentry guns and other additions were then painted and the chapel was ready for display.

The finished chapel serves as a display piece for the Ordo Hereticus at the Warhammer World Hobby Centre in Lenton.

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