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Post by Russell on Jun 19, 2017 16:20:51 GMT -6
bruh
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Post by Nick P on Jun 20, 2017 7:30:27 GMT -6
So turns out white is painstaking to paint. Luckily this primaris army is going to be like 30 models total so I won't have to do it too many times. I also think I can take a shortcut in the basecoating/priming stage, since I have a light grey vallejo primer that is just about the same shade as Ulthuan Grey.
What I did yesterday was prime normally, then paint celestra grey, then painted ulthuan grey, then did nuln oil black lining, then touched up with ulthuan grey, then highlighted white scar.
I think I can just use the grey primer, line with nuln oil, and highlight white scar.
My test model is almost done - just need to do the shoulder pads + decals, finish the helmet, and then glue on the backpack and head and base the guy. I'll finish it after work today and get some pics up.
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Post by Nick P on Jun 21, 2017 7:05:56 GMT -6
White is taking forever. I had the brilliant idea of using my white scar airbrush paint -but with a brush - to get like the smoothest transition to white ever. And it does work, but it takes forever. Anyway here's my 90% complete test model - I still need to do the white highlights on his arms and legs, and highlight the silver on the sword/gun, highlight the gun casing, highlight the leather on the bolt pistol holster and highlight the knee pads and purity seal - but you get the idea of what the model will feel like.
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Post by Russell on Jun 21, 2017 7:32:00 GMT -6
Luckily it's a low model count army. The work will definitely be worth it in the end. I envy your patience; I would just airbrush white over bone and then hit it with an oil wash.
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Post by Nick P on Jun 21, 2017 8:21:19 GMT -6
That is something I'm going to try on the next one - this one I did traditional layering, but I'm also going to paint 2 more up using different techniques (the free primaris marines from the WD issue for this month are cheap as chips on ebay). One I'm going to airbrush celestra grey, wash nuln oil, then drybrush ulthuan grey and then drybrush white; the other I'm going to airbrush ulthuan then zenith airbrush white scar, then gloss varnish + nuln oil wash + matte varnish. We'll see which one gives the best results.
Regardless, the army is only going to have like 35 models in the army total so doing it the hard way won't be that hard overall. Plus this lietenant has all kinds of different details like the stripe on the shoulder and helmet - the others will just have flat red shoulders and helmets, so they won't take nearly as long.
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Post by Russell on Jun 21, 2017 10:52:49 GMT -6
That method does lead to a less crisp paint job. I prefer it that way but to each his own.
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Post by Nick P on Jun 26, 2017 7:03:44 GMT -6
Babies take up tons of time. Finally had a couple hours yesterday while both her and Jen napped to finish the paint job on my test model. I need to do the base still - more on that later. Here we go: Love the way the decals turned out, so will be going with this method for the rest of the characters at least, and likely for all the basic marines too. I love having the accent decal on the hip to add some character and detail to what is otherwise a super flat and boring armor plate. Now for the base - I base all my armies the god damned same, with dark brown - mid brown - bleached bone -static grass. I want something different, something that will make the model pop and stand out but not be jarring. I was thinking of doing a martian red base, to tie in with the red and gold of the model and make it warmer overall, but I also thought about doing like an alien wasteland with some touches of purple over a black/grey and some alien flora for spot color. What do you guys think? What would be a good color palette to stick with to make white more interesting?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 26, 2017 7:40:18 GMT -6
It'd be really cool to step outside of your comfort zone and do a Jungle Theme for the base. Leafy fronds and flowers would likely contrast the stark white armor well.
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Post by Eric formerly Eric on Jun 26, 2017 8:37:49 GMT -6
I definitely agree with will, but if you're lazy, doing one of the brown texture paints is also an option. Probably like strickland mud.
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Post by OneEyeRob on Jun 26, 2017 8:59:31 GMT -6
Those models look really great, something maybe a Chicago Cowboy would probably think to do. love the fluff too.
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Post by Nick P on Jun 26, 2017 9:00:59 GMT -6
ayyyyyyyy
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Post by Russell on Jun 28, 2017 17:51:06 GMT -6
So tell me about that power sword. What colors did you use for the space magic?
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Post by Nick P on Jun 29, 2017 15:55:25 GMT -6
I used watered down moot green to draw lightning around the nodes (like super watered down basically a wash), then painted watered down white scar in the middle of the lightning bolts leaving some if the green showing, then I washed it with more super watery moot green to glaze it. First time trying it, worked like a charm.
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Post by Nick P on Aug 10, 2017 9:53:44 GMT -6
Current mood: Started in on Magnus yesterday, have been staring at him on my painting desk for months now and finally had some more consistent baby-sleeping-time to devote a couple hours to getting him primed and starting the head/face. I'm happy with the red hair and the gold for the most part, I want it to be realistic and not too overdone and ornamental, more of a Stargate feel than a flamboyant 40k feel. But I don't like the skin, I think I need another highlight up to draw attention to the furrowed brow, tip of the nose, crease lines in the cheeks, and just below the eyes. Er, eye. Singular.
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Post by Russell on Aug 10, 2017 13:05:10 GMT -6
MFW I did nothing wrong
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