Well to cut to the chase the new box they came out with when they did the new codex is just stellar. I was able to pretty much have any option with it. I added a Melta gun and gave the Sergeant a Plasma Pistol and Power sword... which you will soon learn is my standard for squad leaders and veterans.
So for those unfamilar with my normal paint scheme this is a standard marine:
Not the best pic I know but it gives a good idea for now.
So let's start off with my process and I can show you where I varied on these models. As a note at some later date I will revisit this list with some detailed pics along the way.
1. I start with a nice event base coat of Army Painter Desert Yellow. Usually I have been hitting this with their amazing spray primers which work great. Though once I run out of my current can I am switching to just basing with an air brush.
2. I go and hit any spots that were a little uneven with a brush to ensure everything is Desert Yellow. Depending on the model and whether I assembled before painting this step is quick or more involved.
3. I Hit the knee pads, shoulder edging and any helmet details that I want orange with a Army Painter Lava orange. This step I try to keep clean lines but I don't worry if I miss a bit as I go back with Desert yellow during a final touch up later.
4. The next stage is some Gun Metal from army Painter. We hit all the weapons, backpacks, jump packs and any other details that need this picked out.
5. Next we dry brush the pack pack/jump packs with a heavy Army Painter Weapon Bronze. This gives use a bit or a tarnished look and blends well to the armor's basecoat.
6. The purity seals and ropes are now painted Wolf Grey. Then depending on how much shift in colours from edge to center I want I dry brush a medium dry brush of these colours: Electric Blue, Ultramarine Blue and Crystal Blue. I will vary there order a bit and alternate back to same colours to get a varied look to the cloth.
7. I do a quick layer of Greedy Gold on all the actual purity seal metals and on some of the back pack emblems to give them a bit of differentiation.
8. The belts and Aquillas get a simple layer of Shining Silver.
9. Bolters get some black on a few key areas to help the other spots kind of pop.
10. Any leather straps and grenades get some Leather Brown. I usually just make this a very flat coat as the wash later will give it depth.
11. Now we touch up the Desert Yellow. I go back to each figure in my batch and touch up any areas where current colours have hit outside where I wanted.
12. Almost done! We take to our skin tones now on the Sergeants. This is kind of a free form colour choice. I use a mixture of Red Leather from Vallejo and Sunny Skintone from Vallejo. The exact ration varies between a 3:1 and 1:3 depending on how I feel the skin should look on the batch. I follow it with a very light drybrush of Barbarian Flesh and /or Elf Flesh from Army painter, again varying to allow for uniqueness.
13. The eyes get a quick hit of Army Painter Alien Purple.
14. Finally I give the whole model a wash from Army Painter Strong Tone which gives it a strong worn look.
Now that is the normal process. here is what we cyhanged ont his batch:
1. The Right Shoulder and the Lower Leg Plates get a nice navy blue colour. We got there by starting with a Vallejo Army Grey and then gave it a even coat of Secret Weapon's Cool Grey wash.
2. We went with Silver on the helmets and also on the Sergeants chest piece.
3. The Eyes got a 2 tone of Army Painter Crystal Blue over the top of Hawk Turquiose.
4. The guys with no helmets got a Army Painter Pure Red.
5. The Melta gun got some Secret Weapon Amethyst wash to give it a tempered look.
So Here is what we ended up with:
Well for today I will end this as it took me about 3 days to actually hammer down these between everything I had going this weekend.
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