Bit of a long winded title this week! I wanted to focus on painting the left arm and shoulder pad on the new Games Workshop Deathwatch Space Marines. I will try to keep it nice and quick and simple. Since this is a GW model, I will use all GW paints.
The Palette.
This Stage-by-Stage guide will use a limited palette of four colours.Preparation.
The model was primed with Games Workshop Chaos Black Primer. I gave the entire model a coat of Nuln Oil to darken it slightly and to hide any areas the spray didn't quite catch. This was something I adopted years ago when it was called Black Ink. It really makes the black stand out. You could use the Gloss, if that's your thing.
Stage-by-Stage Guide.
Stage 1: Paint the entire left arm including shoulder pad with Leadbelcher.
Stage 2: Highlight the arm and shoulder pad with Ironbreaker.
Stage 3: Apply a 50/50 mix of Soulstone Blue / Water. The reason for this is that the technical paint is really dark when used neat, and I wanted to give the impression of a blue hue to the metal.
Stage 4: Pick out the raised areas with Runefang Steel.
It's really that simple, and a great way to paint a full unit in next to no time.
Painting Black.
There are many ways to highlight black. For me, it's a case of using Dark Reaper on the edges, but I will do another Stage-by-Stage Guide to painting black in the coming weeks, with a study on the different varieties of black highlighting.
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Nice look! Are you going to be painting many deathwatch models? Did you buy the boxed game?
ReplyDeleteI bought both Deathwatch Overkill, and the 40K Core game. I'll paint these up over time to add to my Blood Angel Army.
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