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The Importance of the "Three P's"


firestorm40k

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...and by that I mean 'Planning', 'Preparation' and 'Practice' :sweat: As I've gone into each step of painting these Marines, I've followed each of these steps - using my tester Marines to plan, prep and practice before painting the finished squad. 

 

Except, the one time I didn't do this fully, it caused me a bit of faff! When it came to doing the highlights on the Chainsword casing, rather than try it out on a tester Marine first, I just went straight jn. I usually do straightforward painting on edge highlighting, and I thought this would be OK to do so here. How wrong I was! Due to the edges on the back of the casing not actually being that sharp (they're actually a bit rounded), and the awkwardness of some of the angles, I could not get a standard of edge highlight I was happy with. IMG_20230824_214311_edit_483472968612683.thumb.jpg.777140fb7c034b0435bf7e2c0750c532.jpg

 

So I went back to a tester Marine and tried a different approach - drybrushing with the highlight colour (Mechanicus Standard Grey) then washing with Nuln Oil or Black Legion Contrast, in between the edges, to tidy. I knew this was immediately the better approach:

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So I went back and redid the Chainsword casings on the squad - I'm glad I did! 

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So, lesson learnt - stick to the Three P's! :laugh:

 

Although, ironically, having just finished the chest Aquillas and other gold details, I didn't practice that first - but to be fair I've already had practice doing gold chest Aquillas on a previous project :biggrin:

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Edited by firestorm40k
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