Painting: Legion of the Damned

[juckto]

Contents

• Black
  
• Flames
  
• Bone
  
• Metals
  
• Browns
  
• Reds
  
• Part 1 - Converting
  
• Hall of Honour thread
  

 

Black

20-25 min per model

1. The paints:
   http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a329/juckto/Wh40k/LotD/black_0.jpg
   "Shadow Black" - 3:1 Chaos Black:Codex Grey.
   "Navy Grey" - 1:1 Chaos Black: Codex Grey.
    
    
   
2. I spraycoated the model with Chaos Black spray then touched up any areas with watered down Chaos Black paint.
   http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a329/juckto/Wh40k/LotD/black_1.jpg
    
    
   
3. Then I went over all the armour with Shadow Black.
   It's so dark you can hardly tell the difference between it and black, hence the name.
   http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a329/juckto/Wh40k/LotD/black_2.jpg
    
    
   
4. Then give the highpoints a touch of Navy Grey.
   http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a329/juckto/Wh40k/LotD/black_3b.jpg
    
    
   
5. Final highlights with Codex Grey.
   http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a329/juckto/Wh40k/LotD/black_4b.jpg
   

And there you have it, a nice simple, muted black.

 

 

Flames

15-18min each

1. The paints:
   http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a329/juckto/Wh40k/LotD/flames_0.jpg
   "Fluro Orange" - (60:30:10 Bad Moon Yellow: Fiery Orange: Skull White)
    
    
   
2. You've got two options. You could carefully draw flames on to the armour, agonising over every stylised curve and get something which looks like it belongs on a Boy Racer's car, or you can be smart and realise that flames are random.
   Take the Blood red and draw some random curves on the armour. The important thing to remember is that straight flames are boring.
   http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a329/juckto/Wh40k/LotD/flames_1.jpg
    
    
   
3. Then start joining them up and filling in the base of the flames.
   http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a329/juckto/Wh40k/LotD/flames_2.jpg
    
    
   
4. Go over the centre of the flames with Fiery Orange.
   http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a329/juckto/Wh40k/LotD/flames_3.jpg
    
    
   
5. Finally get the Fluro Orange and add tiny little triangles at the base of the larger flames.
   http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a329/juckto/Wh40k/LotD/flames_4.jpg
    
    
   
6. The final step is to go back over it with greys, making the tips of the flames a little less blunt if they need it, and/or touching up the armour where you spilt - but that can be left till the end.
   

 

Bone

~1hr 15min each

 

1. The paints:
   http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a329/juckto/Wh40k/LotD/bone0.jpg
   "Caramel" - 1:1 Snakebit leather : Bronzed Flesh, iirc.
    
    
   
2. Basecoat with Bestial Brown
   http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a329/juckto/Wh40k/LotD/bone1.jpg
    
    
   
3. Go over it with Caramel, leaving a bit of the brown in the recesses.
   http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a329/juckto/Wh40k/LotD/bone2.jpg
    
    
   
4. I use watered down Bleached Bone. I sort of dab this on where I want the highlights and kinda smear it across the rest of the model giving the whole lot a bone tinge; then add bit more on the highlights so I have a solid coat of bleached bone there.
   http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a329/juckto/Wh40k/LotD/bone3.png
    
    
   
5. Final highlights with skull white.
   http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a329/juckto/Wh40k/LotD/bone4.jpg
   

 

Metals

20min each

 

1. Paint the metals with Boltgun Metal
   http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a329/juckto/Wh40k/LotD/metal1.jpg
    
    
   
2. Give them a wash with watered down Black Ink
   http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a329/juckto/Wh40k/LotD/metal2.jpg
    
    
   
3. Add a couple of highlights with Boltgun Metal and, if that isn't enough, Chainmail.
   http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a329/juckto/Wh40k/LotD/metal3.jpg
   

 

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Odd. When I did Part 1 I could just make a 2nd post to get around the image limit restriction. Now I can't.

Quick! Someone reply so I can get post 3!

[Cpt Ultio]

This is looking pretty nice, I might use some pointers here for my own projects.

[juckto]

Browns

~12 min each

 

1. Basecoat Bestial Brown:
   http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a329/juckto/Wh40k/LotD/brown1.jpg
    
    
   
2. The belt pouches etc where highlighted with Snakebit leather.
   The parchment was coated in Graveyard Earth.
   http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a329/juckto/Wh40k/LotD/brown2.jpg
    
    
   
3. The puches were give a final highlight of "Caramel", and the parchement was highlighted 1:1 Graveyard Earth:Skull White.
   http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a329/juckto/Wh40k/LotD/brown3.jpg
    
    
   
4. Final highlight of Skull White.
   http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a329/juckto/Wh40k/LotD/brown4.jpg
   

 

Reds

10min each

1. Gun casing and Eyes were done the same way. Basecoat with Scab Red
   http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a329/juckto/Wh40k/LotD/red1.jpg
    
    
   
2. Highlight with Blood Red.
   http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a329/juckto/Wh40k/LotD/red2.jpg
   

 

Flesh

I hummed and hahhed for a while about how to paint the seargents face, then ended up going with SilverTabby's excellent tutorial, with slightly paler tones than normal.

 

You can see pics of the finished squad in Hall of Honour

[Sergeant Centurius]

You've outdone yourself again. Keep up the good work and the Legion of the damned tutorials.

 

--Sergeant Centurius--

[BrotherAtrox]

This is really one of the best tuts around. I might buy Black Reach just to try this myself.

[juckto]

Black Reach? You could just do it on normal marines, you know.

 

Keep up the good work and the Legion of the damned tutorials.

Well, these models were kinda done as a "one off" just to create this tutorial. I'll be returning to my Pyre army for the foreseeable future, but once I have that finished maybe I'll come back to LotD. I have a few more ideas for conversions :P.