Painting: Pre-Heresy Emperor's Children

[DaemonPrinceDargor]

Tutorial on how i paint the armour:

 

Step 1)

After the black undecoat the model gets a couple of thinned coats of Hormagaunt Purple.Taking care not to paint inside the recesses would be good but not necessary.

http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/8771/tutorial1lr6.jpg

 

Step 2)

A coat of 1 part Hormagaunt Purple/2 parts Warlock Purple was painted over the previous one.Again,remember to thin your paint to get a smooth finish.Don't worry to much about covering parts other than the armour or the recesses,it will be taken care off in the next stage.

http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/3078/tutorial2bz1.jpg

 

Step 3)

1 part Chaos Black/2 parts water are painted in the recesses,where the armour plates join,etc.Also all non purple areas are painted Chaos Black.

http://img387.imageshack.us/img387/5031/tutorial3tt8.jpg

 

Step 4)

A mix of 1 part Hormagaunt Purple/2 parts Warlock Purple/1 part White is used as the first stage highlights.

http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/4544/tutorial4nt6.jpg

 

Step 5)

A mix of 1 part Hormagaunt Purple/2 parts Warlock Purple/2 parts White is used as the second stage highlights.I use Vallejo white,but Skull White can also be used.

http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/1247/tutorial5fh2.jpg

 

Step 6)

Brazen Brass and Boltgun metal are used for the metalic areas.Boltgun metal parts get a Black ink wash and a light overbrush of Chainmail.

http://img387.imageshack.us/img387/705/tutorial6xs0.jpg

 

Step 7)

Watered down Vallejo Brass is painted over the gold areas,then an equal parts Vallejo Brass and Mithril Silver highlight over it and finally a Gryphonne Sepia glaze over that.The eyes are painted Mordian Blue and highlighted by a 50-50 Mordian Blue and White.A single dot of White is added on the back of each eye.Squad number is painted with white and the Legion icon using the tutorial below.

http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/2482/tutorial7hn3.jpg

 

Finished Marine

http://img355.imageshack.us/img355/9792/brotutorial1zr3.jpg

 

Legion Icon

http://img391.imageshack.us/img391/9591/legionsymbolxj8.jpg

 

Thats it then,hope it helps someone... :) I didn't mention anything about the base because bases vary from army to army.If there are 2 things to remember,its 1)Always keep your paint thin and 2)Practise makes perfect.

 

 

 

 

Cheers!

[Sigismund Himself]

Wow Dargor, great tutorial. With your permission, it can go into the Librarium to be preserved with all the other great tutorials.

[DaemonPrinceDargor]

Fine by me and thanks for the kind words! :P

[Sigismund Himself]

[Brother Nihm]

Thanks for the tutorial, great stuff. :)

[Child-of-the-Emperor]

Fantastic tutorial mate, im planning an Emperors Children army with Pre-Heresy Colours - this is a good start :lol:

[Inquisitor Lord Makaan]

looks good :ph34r: i'm looking for how to paints for all the legions as my chapter is a sort of drawn-from-all-the-legions chapter. any ideas where i could get some as GW have stopped doing them...

[HarasinCreed]

Hay could u show me how you did the Chapter Symbol on the back of your Rhino because it looks fantastic.