How to paint Ironclad dreadnoughts

[Voltaire]

High all, I'm a young player who has little to no experience in painting models, nor maintaining a proper work desk/bench. However, I've noticed that there are numerous techniques to painting your models, and so would hold it as no surprise if a multitude of methods existed for working on dreadnoughts. They being the large vehicular-cripple-marines that they are. ;)

 

My question, as I've obviously gotten of track is; how do you paint an Ironclad dreadnought? Such as washes, and highlighting. Should I paint each portion of it individually, or all as one model? :huh:

 

Should I light up the edge of the harness melta? :P

 

What color should the assault launchers be? :ermm:

 

And so on. :lol:

 

I hope you guys can help me out with this, and will post my results as they come.

[Ironwulf]

On GW's website, there is an entire article on the assembly and painting of Space Marine Dreadnoughts, including the Ironclad. The last page has a step-by-step as done by the 'Eavy Metal painters at GW.

 

Building and Painting Space Marine Dreadnoughts

 

and here's a specific link to the last page, discussing painting.

[Ironwulf]

Oh, I'm sorry. The painting page doesn't detail things like the assault launchers. From the other pics in the article, I would follow the techniques as outlined for the other boltgun metal areas of the model. At least, that's my inclination based on the few pics of the Ironclad I see.

[Voltaire]

Thank you good sir, I'll try and post some pictures of the model in the future.

[rat of vengence]

Make sure you add some water to your paint and don't try to cover everything in one coat. Lumpy paint is a big problem for beginers. Just accept some things will need a second coat for good coverage :)

 

RoV