How do you Dark Angels paint?

[Kingin]

Hey all I was wondering, what is your way of painting the Dark Angels green? no not just buy the paint, but the Marines and the high lights and all! I got Dark Angels for base, then snot green for little thick high lights the goblin green for light high lights, should've I gone for a Scorpian Green?

 

So Tell us how you paint your Marines, also what do you do? Listen to music? read a book?

 

thanks

[Brother Styphus]

DA green in shadows and cracks with snot green as primary. Ta-daa

[Brother Nihm]

Dark Angel Green and snot green highlights.

(ignore the dust)

So Tell us how you paint your Marines, also what do you do? Listen to music? read a book?

I can't paint when I am reading. :P

But I do listen to music and most importantly, I paint with friends. There's nothing like having instant C&C flying back and forth across the table and 40K quotes spoken out loud every now and then.

And most importantly, it helps to prevent hobby burnout.

[Chaplain Lucifer]

here's some paINTING TUTORIALS:

 

http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/index.p...t&p=1787719

[puck]

The first (and only) squad I painted was spray paint black (enamel not primer; enamel gives I smoother finish to me) dry brush DA green then dry brush Snot Green. They turned out ok but I'm going to try something different next time.

 

As for what I do while painting...I'm on a quest to find the worst movie on netflix instant watch. Also anything with Nick Cage, Ron Pearlman, Aliens, Ninjas, or Zombies is watched without reading the synopsis first (cause honestly I wouldn't watch them if I did). Watching bad movies is great in my opinion because it gives your eyes something to stare at that's not six inches from your face without the risk of a good or funny line causing you to make a mistake.

[MirImage]

I undercoat with Chaos Black. Paint Armour DA Green. Then do large highlights with 50/50 DA green and Snot Green. I may add some thin snot green highlights.

 

I've only done this with one squad so far and I think I like it, its easy and I am more of a get it painted quick and decent kinda guy I suppose.

 

I usually have whatever the wife wants to watch in the back ground. I do miss having other people to paint with. I moved across the country after college so its been a slow transition back into the hobby.

[HsojVvad]

I suck at painting. My problem so far is my paint is too thick. I don't do high lights yet since I don't know how.

But my technique is spray paint Chaos Black. Then I use Dark Angels Green paint. Then I use black ink

watered down, to give it a blackish look, but also green if the ligh hits it the right way.

 

Other minis to give it a different look just a bit, same spray paint Chaos Black, then I paint it Chaos Black

and then use Dark Angels Green ink over the black. Still looks black but also green as well, depending on

the angle.

[Grand Master Neo]

base coat: spray black

 

main coat: dry brush dark angels green

 

highlights: really light dry brush on raised edges of scorpion green

 

(thin paints with dettol multi-surface cleanser instead of water[chemical make-up helps the paints stick really well])

 

gives you a really dark and gothic looking army