Painting Blood Angels Assault Marine Heads

[sonofpollux]

After many long weeks of army building, I decided to buy my first box of assault marines for my Blood Angels. How do you paint the yellow heads? I've never been able to figure it out. Help, please.

[plasman]

Yellow helmet ? Here is my suggestion : A would try a base coat of Lyanden Darksun, then highlighting with a mix of Lyanden Darksun and Golden Yellow (or Sunburst Yellow), then a very light (when I say very light I really mean it) wash of Gryphone Sepia. I would do the lining with Devlan Mud or Badad Black in the recesses.

[Brother Nihm]

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[Seahawk]

I'd spray them white, for starters -_-

 

I then paint them Golden Yellow. I give the whole head a wash of Gryphonne Sepia, then highlight with Golden Yellow and then edge highlight Sunburst yellow. Simple and effective!

[werewolf_nr]

You can try painting/primering the heads white and then using a yellow ink.

[Shmitt21]

I basecoat Iyanden Darksun > Sepia wash > Iyanden darksun re-coat > Golden yellow/Iyanden 50/50 highlight > finish golden yello, and extreme bleach bone highlight on the edges. Does the trick

[Hemal]

start white on the helmets, layer them with Iyanden darksun, highlight white or bleached bone, glaze golden yellow, highlight white glaze golden yellow and add extreme edge highlights in white.

[MMEagle]

Personaly I would go for:

1: White/Black underocat.

2: Snakebite Leather.

3: Bubonic Brown (leaving extreme recesses/no recesses).

4: Wash with Gryphonne Sepia and leviathan Purple in the recesses (due to colour theory and the contrasting colours).

5: Then Highlight with 1:1 of Bubonic brown and Sunburst Yellow.

6: Then pure Sunburst Yellow.

7: Then a 1:1 mix of Sunburst Yellow and Bleached Bone.

8: This is optional but if you want to go even lighter Highlight with pure Bleached Bone.

[Zincite]

My method for painting yellow, though admittedly I've never used it on helmets, is:

 

1) Iyanden Darksun. If you've sprayed black, I'd recommend basecoating them brown before this.

2) Wash with Gryphonne Sepia.

3) Highlight with Golden yellow.

4) Extreme highlights, where the light would hit, with Skull White.

5) Swear you'll never used such an annoying combination of colours again.

6) Repeat on next model.

[Warbringer]

I actually do something similar but different

 

Iyanden Darksun Basecoat

60:40 ID: Golden Yellow

Then use Coat D Arms Chesnut Ink on all the joints i want shading and its pretty good in my humble opinion.

[darkenedsquire]

I use iyandan darksun was with greyphone sepia then re do with iyandan dark sun leaving the recesses dark followed by golden yeallow and then a golden yellow + blech bone edge highlight.

[Redfinger]

Too many steps for such a simple thing.....

 

Step 1- Drill small holes in the bottom of each head and insert a toothpick so you have something to hold onto.

Step 2- Prime w/ Army Painter Yellow

Step 3- Weather/Highlight to desired effect.

 

Ashton