hollerz Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 http://www.coolminiornot.com/249983?browseid=7483430 What colours do you think are used for the armour on this mini? It looks much more blue than my mixes of shadow grey/space wolves grey, which seem to have a slight purple tint. I've tried contacting the artist, but no reply, so anyone got any ideas? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/244705-how-to-get-this-colour-armour/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
dswanick Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 Winter Blue, by Americana paints is that shade : http://i1127.photobucket.com/albums/l634/dswanick/Space%20Wolves/SpaceWolvesDreadnought.jpg Not the best pic of a WIP, but it gets the point across. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/244705-how-to-get-this-colour-armour/#findComment-2958581 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfebane Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 Looks like a straight up shadow grey -> shadow/sw grey mix -> sw grey highlight to me. It could potentially have to do with the color primer you use too. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/244705-how-to-get-this-colour-armour/#findComment-2958582 Share on other sites More sharing options...
stinkenheim Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 I'd be inclined to say there was ice blue put into that base coat mix, seems a lot bluer than just shadow grey. Of hazard a guess of 3-1 (maybe 4-1) shadow grey - ice blue. Then add space wolf grey for highlights until you get to a 2-1 mix of space wolf grey - base mix. Then start adding white for final highlights. A thinned blue glaze should tie the layers together, add a brown was into in the recesses for some shading. My 2 cents. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/244705-how-to-get-this-colour-armour/#findComment-2958608 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfebane Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 Then start adding white for final highlights. Pretty sure a straight white wasn't used for the highlights (unless you mean mixed). At most, I'd say an Astronomican Grey or the old Elf Grey for the brightest highlights. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/244705-how-to-get-this-colour-armour/#findComment-2958622 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonSTeR Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 Looks like a straight up shadow grey -> shadow/sw grey mix -> sw grey highlight to me. It could potentially have to do with the color primer you use too. I agree, it looks like it's over a white basecoat, but I also think there's something more blue about the armour, I had put that down to the photo though as Shadow Grey can look very blue when photographed. Final highlight seems very light to me, especially on some of the flecks/battle damage. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/244705-how-to-get-this-colour-armour/#findComment-2958855 Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Volsung- Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 Pure white is actually used on the extreme edges. Very thinly painted. You can see this on the plates on the boots, and on the edge of the weathering battle damage. Otherwise, the painter might have glazed his or her miniature's blue areas with a thinned down blue ink, probably mixed with some sort of Future Floor Polish or maybe some flowing agent to keep it from bubbling. As a whole, you can tell the painter is using a layering technique, likely with Shadow Grey, then Shadow/SpaceWolf Grey, then Space Wolf Grey, then very very thin white on some areas. With this style, the subtle blend and the transition can usually be soften down by an ink glaze, as is noticed on the greaves and the backplate where the fur cape meets the termie armor, creating a blending effect also achievable through wet-blending. Definitely on a white primer or basecoat, but albeit with some strong black preshading in order to achieve crisp shades. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/244705-how-to-get-this-colour-armour/#findComment-2959660 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hollerz Posted January 5, 2012 Author Share Posted January 5, 2012 Thanks for the help guys!! I'm seriously ready to give this hobby up lol. My shadow/space wolves grey mixes look completely different to this. And I mean not even close to any part of this mini. Not much good if I can't even mix two paints together, let alone master blending :( ^_^ Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/244705-how-to-get-this-colour-armour/#findComment-2959671 Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Volsung- Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 Thanks for the help guys!! I'm seriously ready to give this hobby up lol. My shadow/space wolves grey mixes look completely different to this. And I mean not even close to any part of this mini. Not much good if I can't even mix two paints together, let alone master blending :wallbash: ^_^ You can't master it over night, friend, nor can you expect to achieve something exact on the first attempt. Persistence is key to this hobby. I might be new to 40K, but I've been painting miniatures for a long, long time. I'm not the best, mind you, nor am I artistically gifted, but if I take a look at a Space Wolf I painted now and compare it to some of the Reaper Warlord miniatures I painted four or five years ago, the quality of the new stuff is hands down simply superior. It just comes with time, you just gotta be open-minded to try new techniques, take criticisms, understand that botching a miniature is a common reality, fill up that stripping pot with the Simple Green, and keep at it (if time permits of course, it is a hobby at the end of the day). It's supposed to be fun, so don't trip out too much, homie! ^_^ Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/244705-how-to-get-this-colour-armour/#findComment-2959698 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionofjudah Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 Dood...looking at it i'd like u to check my army out n see if its a match... if so its black primer, white overspray, privateer press trollblood base, 50/50 TB base trollblood belly hilite, prob TB base glaze and then thinned successive layers. Of TB belly...I'm looking on my phone so I'm sure my color res is not sRGB ^_^ Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/244705-how-to-get-this-colour-armour/#findComment-2959760 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bat33.1 Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 It looks similar to this: my land raider MKIIB http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y87/paulj1965/GW%2040K/PC312951.jpg Which is white primer, vallejo azure basecoat followed by thin coats of vallejo wolf grey - same as SW grey mixed with azure to highlight and the final highlights being very thin pure wolf grey. The top of the LR is not shown accurately in the picture look to the side for a more accurate rendition of the actual finish. The CMON mini looks to have more of the basecoat blended up than I have done but it could still be a shadow grey base worked up to space wolf grey the lighting and post process photo work can greatly change the appearance of colours on a monitor. It can also come down to your own monitor setup, I have my own monitor calibrated to give a true colour balance using a Pantone colour vision spider so any photos I print match exactly to the colour I see when working with the photo on the monitor. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/244705-how-to-get-this-colour-armour/#findComment-2959869 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hollerz Posted January 6, 2012 Author Share Posted January 6, 2012 You can't master it over night, friend, nor can you expect to achieve something exact on the first attempt. Persistence is key to this hobby. I might be new to 40K, but I've been painting miniatures for a long, long time. I'm not the best, mind you, nor am I artistically gifted, but if I take a look at a Space Wolf I painted now and compare it to some of the Reaper Warlord miniatures I painted four or five years ago, the quality of the new stuff is hands down simply superior. It just comes with time, you just gotta be open-minded to try new techniques, take criticisms, understand that botching a miniature is a common reality, fill up that stripping pot with the Simple Green, and keep at it (if time permits of course, it is a hobby at the end of the day). It's supposed to be fun, so don't trip out too much, homie! ^_^ Thanks for the words of wisdom lol :D I have this idea in my head that anyone and everyone can just pick up a brush and win a golden demon. Something to do with a lack of serotonin :D It looks similar to this: my land raider MKIIB [image] Which is white primer, vallejo azure basecoat followed by thin coats of vallejo wolf grey - same as SW grey mixed with azure to highlight and the final highlights being very thin pure wolf grey. The top of the LR is not shown accurately in the picture look to the side for a more accurate rendition of the actual finish. The CMON mini looks to have more of the basecoat blended up than I have done but it could still be a shadow grey base worked up to space wolf grey the lighting and post process photo work can greatly change the appearance of colours on a monitor. It can also come down to your own monitor setup, I have my own monitor calibrated to give a true colour balance using a Pantone colour vision spider so any photos I print match exactly to the colour I see when working with the photo on the monitor. This looks much closer to the colour in the picture. I will have to look into that paint. Thanks! :D Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/244705-how-to-get-this-colour-armour/#findComment-2960445 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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