Yogi Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 Lord: Are you sure you wish to undertake this course of action? Marine: Aye lord. L: You are aware that in the last millennia none have come away unscathed from the beast that is white paint. M: Aye lord. L: If fact all have died horribly and ingloriously. M: So be it. L: I commend you bravery. M: *Steps into the breach* http://i.imgur.com/fcCNI.jpg L: Brother you are alive! M: The things I have seen, you would not believe. Paint, thicker then a battle barge's armour. Fields of warriors, covered in white, in various states of disrepair. All of them forgotten, their glorious battle unsung, doomed to oblivion. L: I shall gather a bath of simple green at once! M: No, you shall not. All of us will do battle with white, all of us are to become Star Phantoms. L: Insanity! M: No the beast that is white paint will be broken, glorious battle shall occur, and in the end some of us will be victorious. L: No. It cannot be. M: Send forth the next warrior. I will tell him of the techniques I learnt, in the hope that he may employ them better then I. Warrior: I am ready. http://i.imgur.com/mB2Nl.jpg Edit: resized picture (i think) M: Go forth in the Emperor's name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reyner Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 You are a brave man indeed. White is the devil! How are you doing it so far? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yogi Posted March 7, 2012 Author Share Posted March 7, 2012 @ Reyner. I had a good look around at tutorials, and there are a few methods. But I personally wanted to do it from a black undercoat. Astronomican grey over a black undercoat, followed by skull white and then thin chaos black wash. I learnt a lot from that first guy. I hope the next one will be better. But I suspect like most things in life it will take practice, and many many brave grey marines shall have to be sacrificed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reyner Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 Sounds like a decent way to do it, and as you said practice makes perfect :ermm: I haven't painted any of my white marines for aaaages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razblood Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 Thats the recipe I formerly used and I can honestly tell you that going from a Black undercoat is a smegging pain! I've just changed up my White recipe and have found that it looks pretty good - White Stars My new recipe starts from a White undercoat followed by a liberal drowning in Badab Black (an Adeptus Battlegrey wash would probably work too) and then a 2/3 coats of White (thinned to an almost Semi-Skimmed milk consistency) Now where a Squad would once take me about a Week to get to tabletop quality (as long as I didn't get sick of them) it now only takes a day or two. Good luck anyway :nuke: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reyner Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 My new recipe starts from a White undercoat followed by a liberal drowning in Badab Black (an Adeptus Battlegrey wash would probably work too) and then a 2/3 coats of White (thinned to an almost Semi-Skimmed milk consistency) That's how I did my white marines, looks alright if you drybrush the white after the black wash too or go all out and do a few thin coats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabadin Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 Just for a little motivation, white from a black primer can be done pretty easy, I just shy away from the washes and just use the lighter greys to build my way up and mostly use pure skull white just as the final highlight. I normally go Astonomicon Grey, Codex Grey, Fortress Grey, and then I'm still using an old pot of elf grey which I believe is close to space wolf grey, then finally skull white. It's easier than it sounds and ends up looking like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagicMan Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 Looking nice man, i think if after the black wash you went over the solid plates with a watered down white it'd make them look tons better. Just be careful to avoid getting the white into the already shaded areas! Keep up the good work. ^_^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SincaiN Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 White is definitely one of the harder colors to get down. I've been working on a self made chapter in white and it's taken some time to figure out how I wanted them to look. I prime white and then use washes of umber and black. Keep it up, just takes some time ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dosjetka Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 Good luck mate :) He's looking good, but if you watered down the wash a bit before applying it, you get a better result :tu: Keep it up mate! Ludovic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbabyjesus Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 if you start from black.... you will fail! prime white and put the astronomican grey on top of that, it's so much easier and the result eventually is better too (less coats required = smoother coverage). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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