Brother Tyler Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 As anyone who has been around the B&C long enough knows, I have a terrible track record for getting armies painted. That's mostly due to the vagaries of having a job and a family, and going to class at night, but you don't want to hear me whining. This summer, however, I may actually be in circumstances where I'll be able to get an army painted. So, in an effort to keep up with the Joneses (read: SCC with Shadow Force Dragomir and Brother Argos with his Iron Hands), I'm going to focus my efforts on my DIY Vengeance Hawks. You can see the basic scheme of that Chapter at right. It should be noted that SCC actually painted up a Librarian in VH colors, Epistolary Dienekes, seen here. I plan on making the orange a bit more metallic. Actually, a lot more metallic.Anyhoo, before I get painting, I need to refresh my paints. I want to make sure that I have enough for a complete army (about 2,000 points worth, though I haven't really worked out the particulars on my army list). With GW/Citadel revamping their whole line, I need to get a new batch of paints (damn you, GW! ;) ). So I've drafted up a preliminary set of paint recipes for the baseline color scheme, as seen in the table below.This is all notional and based on looking at colors on the screen, however, which is notably tricky. The key is that I want to focus my purchases before I open my wallet to GW. So if you have any suggestions for revisions, please let me know. I have a few weeks before I actually visit the store to plonk down an arm and a leg for paint supplies. Just keep in mind that the orange you see in Dienekes (if you followed the link, that is) is a bright non-metallic color whereas I'm going for more of a metallic orange - more of a shining bronze.[clearfloat][/clearfloat] Vengeance Hawks paint recipes Grey(body) Rakarth Flesh Nuln Oil Warpfiend Grey Slaanesh Grey [/td] Screaming Bell Fuegan Orange Gehenna’s Gold Auric Armour Gold Casandora Yellow ‘Ardcoat Black(badges) Abaddon Black Nuln Oil Eshin Grey Administratum Grey White(squad & company numbers) Slaanesh Grey White Scar Green(eyes & lenses) White Scar Waywatcher Green Right off the bat, one thing I'm considering is changing the final wash of Casandora Yellow (on the arms) with a glaze of 50:50 Lamenters Yellow and Bloodletter Red (I'll call it Vengeance Hawks Orange B) ). If I didn't have to go to work right now, there would be nifty pictures. :) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/254000-vengeance-hawks/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyrox Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 Great post, look forward to seeing how this goes :) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/254000-vengeance-hawks/#findComment-3082759 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odsox Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 Someone else who only uses Citadel paints! Glory be, this will be worth following! :) Good luck, looking forward to some WIPs! Od. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/254000-vengeance-hawks/#findComment-3082780 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dosjetka Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 As one who has followed some of your projects with anticipation, I look forward to seeing what you paint up :) Ludovic Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/254000-vengeance-hawks/#findComment-3083202 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Tyler Posted July 15, 2012 Author Share Posted July 15, 2012 I painted a test mini today and was not pleased with the outcome. I definitely didn't like the metallic orange and the grey was too light, so I'm revising the paint recipes a bit (going to non-metallic orange for the arms/chest design). I'll post an update on the paints here (and I'll have to go buy any that I don't have tomorrow so that I can test them out). Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/254000-vengeance-hawks/#findComment-3121767 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dosjetka Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 Mabye switch the two around (ie. have silver with non-metallic orange) or make the grey darker (which you could acheive through successive washes of Nuln Oil)? Ludovic Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/254000-vengeance-hawks/#findComment-3121835 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Tyler Posted July 15, 2012 Author Share Posted July 15, 2012 I already have a (secret) silver army planned, so I'd rather avoid using silver for these guys. After looking at SCC's rendition of Dienekes, I'm adjusting the metallic orange to a yellow-orange. I'm still painting test minis, so no harm done if I don't like the outcome. I just posted the updated recipes to my blog (follow the "Procrastinator's Anonymous" banner link below). Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/254000-vengeance-hawks/#findComment-3122120 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorns Padawan Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 Looking forward at long last Brother Tyler to seeing from you, thread followed :P Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/254000-vengeance-hawks/#findComment-3122129 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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