Painting Tutorial: Green and Bone

[bevulf]

Hi guys,

 

I know that some of you had asked me for this but it seems I have always found an excuse not to do this (yes, yes, my growing army :))

 

I asked myself : if not now then when ? Dark Vengeance is upon us and some of you may find sth worthy in these tutorials.

 

They are simplified versions of how I paint mine miniatures. I removed some steps to make it easier.

 

Unfortunately when I took all the pictures I found their quality not as good as I expected (forgive me the rough and sandy look). it was too late to change it. I hope my description will help you either way.

 

some notes:

 

- ALWAYS thin down your paint - i use almost equal amount of water to the currently used colour(s) - you need to try it for yourself but the consistency of your thinneddown paint should be that of a milk;

 

- I used old Citadel Paints but you can easily use those from the new pallette - just check the equivalents on the comparison chart available on GW website;

 

So to start:

 

PAINTING DARK GREEN AND BONE ARMOUR:

 

 

1st STEP:

 

as a basecoat I used Chaos Black and Codex Grey:

 

http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x240/bevulf/DAgreenBleached01.jpg

 

not much to add here so to the next step...

 

2nd STEP:

 

Green: paint all armour with a layer of pure Dark Angels Green

Bone: paint all armour with a mix of 1:1 Khemri Brown and Bleached Bone

 

http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x240/bevulf/DAgreenBleached02.jpg

 

It should smoothly cover all.

 

3rd STEP:

 

Green: paint armour with a mix of Dark Angels Green and Scorpion Green in ratio (3:1 - just add a little drop of Scorpion Green to delicately highlight the colour)

Bone: add Bleached Bone to the previous mix (should be in ratio 1:2 of Khemri Brown to Bleached Bone)

 

http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x240/bevulf/DAgreenBleached03.jpg

 

try to paint almost all the armour - just leave the joints of armour

 

4th STEP:

 

Green: Paint delicate Scorpion Green highlight on the edges of the armour

Bone: and Skull White to the previous mix (ratio: 1:2:1 of Khemri Brown : Bleached Bone : Skull White)

 

http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x240/bevulf/DAgreenBleached04.jpg

 

5th STEP:

 

Green: paint 2nd highlight on the edges with a mix of 1:1 Scorpion Green: Skull White

Bone: add more Skull White to the previous mix

 

http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x240/bevulf/DAgreenBleached05.jpg

 

6th STEP:

 

Green: wash all armour with Thraka Green wash - I add a drop of Badab Black to darken the colour

Bone: wash recesses with Devlun Mud (only in recesses !)

 

http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x240/bevulf/DAgreenBleached06.jpg

 

 

leave it to dry.

 

7th STEP:

 

Green: re-highlight armour with a mix of Scorion Green and Skull White in ratio 1:1 on the very edges.

Bone: Highlight the edges of the armour with pure Skull White

 

http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x240/bevulf/DAgreenBleached09.jpg

 

That's all - I really hope that some of you will find it interesting and test it on your models.

 

If you want to ask me sth else - feel free to do it.

 

Good luck !

[GumbaFish]

Nice tutorial, I love your army. I also appreciate how much of a pain it is to make a picture tutorial, so thanks for tanking the time to do this. Its interesting seeing how others work to their end result.

[IndigoJack]

Great tutorial. My only suggestion is to provide updated names for the paints since many of the ones you listed are no longer available.

[GumbaFish]

But those are the paints he uses, compatibility with the new range isn't so exact really.

[bevulf]

My only suggestion is to provide updated names for the paints since many of the ones you listed are no longer available.

 

As I said in my first post - check the conversion chart on GW website:

 

 

GW Citadel Conversion Chart

 

 

I do not use the new paints - I have a full stock of old paints at the moment.

 

Once again my apology - pictures are with a poor quality but due to the fact that I took each picture when progressing to the new step it was impossible for me to change them after finishing painting. I hope that description is good enough and complement the pictures.

[IndigoJack]

Don't know how I missed that, it's even in nice big lettering >.< sorry!

[Isiah]

Nice stuff bevulf :tu:.

 

I have a question: how accurate are those colour pics as the cork looks very yellow to me?

[bevulf]

Not exactly - pictures are indeed very bright but I wanted to show you the changes in colours. I will try to take better pictures next time.

[Magnus Thane]

A somewhat related question brother Dark Angel... how do you approach your DA dreads?

Do you use a lot of boltgun metal to cause 'weathering' or do you feel a clean look suits the machine better?

[Tamwulf]

Very nice tutorial! They say a picture is worth a thousand words, and these pictures clearly represent what is happening on the model after each step. Very nice! The only gripe I'd have is select a different, more neutral background for composing the pictures with. As you can tell, the camera kinda focused on the background and washed out your colors significantly. You can see this by the background almost superimposing itself over the bone white color in a couple of the shots.

 

Other than that, great work! Thanks for sharing! :devil: