RastlinD Posted June 24, 2013 Share Posted June 24, 2013 Recently I have decided to start painting again and the first Army I decidedto get painted up was my Dark Angels. I am currently painting up a few tacticalsquads and really trying to prevent the whole Christmas Marines look that canhappen when you get green, red, and white going on together. What I am trying to go for then is a very dark green almost a greenishblack. These are the paints I have used so far (sorry no pictures right now, I amat work) first I started off with a base coat of the army painter green spray,then put on a layer of calbian green, then washed it with biel-tan green andthen nuln oil to try and darken the green. After hitting the symbols and thegun with mephiston red, and a yet to be determined red layer color, paintingthe bolter a steel color and dry brushing the imperial Aquila, I plan onhighlighting the raised parts of the armor with warpstone glow and then glazingit finally with waywatcher green. My question is twofold will this give me the desired dark green and preventthe Christmas marine look and two would you guys who have painted numerous darkangels have a better painting scheme that would get me to that dark color? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rik Lightstar Posted June 24, 2013 Share Posted June 24, 2013 It may work, but as rule you're often best to start with the colour being as dark as you want it to be, otherwise you run the risk of getting a patchy consistency from the wash you've applied. Rik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother dean Posted June 24, 2013 Share Posted June 24, 2013 First way to avoid it is to paint the bolter casings black and avoid as much red as possible in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facmanpob Posted June 24, 2013 Share Posted June 24, 2013 My advice......read this thread http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/topic/251519-comparison-painting-das-updated-61512/?p=3085239 Bryan is one of the best painters in the DA sub-forum, and spent a long time comparing and contrasting the various paint options for the Dark Angels marines...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cactus Posted June 24, 2013 Share Posted June 24, 2013 My own preference is for a black wash over the dark green paint du jour. I think Bryan's tests showed that Nuln Oil works just as well. This is the only photo I have that demonstrates mine and it's shamefully out of focus. http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb440/Cactus-/Dark_Angel_sergeants.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winged.CAV Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 I do all my weapons black and silver, I think it's darker. the green I don't mess with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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