Flint13 Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 Morning Folks! A few people have asked how I do the camouflage for my Nightlord recon marines, so I thought I'd flesh out my process and make a little tutorial for it. For the good of the community! I went for an icy city camo with blues and grays, but I've had success with mixes of browns, greens, grays and even some red and oranges for desert styles. The trick is picking three colors that complement your chosen terrain and a fourth that is slightly lighter than all three. A wash to tie them all together is essential, and lastly, you can choose a fifth that is lighter than all of those to highlight, but that step is optional. You'll see what I mean in a second. On to the good stuff! Here is our intrepid volunteer and his range of colors! http://i1290.photobucket.com/albums/b533/Flint1324/PC290009_zps7caec21a.jpg Step 1: Block out your cloth. http://i1290.photobucket.com/albums/b533/Flint1324/PC290002_zpsc6f95438.jpg Step 2: Start with the mid-line color (Eshin gray for me). Drag tiny lines in one concise direction. Vary the length and thickness of some those lines. No uniform branches! http://i1290.photobucket.com/albums/b533/Flint1324/PC290005_zpsb43d28b7.jpg Step 3: Bring in the darker color (Fenris gray here). Pair those first lines with more from this next color. Try to keep most of the lines barely touching each other. They end up looking odd if just floating out in space.http://i1290.photobucket.com/albums/b533/Flint1324/PC290006_zps9bed6e52.jpg Step 4: Bring in the lightest of your 3 camo colors (Russ gray). Try to bond the little lines together into little triplets. You can be a little more forgiving here. The wash does a better job of tying the light colors together. http://i1290.photobucket.com/albums/b533/Flint1324/PC290007_zps62ed0816.jpg Step 5: Wash to pull all the colors closer together. I used a thinned drakenhoff blue, since all of my colors have a blue hint anyway. Concentrate a little extra wash down in the recesses of your folds to imitate shadows. Be sure to thin your wash first. A super thick wash can obliterate some of the more delicate colors. Plus you can always wash a second time if need be. http://i1290.photobucket.com/albums/b533/Flint1324/PC290010_zps4c4e5035.jpg Step 6 (optional) - I think your camo will look just fine here, but if you want to take another step to it, highlight the very edges and raises in the folds. It also helps give it a bit more of a shifty quality. http://i1290.photobucket.com/albums/b533/Flint1324/PC290012_zps637eee58.jpg There you have super simple, yet good looking camo to keep your marines all sneaky! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/286232-flints-tiny-tutes-15min-recon-camo/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
infyrana Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 True step by step guide, certainly looks quick and easy as well as giving a great result ! Approved :D The last step with the shifty quality adds a real nice touch to finish it off. (though I might substitute my colours for less blue and more green and brown lol) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/286232-flints-tiny-tutes-15min-recon-camo/#findComment-3581796 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vazzy Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 Holy :cuss, that's like, wicked easy. Thank you a ton Flint.... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/286232-flints-tiny-tutes-15min-recon-camo/#findComment-3581897 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demus Ragnok Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 Hey that is too easy. Many thanks. Gonna try that with some shades of green. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/286232-flints-tiny-tutes-15min-recon-camo/#findComment-3581907 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barabbas Sogalon Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 Great tutorial, thanks a lot! Wish I has found something like this when I worked on my IG. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/286232-flints-tiny-tutes-15min-recon-camo/#findComment-3581916 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flint13 Posted January 30, 2014 Author Share Posted January 30, 2014 Thanks guys. I hope you all get some good use out of it. It will work with pretty much any "natural" color combination for different environments and a wash to tie them all together. Let me know if anyone has any questions. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/286232-flints-tiny-tutes-15min-recon-camo/#findComment-3582931 Share on other sites More sharing options...
plasmaspam Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Great tutorial, clear and concise. Going to experiment with this for different colour schemes for my scouts and infiltration squads. Off topic - your midnight blue looks great on that sniper too. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/286232-flints-tiny-tutes-15min-recon-camo/#findComment-3583698 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samitte Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Nice tutorial, I've added it to my quick links for when I start on my scouts. They would like their camo to be as nice as that. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/286232-flints-tiny-tutes-15min-recon-camo/#findComment-3592152 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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