morf Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 My first attempt at painting assault marines so be gentle haha. Been following Captain_Volos' Black Armour Tutorial.The models at the front are in stage two of the tutorial and the ones at the back are stage 1. I've left the heads off as I'm going to do them separate as Im not so great at painting. guna base coat them let them dry and stand them in blue tac to paint them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathspectersgt7 Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 A good start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Melice Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 Paint the heads separate from the minis, pin them to a paper clip, and secure that on to a bottle cork, make way easier to do a clean and neat job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morf Posted May 27, 2014 Author Share Posted May 27, 2014 Thanks for the feedback spectre. That's a great tip melice thanks, never thought of anything like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Melice Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 take a look at this thread.... http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/topic/290022-scythes-of-the-emperor-27514-chaplain-time/page-5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morf Posted May 28, 2014 Author Share Posted May 28, 2014 That guy is far too good at painting. Makes me extremely jealous and a little ashamed at how bad I am. Some really good bits and pieces to try out though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Melice Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 don't worry about the guy's painting skills, that comes with practice, just pay attention to HOW he organizes his work. That you can learn from carefully watching his blog. And remember the most important thing are: 1 careful priming, multiple thin coats are better than one heavy. 2 dilute your paints with water, the paint goes on smoother then, if one coat does not give you the coverage you want, better to come back and apply another thin coat. 3 neat paint job, if you are not at a level where you can do feathering, or blending, better to do a neat paint job first, everything else is next stage. good luck at developing your painting skills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morf Posted May 28, 2014 Author Share Posted May 28, 2014 All great advice and things that I'll keep in mind, thanks :) What do you use to dilute your paint in? Just like a cheap paint pallet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Melice Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 a small Rubbermaid (plastic container) with a piece of paper towel in it, soaked in water (wet pallet) works great, helps to keep your paint moist for a long time, the lid on the container will help your paint last even longer. There are a bunch of in depth explanations on how to make the Wet Pallet online, so you can find that pretty easily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morf Posted May 28, 2014 Author Share Posted May 28, 2014 Cool, thanks man will look it up. The new paints have a weird lid that stays attached which I find annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morf Posted June 1, 2014 Author Share Posted June 1, 2014 Okay so I've got further with my ASMs and thought I'd get some feedback. I've completed the 3rd stage of the tutorial and added a few extra bits of detail. Wazddakka Red for the edging and ulthuan grey for the skulls and wings. I'm thinking of doing at least one coat of nuln oil over the skulls and wings maybe two. I think I'm going to leave the red as is though. Okay and one marine is further along than the others. The silver/metal colour is ironbreaker and I'm planing on doing at least one coat of nuln oil over it. most likely 2 coats over the chain sword, I think it should be significantly darker than the bolt pistol. So thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morf Posted June 5, 2014 Author Share Posted June 5, 2014 Finished ASM (4/5 and they're missing transfers on the shoulders) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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