ScottishDunc Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 Just looking to see if anyone bought these books. I'm considering it, but I don't want to paint the typical red but perhaps a version of Ryza or yellow or cream/beige as the primary color. Thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Ommadon Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 I have both and my friends who are pretty close to being professional painters laugh at me for getting them lol! I love them, since I am a hack painter they really do a good job breaking down the paint schemes for me to understand. Tons of up close high quality photos too! Plus they have extra fluff on some of the different Forge Worlds. Here is what you get: Legions of The Omnissiah (Skitarii Paint Guide) - 112 pages Mars Metalica Crusaders of The Machine God (Cult Mechanicus Paint Guide) - 128 pages Mars Ryza Metalica Like I mentioned above I love them even though my scheme is Stygies VIII which unfortunately is not featured in the painting guides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munocat Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 I purchased the space wolves painting guide, it had lots of fluff. Do the mechanicum once have fluff? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Ommadon Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 Sure do lol! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MithrilForge Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 if they were prob half the price i'd get em reference material is always great as GW typically doesn't show some angles of models in the WD or codex and you end up scratching your head wondering what colour to paint such n such on the backpack or area not seen before... Mithril Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottishDunc Posted June 23, 2015 Author Share Posted June 23, 2015 I have both and my friends who are pretty close to being professional painters laugh at me for getting them lol! I love them, since I am a hack painter they really do a good job breaking down the paint schemes for me to understand. Tons of up close high quality photos too! Plus they have extra fluff on some of the different Forge Worlds. Here is what you get: Legions of The Omnissiah (Skitarii Paint Guide) - 112 pages Mars Metalica Crusaders of The Machine God (Cult Mechanicus Paint Guide) - 128 pages Mars Ryza Metalica Like I mentioned above I love them even though my scheme is Stygies VIII which unfortunately is not featured in the painting guides. Can you confirm the base colour for these forge worlds? I am leaning towards just the Cult Mechanicus one but not sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vel'Cona Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 I feel that the paint guides are somewhat overpriced for what you get. There are plenty of guides using the Citadel range online (Youtube, blogs, forums) so you can extrapolate the colors you'll need to get the scheme you want, and frankly the fact that they cover less than half the FWs available is relatively unforgivable. It's especially galling that Ryza was left out of the Skitarii Paint Guide! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Lucifer Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 I find them really helpful! I like the extra,fluff and the wealth of pictures... Even though I am not painting any of the schemes present in the books I am still enjoying reading them (I also love Warhammer Visions though...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battybattybats Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 I hope to get them for the background soon. Any details on what is covered in the background material? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Lucifer Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 As far as the CM book hoes a small write up of the magos of mars, matalicca and ryza live an a4 page each and an a4 illustration of each magos with some annotation to points of interest - then perhaps 3/4 pages of info about important units... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottishDunc Posted June 29, 2015 Author Share Posted June 29, 2015 Picked the CM one up on Friday. Love it... fluff is good, though a little limited, and painting techniques are exactly what I was expecting and already helping me make progress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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