Painting Assistance, DIY Space Marines

[Micius]

I am re-entering the hobby after a long absence. While I have been gone GW has come out with an entirely new line of paints and I find myself not knowing where to begin. Before I go out and buy a bunch of paint that I won't end up using, I thought I would ask the community where to start.

 

I'd like to paint up a few marines from my DIY Chapter:

 

 

Hex Code: #1f3e66 (R: 31, G: 62, B: 102, H: 214°, S: 70%, B: 40%)

 

Paint Distances*:

• 2.32 Dark Blue (Valejo Model)
• 2.92 Deep Blue (Foundry Paints)
• 3.38 Fenris Grey (GW Citadel)
• 9.58 Mordian Blue (GW Citadel)

*B&C SMPainter

 

 

Here are my current thoughts:

• Prime w/ [Corax White Spray]
• Base blue areas with [Kantor Blue]/[Abbadon Black] 80/20
• Base greaves/piping with [Mechanicus Standard Grey]
• Base metal (on bolter) with [Leadbelcher]
• Wash with [Nuln Oil]
• Highlight metal with [Runefang Steel]
• Layer blue areas with [Kantor Blue]
• Highlight blue areas with [Kantor Blue]/[Macragge Blue] 50/50
• Highlight blue areas with [Macragge Blue]
• Base white areas with [Ceramite White]
• Base parchment with [Tallarn Sand]
• Highlight parchment with [Karak Stone]
• Detail parchment with [Rhinox Hide]
• Base seals with [Khorne Red]
• Base eyes with [Khorne Red]
• Highlight eyes with [Fire Dragon Bright]

Paint List:

• [Corax White Spray]
• [Kantor Blue]
• [Abbadon Black]
• [Mechanicus Standard Grey]
• [Leadbelcher]
• [Nuln Oil]
• [Runefang Steel]
• [Macragge Blue]
• [Ceramite White]
• [Tallarn Sand]
• [Karak Stone]
• [Rhinox Hide]
• [Khorne Red]
• [Fire Dragon Bright]

What do you think?

[Razblood]

Sounds good, but I'd base your white with something like Celestra Grey as it has better coverage than Ceramite White.

 

You can then bang a layer or two of Ceramite White over that to get a clean white.