A Gentleman's Coup Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 Hey all. I've been trying to paint the Sons of Horus color scheme, but I can't seem to replicate it. I was told to try this technique: Base - Mechanicus Standard Grey Highlight - Dawnstone Wash - Coelia Greenshade Instead of getting that awesome light seafoam green color, I just get a green tinged grey. What am I doing wrong? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/332695-sons-of-horus-green/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rangaman Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 This question wil never have the 'right' answer I'm afraid. I tried that grey base with green wash a few years back before I started my own Sons and to be honest, it looked like muck. If you are after an easy to replicate colour scheme maybe just go with the FW greens, they work well for airbrushing since one is significantly lighter. Otherwise, if you are like me and like the teal/lighter seafoam look then I can give you a run down of my scheme. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/332695-sons-of-horus-green/#findComment-4703786 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Loss Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 I use my own recipe which involves a few mixes but gets good results, but the FW greens (Lupercal Green & Sons of Horus green) are apparently quite nice. There's no right or wrong recipe though, and the Sons of Horus green changes over the course of the Heresy (becoming murkier and darker as they get more evil, basically) so aim for something you like the look of. In general, I'd start with a dark green and build up from there, not from a grey - that green washed grey will get you the older Index Astartes look (where the SoH were essentially green tinged grey rather than their current incarnation). Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/332695-sons-of-horus-green/#findComment-4703797 Share on other sites More sharing options...
depthcharge12 Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 Are you shooting for a greenish grey? You'd likely have to build that up in layers, and there might be some people that achieved it. I've had much more success with the darker green, and honestly, I prefer it. If you want to achieve a light bluish grey green, I'd recommend airbrushing and using FW's SoH green. Shameless plug time, this is leaning toward the darker, Lupercal Green: http://i911.photobucket.com/albums/ac316/treacyjohn2/1DD57264-3C65-45B1-BDC0-4785241836F0_zpsompojkcz.jpg Part of this is due to the lighting, but this is using more of the lighter, SoH Green: http://i911.photobucket.com/albums/ac316/treacyjohn2/1DC845A9-4696-4646-A4C7-BBFAFEF7A26B_zpspoencicw.jpg Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/332695-sons-of-horus-green/#findComment-4703826 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother-Chaplain Kage Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 There was someone on here a while ago that did some SoH models and IIRC he said he mixed the two FW SoH greens together 50/50 for the basecoat, used the lighter one for highlights and the darker one for shadows and it looked amazing. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/332695-sons-of-horus-green/#findComment-4703925 Share on other sites More sharing options...
shandwen Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 I wonder if we can't come to a similar shade using the gw paints that were released for the 1k sons? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/332695-sons-of-horus-green/#findComment-4703937 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supe robot gangster #1 Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 My wife did a base of sotek green and did a series of blue and green washes to get hers a nice sea green colour (she may have used some light dry brushing on the edges as well, but I'm not sure what colour she used, possibly a silver?) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/332695-sons-of-horus-green/#findComment-4703973 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old-Four-Arms Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 Hey all. I've been trying to paint the Sons of Horus color scheme, but I can't seem to replicate it. I was told to try this technique: Base - Mechanicus Standard Grey Highlight - Dawnstone Wash - Coelia Greenshade Instead of getting that awesome light seafoam green color, I just get a green tinged grey. What am I doing wrong? Check out Elwell32's Sons of Horus : http://z13.invisionfree.com/The_First_Expedition/ar/t1692.htm Basecoat : Celestra Grey Wash : Coelia Greenshade drybrush : Hellion Green Regards, Old-Four-Arms Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/332695-sons-of-horus-green/#findComment-4704029 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishagu Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 Use multiple layers of green wash over standard grey. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/332695-sons-of-horus-green/#findComment-4704066 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taurulf Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 Here's my Sons of Horus. I use Black Primer then Vallejo USMC tank crew Then wash with corelia green shade. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/332695-sons-of-horus-green/#findComment-4704078 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBear Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 The 'green wash over grey'-method can look pretty sweet, and the SoH army done that way by Duncan Rhodes in WD a few years ago was one of the things that steered me towards the SoH. The problem though, was that I couldn't get consistent results with that method so I had to abandon it. While trying to salvage one failed tester I gave Vallejo US Dark Green a try, and thought the result was pretty nice in the end. http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m101/The-Bear-in-the-North/SAM_1129__zpsrr0xnwmm.png Not exactly the FW-scheme, but it works for me. My guys aren't part of the main Legion fleet so the way I see it they just used the type of green they had the most of when they got the news of their new name, and the fact that they had to repaint their armour. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/332695-sons-of-horus-green/#findComment-4704273 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kastor Krieg Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 For saturated SoH green:Prime: any Black Layer: Kabalite Green Highlight: Sybarite Green Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/332695-sons-of-horus-green/#findComment-4704307 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milosh Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 Hey, how do you guys upload photos without using a URL? Is that possible. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/332695-sons-of-horus-green/#findComment-4704337 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kastor Krieg Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 Don't bother. Upload to IMGUR, get direct link to the FILE, use tags. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/332695-sons-of-horus-green/#findComment-4704407 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bat33.1 Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 I used the FW airbrush paints - Lupercal and SoH green - for these SoH Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/332695-sons-of-horus-green/#findComment-4704470 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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