Imperial Navy Grunt -Color scheme- feedback Req

[MithrilForge]

O.K. here is a test scheme for a squad i'm working on to go with my guard army, they will represent some Imperial Navy grunts from Cadia that are from a naval fleet that got away from Cadia and are now playing the role of supporting ground elements with extra troops,vehicles - tanks and Taurox's and also Heavy Tanks and Valkyries. (In my mind i had the idea like Battlestar Gallactica a fleet of ragtag group of ships with mixed equipment doing the best they can...

All the Vehicles will be painted generically in ThunderHawk Blue as a standard kinda like all WW II vehicles were Olive Drab this works for me as i have not painted any vehicles for my guard so this helps break the boredom of painting a new colour so i stay enthused

the troops are in standard armed forces Fatigues(Deathworld forest to help tie them in to my main force's uniform) but the armor is Naval fleet issue so i'm going with a blue colour (ThunderHawk Blue) it's not contrasting but will be what they call Accented Analogous ..see below for my colour selection.

Lenses on Helms,weapons,Vehicle screens etc will be Red as the contrast to the middle colour, pouches will be leather look and rifles will either be all gunmetal or have Black casings...not sure on that one?...feedback may be needed to tweak that idea ...

officers that have little or no armor will be dressed in Dark Blue Coats to stand out from standard troops...haven't thought that far ahead yet...

this is the basic scheme, the green will be highlighted up to be a bit brighter and the armor will be highlighted too...whats the best highlight colour for thunderhawk blue?...i was thinking the extreme spot highlight will be screaming skull but i'm kinda stuck on the middle highlight colour?!?... C&C please

Cheers, Mithril

[Kinstryfe]

The color scheme is somewhat unusual, but in a good way. I quite like it. Only thing you may want to try is painting the blue onto the piping on the jacket. It'll break up the field of green from waist to ankle. I look forward to seeing more.

 

Edit: ooh, I just realized, you may even want to play up the irregularity of your troops being a ragtag collection of troops. Maybe play with some troops having mixed fatigues or repurposed armor in a complimentary color here and there.

Edited August 23, 2017 by Kinstryfe

[Halfpint100]

Looks good! Looking forward to seeing vehicles (not that great at painting advice) but I can appreciate it!

[WarriorFish]

Scheme looks good, I'm not sure on a highlight colour though. Ice Blue (or whatever it's called now) would probably be a bit too bright?

 

On the flip side, looks like I've finally found a highlight colour for Eshin Grey in Thunderhawk Blue ;)

[Cyrox]

Have you considered Grey fatigues? It would would tie in very nicely with the Blue.

 

You could add a vertical Green stripe or emblem to one of the shoulders maybe?

[walter h]

Grey fatigues for some not all would highlight the drab of Navel utilities, with green armor.

[MithrilForge]

Have you considered Grey fatigues? It would would tie in very nicely with the Blue.

 

You could add a vertical Green stripe or emblem to one of the shoulders maybe?

 

Great call guys...but i tried that already...he's swimming in simple green as we speak  although i haven't discounted the idea on officers yet   perhaps i didn't have the right grey...

the green will suffice for base level infantry but more testing will be conducted for Sgt at arms and above  

in response to warriorfish, -  i looked at the GW Blues in a google search to find ice blue and found that maybe Fenrisian Grey may be the one to test out for a highlight...

thanks for the advice and feedback guys!

 

cheers, Mithril 

[MithrilForge]

update...just ordered some heads to go with a squad of Cadian Navy Armsmen... can't wait to get em

i saw Henimann had a post where he just got some and it tipped me over to actually get em

Cheers, Mithril

[our_baz]

I'll add my further vote on on the grey fatigues. A Bluey Grey might work quite well. Maybe The Fang as a base, Etherium blue drybrush then a nuil wash.

For highlighting the blue, Temple guard blue / skink blue for a drybrush?

[duz_]

I tried this scheme a while ago... It blue grey, I did Adminstratum Grey + Drakenhof Wash and it literally went blue grey

[Henimann]

This guy looks great!   I'm curious to know what you think of the Victoria cap heads!

Edited August 25, 2017 by Henimann

[MithrilForge]

here is a small update -

finished the left guy,just needs basing. the right guy is WiP and has the Victoria mini's cap head (i think i got unlucky in the ones she sent...lots of flash and mold on the sides of the heads,had to do scraping and filing to clean em up...not happy with their look but from a distance they are acceptable) might test out Mad robot imperial heads next...

And of course....my ShadowSword...very slowly it's coming along...!

Cheers, Mithril

[duz_]

Oooh shiney Shadowsword!

 

That head looks neat though!

[Henimann]

The heads look awesome!  Have you had any issues with scale compared to your GW heads?  

[MithrilForge]

@Duz...  it's got a long way to go, as you would know !!.Also Duz should I paint the barrel blue too ?... still up in the air on that  

@ Henimann - the heads drop straight on without trimming,if anything i'd say they were thinner in the face which is completely understandable as they're not wearing a thick helmet.

i'm awaiting an order of Mad Robot imperial heads...if they're better quality then i'll reserve those for Veterans and use the vic mini's ones for Grunt Sgt's,vox operators,spec wpns etc

I gotta say I am a little disappointed with the vic mini heads (well this batch in particular,because other stuff I've got from her has been top notch ...  anyways...

 

cheers, Mithril

[duz_]

Well I'm biased and I like to paint my barrels.

Looking at the 6 BB commission I was part of everyone there also painted the barrels even though we were not given any specific instruction to do so.

Its a big barrel for all that metal and painting it shows respect to the Machine God.

So I'd go with yes but just these areas

Id keep that little gold / bronze bracing at the beginning of the barrel metallic too

Edited September 7, 2017 by duz_

[MithrilForge]

Thanks man   that's the advice i was looking for...Lets see how it looks after the first stage you've shown here...

gee initially i didn't realise the amount of rivets and panels i had to ink on this beast  doing on side is feeling like i'm doing a whole Leman Russ.

Also... where do people generally put numbers and names etc?...

 

Mithril 

[Silas7]

Right under the vision slit next to the barrel looks like a good spot for some decals, heck the tank has so much area to work with I'd pick what looks coolest to you. :)