Painting heresy Death Guard destroyers?

[Brother Clavero]

  With all of this talk of the new Heresy edition coming up, I started thinking about Death Guard destroyer squads and what they would look like and how to represent them. I read in one place that the black armour of the destroyers was due to the toxic nature of the weapons they used ruining the armour's paint.  It also seems that some legions had these squads purposely painted black. The only Death Guard example (official) that I could find was in the Forgeworld rule book that had a couple of DG shoulder pads that looked more like paint was stained blackish than painted.

 

   My question is, how to achieve this polluted/burnt look while still being able to use DG colours? Would you use washes, powders, etc? 

 

   

 

*Edit* The bottom one does look like it was painted black.

Edited March 31, 2022 by Brother Clavero

[D3L]

Paint as your normal scheme that you're happy with including battle damage, however you personally do it

once that is done just age it with multiple oil washes of black, multiple times until you reach your desired shade of tarnished black

once that has dry, use black and grey pigment stippled over to give the dusty/burnt look 

set the pigment& matte varnish

profit?

(I would actually suggest off black,ie: a dark dark black-brown mix, so your eyes keep registering true black, as black when you actually use it)

Edited April 2, 2022 by D3L

[Brother Clavero]

Thanks for the reply. I'll definitely be giving your suggestions a try !!!

[OttoVonAwesome]

Both. I'd paint it black as normal but in grey scale for contrast and highlights use a wash over the decals of prolly nuln oil and then any brown wash and finish with spattered brush flick of pigment mixed with a tiny bit alchohol or white spirit. So they look dirty and irradiated but not overly weathered.