Progress Log: Alpha Legion Warband: "The Last Surprise"

[hd3]

9 hours ago, Brother Christopher said:

Man, I really shouldn't visit your thread. Every time I see your marines, I kind of want to get some metallic marines painted. I can't get over how striking your paint scheme is.

 

The details on the helmets are small, indeed. But I think you won't have too much trouble getting them right. Remember that you can always cover some of the mistakes up with a glaze or wash (and get some additional shading done, too).

 

I was debating that or a toothpick with rune fang steel on it to pick out the tiny trim 

[hd3]

I started on the chosen, doing black legion with nuln for the armour seals, black templar for the chest bandoliers and runelord brass for the secondary metallics. I used warp lightning to make a similar glow effect for the combi weapons but I wanted it to look distinct from plasma coils. 

 

One thing I'm noticing is that the wash pooled up much more than I realized before. I think I expected it to work like normal CSM models where it pools above the raised trim but of course mkvi armour doesn't have that being mostly flat panels. It's too late for these guys but for my 30k marines I'm going to be much more careful with the wash and maybe thin it down a bit more to try to avoid this.

Edited Monday at 04:58 AM by hd3

[Firedrake Cordova]

Honestly, they look fine to me.