How to paint white space marines?

[Lathe Biosas]

I thought I had escaped painting White, until I bought an Apothecary.

 

Any easy ways to paint a white armoured space marines?

 

My current paint skill level is 0.

 

 

If it's really easy, I'll paint all my Marines as Hospitalitiers.

Edited 9 hours ago by Firedrake Cordova
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[Grotsmasha]

The secret is ... don't.

 

You paint them a really light grey, and highlight with white.

The quickest way currently would be to prime in Grey Seer, then do Apothecary White Contrast, but not all over. Target it into areas that are in the shade, and then all the recesses all over. Then edge in your white of choice.

 

Alternatively, you could Apothecary White all over and then dry brush over with a light grey (Grey Seer or lighter), then edge in white.

 

EDIT: Make sure to add agitators to your Apothecary White, and shake the ever loving crap out of it until there's no sediment sitting on the bottom of the pot.

Edited 12 hours ago by Grotsmasha

[Sothalor]

Yeah I would not call myself a skilled painter by any means, but when it comes to painting white, one consistent technical detail pops up in my experience:

 

Many white paints undergo separation when it comes to their pigments, and that will affect their behavior when trying to paint onto a mini. You really want to agitate the bejeezus out of them to get them to a consistency where they aren't working against you.

[Lathe Biosas]

How do you do the black between the armour?

[Karhedron]

I also find painting white a challenge but Apothecarion White contrast paint does help. Here is my Biologis who I painted pretty simply with the following recipe.

1. Basecoat Grey Seer
2. Contrast Apothecarion White
3. Highlight with Corax white

Not perfect but pretty decent results without going overboard on complexity.

 

[Grotsmasha]

1 hour ago, Lathe Biosas said:

How do you do the black between the armour?

Black Templar Contrast will do it nicely