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Greetings All,

 

I'm a keen fan of B&C, but I rarely post, however, I'm stumped on this one, and was wondering if anyone could help, as I'm not the world's greatest painter... <_<

 

I was thinking of painting up some test marines in the Steel Confessor colour scheme having trawled the net for fluff and pics, B&C being one of the best sources of course, and I believe the esteemed Brother Bannus listed it as:

 

"Colours are blue metallic armour with Bleached Bone pads over a black undercoat".

 

I can't seem to work out how I'm going to do metallic blue? Does GW even DO a metallic blue?? I can't find one! Any suggestions more than welcome! Please note I've never worked with anything other than GW paints (deprived I know), although I'm more than willing to try if I can get a hold of them!

 

Sorry if this sounds a bit basic!

 

HM

 

Edit: Do I NEED to use metallic blue? Or would a non metallic suffice?

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Well, I believe they used to do a metallic blue, but not any more.

 

The easiest way is paint the parts you want to be metallic blue either Boltgun Metal, Chainmail, or Mithiril Silver depending on how bright you want the armour to be. The do a layer of watered down blue ink over the silver, multiple layers will make the blue richer.

 

-Legacy40k

wouldn't that make them a bit to much like grey knights, silver armour with a blue tinge?

 

It depends on the amount of blue ink you use. They Grey Knights GW paints for the books generally have a very minimal coating.

 

I say try both suggestions and see which one you like more (duh! :rolleyes: ).

 

Good luck!

something i've discovered is mixing some paint into the ink will make it "stain" whatever you wash but only add a drop. i'd say a tiny drop of black into blue ink over a chainmail coat will give a result close to what you want. Apart from that the best advice i can give is experiment!

 

Good luck

 

<~Brother Atheos~>

Sorry if this sounds a bit basic!

 

HM

 

Edit: Do I NEED to use metallic blue? Or would a non metallic suffice?

 

 

Brother nothing is ever too basic and no question should be ignored (unless it's because you can't be bothered opening a rule book!).

 

To create a clean steel look akin to titanium you would well want a blue tinge to it. Why not use the Ordo Melleus Grey Knight method?

 

Boltgun metal and then 1 part ink to ten parts water, leave to dry and apply several times so as not to 'stain' (see articles on how to use inks if you are not too sure).

 

P.S I witnessed the actual battle at UK Games Day which is going to dictate the Steel Confessors fluff!

Thank you all the replies brothers!

 

I've noted all the techniques and will give them all consideration!

 

I believe one of the issues I have to deal with first, is whether the Steel Confessors are 'steel' as in Grey Knight-type steely (sp?) blue, or are they an actual metallic blue, sort of like the kind you get when you pay for metallic paint on a new car! :rolleyes:

 

The pictures I've seen of mini's seem to be that it's an actual metallic blue, however, I believe there was a large bust of a terminator present which has painted 'steel'?

 

Brother Caliban, having witnessed the game at Games Day, perhaps you could enlighten us? Or indeed anyone who saw those mini's?

 

Thanks again all,

 

HM

maybe abit of a bizzare idea,

 

 

but if you want them done properly, why not phone up the store responsable for the steel confessor game from last yeah, and ask what colours they did them with. after doing a full chapter of the buggers, they probably wont have forgotten which colours they used.

 

 

Chris W

I would suggest something like:

 

basecoat with boltgun mixed with encahnted blue, highlight by adding chainmail to the mix, a final highlight with mithril before glazing the whole area with thinned blue ink, to enrich the blue....

 

and then maybe highlight with mithril again... :wub:

 

remember to keep ur paints thinned and so on :(

 

keep it real

 

Mvh: skillz

I would use a mix of the metal finishes (Boltgun Metal, Mithryl Silver, Chainmail, etc.) to get a good light effect going (i.e. to "shade" and "highlight" the mini). Then I would seriously thin some blue ink with water and apply one coat at a time until i achieved a desirable result.

 

For the shoulderpads, I would start with Snakebite leather and work my way up to about 1/3rd Skull White to 2/3rds Bleached Bone for the final highlight.

Greetings all,

 

Thanks for the advice so far, every bit appreicated,

 

I spoke with Brother Caliban in real time, and also from the posts in this thread, there seems to be a genuine acceptance that the 'Steel' Confessors are indeed steel? Or at least perhaps a heavy blue inked metal?

 

Dr_m4d_skillz suggested:

 

boltgun mixed with encahnted blue

 

My flatmate actually just tried this and the result is a slightly metallic blue. It looks quite good.

 

However, I guess I'm still back with the same question, blue or steel? Or is it a 'bluely steel'?????

 

Arrrgggghhhhh! Oh, for an IA: steel Confessors!

 

HM

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