Monday, June 26, 2017

Dark Angels Primaris Space Marines

Well, like many people, I picked up the new Warhammer 40k box set and have started to add the new space marine models to my army. I've decided to paint them in traditional Dark Angels colors as that is the faction that has the most completed models in my collection.

I first started doing a test model to work out the color scheme road-map. I started by priming the model using Vallejo's Grey Surface Primer. I added a few drops of their airbrush thinner and a few drops of Vallejo's Air Flow Improver. This primer coated the model very well with no clogging or issues and after several light coats the model fully primed.


 
I let the primer cure overnight and then base-coated the model using Vallejo's Game Air Dark Green. This was allowed to cure overnight and then I added three layers of highlights by mixing the base color with Vallejo's Game Air Sick Green. 

For each layer I added more and more Sick Green to achieve the subtle highlights that I was looking for. The first layer was a 50/50 mix, second was a 70/30 mix and the third was a 90/10. A final highlight of 100% Sick Green was added to finish of the primary color phase.





I'll let this cure 24-48 hours before applying a satin varnish to protect the layers and then move onto picking out some of the smaller details with a brush.

More to come...

Thursday, June 1, 2017

Update - June 2017

Well, it has been quite a while since my last blog post but hopefully this is the first of many new posts for this year.

I took a break for the last couple of years from gaming and modeling in general to get married and work on building a new life with my wife. We've been updating the house and work has been also keeping me too busy to really dig into modelling.

Hopefully, things will start to settle down so that I can start to finish several of the projects like the Angels of Absolution army. I have been tinkering with refining the color scheme to include additional highlights and washes that should enhance the overall effect.

Well, more to come and hopefully another update in a few days.