I've decided to paint the marines as Salamanders, mainly because I've had enough of painting Blood Angels. I'm using snot green as a base with a thraka green wash and a highlight of scorpion green. Still getting to grips with the new inks - do you wash the entire model with the ink or just the recesses that you want to be shaded? I'm sure that I'll find out through trial and error.
My only gripe with the new boxed set is the lack of a playable campaign in the rules, but I guess the White Dwarf campaign will make up for it.
The photos below are of the Salamanders in progress.
Progress looks good.
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As far as the inks, I think you might do better to keep the ink in the recessed areas instead of all over but I'm not too sure about that.
The pics, are they before or after the Scorpion Green highlight?
ReplyDeleteThey look "before." If so, could we get some pics post-highlight?
If not, did the Scorpion Green come before or after the wash?
And to answer your question, I do typically hit the whole model with the wash. Base coat, wash, highlight with thinned base color, second highlight with lighter color (armor edges and such).
These are pictures of the marines before highlights. Currently inking and highlighting so will take more photos when that's done. Want to avoid making them look too much like Dark Angels so they have their own identity.
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