Necro's Chaos Space Marines (Basics first)

[Necro Fusion]

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I'm deciding to start a thread for my Chaos baddies here. I've only actually painted a little, so this is a learning experience for me, and what way better to get help than from other players and painters? biggrin

Right now I'm working on finishing some of the conversion models, like my Daemon Prince, (I'll get a picture up when I can use a good camera, I hate picture phones) and finalizing details on tanks and such. But most of my troops are finished and ready to be painted, with the exception of a few guys without bolters. Just an experiment to see if it's better to paint with the bolter already on or not.

So, to start off simple, I want to finalize my ideas for a colour scheme. What do you guys think?


*Painter from Bolter and Chainsword*

And if you like it, what colours and mixes should I use? The base colour is Skull White, but I'm wondering if I should start with a brown and red mix or simply use Red Gore for the reds, and the blacks, shall I mix Codex Gray and Chaos Black or simply use the black and highlight it?

Sorry for all the questions. sweatdrop

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[Darkweaver66]

right, i'll comment yours if you comment mine (mines the admech project log)

i really like the colour scheme, like the preheresy death guard! and the dark red works well, good luck with this project!  

[Darkweaver66]

sorry, i never went into much detail yesterday as my dad was about to turn the router off to do something to it, so i posted what i had typed.

as to your paints question, i suggest red gore with 50/50 red gore and blood red highlights. for the black, i would use chaos black, with chaos black and codex grey mix highlights, and for the white, dont highlight.  

[Rev.Matt]

I've found the easiest way to get effectively shaded black is to paint adeptus battlegrey and give several coats of badab black until you're happy. I agree with fire - link on the red though red gore is the way forward.  

[Necro Fusion]

Rev.Matt

I've found the easiest way to get effectively shaded black is to paint adeptus battlegrey and give several coats of badab black until you're happy. I agree with fire - link on the red though red gore is the way forward.

Come and die with the zombies in the moonlight
They become alive when you die, you cannot fool them
You got to slam with the dead and let it go now
See a thousand hallowed eyes stare into the night




I've heard similar things from the Games Workshop staff at my local store, actually. Turns out that the Foundation paints really are that awesome.
This week I'm just going to work on getting the base coat of white on, then pick up some new paints this week if I have the money.

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[Battle Brother Bill]

For the white mix astronomicron grey with skull white 50/50 then let dry. the go over with skull white.  

[Shinobi_8745]

I'd make the white easy, I belive you can get the same white/grey-ish by using skull white first, then using badab black ink on it, one or two layers (depends on how much shading you want) and then use skull white as highlight, faster and more simple than mixing paints. n_n  

[Rev.Matt]

badab black over white can come out a bit dull and dirty. try a 1 part badab black 1 part asurmen blue 2 parts water mix. highlight with sKull white until happy.  

[Necro Fusion]

Come and die with the zombies in the moonlight
They become alive when you die, you cannot fool them
You got to slam with the dead and let it go now
See a thousand hallowed eyes stare into the night


I'll try the suggestions and any I get at Games Workshop, but I won't be able to do much with a lack of funds for now. I need to start looking for a job instead of leeching money from my dad. rolleyes

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[savage-everlong]

I would personally undercoat that scheme with a codex grey. then i'd undercoat the blacks with black. for the red, id try to paint it scab red. drybrush the codex grey with skull white and edge the black area with a 50/50 codex grey, chaos black mix. drybrush the scab red with red gore. for a final hilight, go over the very tips and corners of the black area with straight codex grey, and the same areas of the red areas with blood red. the many layers of color ad lots of depth (for the red especcialy) and give the model an almost sinister look if done right. dont forget to water down the paints though or the layers will fill in the details of the model. biggrin for metal areas, i would undercoat black and drybrush boltgun metal.(no highlights) this gives the metal a verry dark,strong and rustic feel. for the eyes, go with ultramarines blue, line the lower portions of the eye with ice blue for lighting effects/glare, and put a white dot in the corners of the eyes to represent reflections/glare. you can simplify this lots if you need to but I put a lot of steps in there to cover everything you could possibly want to do biggrin  

[Shinobi_8745]

Rev.Matt

badab black over white can come out a bit dull and dirty. try a 1 part badab black 1 part asurmen blue 2 parts water mix. highlight with sKull white until happy.

That's why you highlight. : P

I tried this out on another mini, and it did not look dirty at all, but if that effect would occour I wouldn't see a problem with it, I mean, come on, we're talking about chaos here, why would they bother cleaning their armour? Normal marines barely bother to clean it (GW just tend to make all models look clean, even orkz, for some reason they never give them rust effects).

And we want a test mini now! Otherwise I'll take out one of my own chaos marines and try my method out and post it up, you slowpokes! :'D

Oh, water with the foundation inks ruins the glaze-wannabe effect they give, so adding water is something I reccomend you don't do.  

[Necro Fusion]

Shinobi_8745

That's why you highlight. : P

I tried this out on another mini, and it did not look dirty at all, but if that effect would occour I wouldn't see a problem with it, I mean, come on, we're talking about chaos here, why would they bother cleaning their armour? Normal marines barely bother to clean it (GW just tend to make all models look clean, even orkz, for some reason they never give them rust effects).

And we want a test mini now! Otherwise I'll take out one of my own chaos marines and try my method out and post it up, you slowpokes! :'D

Oh, water with the foundation inks ruins the glaze-wannabe effect they give, so adding water is something I reccomend you don't do.

Come and die with the zombies in the moonlight
They become alive when you die, you cannot fool them
You got to slam with the dead and let it go now
See a thousand hallowed eyes stare into the night




Oh, let me at least get to the weekend. xd I'll be painting under the eye of a GW staff member tomorrow, hopefully, so I'll have a good idea of what I'm doing, and if I get money I can actually work on the details, too. ^^ That's the only issue, though, with Fable 2 coming out and all. sweatdrop

But I'll see what I can do over the weekend and if I can get a hold of a camera, then I'll get a test model finished first. ^^

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[Shinobi_8745]

Fable 2 can wait, I wanna see a test model at monday (so you better upload it at sunday xD)

I'll try to make one myself, and if it's simple and quick I'll make a tutorial as well. :B  

[Necro Fusion]

Shinobi_8745

Fable 2 can wait, I wanna see a test model at monday (so you better upload it at sunday xD)

I'll try to make one myself, and if it's simple and quick I'll make a tutorial as well. :B

Come and die with the zombies in the moonlight
They become alive when you die, you cannot fool them
You got to slam with the dead and let it go now
See a thousand hallowed eyes stare into the night




I might have time for a test model by monday, then. ^^ Got two foundation paints, just going for a simple tabletop ready paint job, that's it, so don't expect anything fancy... Yet. xd

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[Shinobi_8745]

All test models must be fancy dude! XD

That's why they're test models. ;D