At last, I've completed some assault marines. Well, mostly completed; I still need to prime and paint their jump packs. Painting over a white undercoat after years of using black will take some getting used to. Every missed spot shows clear as day, which is very frustrating. I might actually prime the next batch black first and then prime white over top to give a bit more of a shading effect. The black wash and white drybrush worked pretty well, except for the areas where my primer came out a bit chalky (I stupidly used a bad can of GW white for the first spray, should have gone for Krylon from the get-go). Anyway, the scheme is simple enough, white is just really hard to make look good.
I'm probably happiest with this mk4 marine. I think the arms I gave him suit him very well, and his pose is really conducive to line highlighting, an effect I feel is far superior to drybrushing, but is very hard to get to look right on the smooth surfaces of power armor.
Mk3 with a plasma pistol, the first model I painted for this force. I feel like I should go back and do some highlights/touch-ups on this guy's gun, it's just Terracotta and Boltgun Metal with a Badab Black wash. I am happy with the blue coils, though (Asurmen Blue wash over white with an Ice Blue highlight).
Mk2 armor, kind of a weird, forward-leaning model, it will probably look more balanced with the jump pack attached. I used Chaos arms and pads to complete the "archaic" look.
The group shot. I still need to do some work on their bases (painting rocks and adding static grass) as well as painting squad markings and attaching legion symbol decals. All in due time, I suppose.
I'm probably happiest with this mk4 marine. I think the arms I gave him suit him very well, and his pose is really conducive to line highlighting, an effect I feel is far superior to drybrushing, but is very hard to get to look right on the smooth surfaces of power armor.
Mk3 with a plasma pistol, the first model I painted for this force. I feel like I should go back and do some highlights/touch-ups on this guy's gun, it's just Terracotta and Boltgun Metal with a Badab Black wash. I am happy with the blue coils, though (Asurmen Blue wash over white with an Ice Blue highlight).
Mk2 armor, kind of a weird, forward-leaning model, it will probably look more balanced with the jump pack attached. I used Chaos arms and pads to complete the "archaic" look.
The group shot. I still need to do some work on their bases (painting rocks and adding static grass) as well as painting squad markings and attaching legion symbol decals. All in due time, I suppose.
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