#17 - Let the pain begin

#7 - 6 new Followers & a tad more yellow

So, first off, I seem to have picked up six new Followers over the last couple of days which is undeniably cool. Thanks to all of you for deciding to hit that "follow" button, hopefully you'll enjoy the ride!

Now, moving on to the "meat" of the post, I have a picture to show.

I tried out a new way to paint yellow a couple of weeks back and I found that it was far easier to do than the previous yellow method I was using (you can see the results here). Instead, I did the following:

1. Averland Sunset basecoat (multiple thin layers to build up a nice smooth layer);
2. Seraphim Sepia wash in the recesses (clean up any overspill with Averland Sunset);
3. Yriel Yellow glaze over the armour (I glazed the armour a couple of times to get an even result and to properly alter the colour of the basecoat);
4. Seraphim Sepia wash in the recesses (to get a nice contrast);
5. Yriel Yellow highlight (this makes for quite a subdued highlight on pictures, but actually stands out more when seen with human eyes);
6. Lamenters Yellow glaze (to give the yellow a slightly warmer tone and really make it pop);
7. Yriel Yellow highlight (the glaze may have subdued the highlights a bit too much, so I would go over the most prominent edges with another highlight).

And that's it! To me, it's a perfect yellow for the Lamenters Space Marine Chapter. Just need to figure out a way to paint a decent checkered shoulder pad and I can get on with painting the first squad!

#9 - Ultramarine blue test model

Yet another test model that got a lick of paint. This time, I tried to get a blue that would look good for Ultramarines and ended up just painting his arm.

If I may say so myself, the result is rather decent and I'm rather happy with the highlights. Some are a bit thick and/or messy, but with practice I'm confident that those minor issues will disappear.

Another thing I'm rather happy with is that I managed to paint the armour using only two paints (Regal Blue and Ushabti Bone), some painting medium, an ink (Winsor & Newton blue ink) and a wash (Army Painter Strong Tone). So yeah, pretty good result all round!

I'm going to scale this up now and paint a full model, to see how it feels. With any luck, I'll enjoy it enough to be willing to do it on more than one model!