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Hey Guys, I've been working on my new Primaris Ultramrine army for the last few weeks and thought I'd share my work so far
Although the XIIIth are usually pictured very clean I wanted mine to seem like they had been bogged down fighting the Plague wars for some time, so I added some weathering to the armour to give it some character. I also went with the gold knee trim inspired by some of the art to help break up the blue.
Let me know what you think

Nice! I love ultras. What colors did you use for the blue?

Thanks
I used Mcragge blue inked with drakenhof nightshade. Then highlighted with Calgar blue and an extream highlight of Fenrisian grey

You washed all the armor with blue?

They look pretty good to me - I've painted quite a few Ultramarines lately and I wouldn't have thought to use nightshade on the armour so liberally but it looks like a solid result - congrats!

Also the weathering is subtle but helps break up the large-ish spaces on the Mk10 armour - I like it.

Thanks warpspawned
I applied a heavy recess wash of nightshade to all the blue armour, I found it gave the blue a stronger colour than using nuln oil.

Have you magnetised Roboutes head in order to make it interchangeable?

Nice gold trim. I much prefer darker gold on miniatures as opposed to GW's 'grandmother's jewelery' gold.

Thanks Daemonjellybaby! I agree, the bright gold can sometimes look far to garish.

@FreeFrag.UK I was going to magnetise it but the way it is designed actually means both heads slot in quite well without them, so I didn't bother in the end.