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Maddening Mutant Boss of Chaos





Montreal, Quebec

I was requested to show how I did battle damage on my latest so here is the technique I used the most (I'm still learning to paint models so I try out varying techniques on the same model).

What you need:
Precise Paintbrush
Stippling Brush
Chaos Black paint
Boltgun Metal paint
Mithril Silver paint
Model

Original state



Get a small amount of chaos black on your palette (1 drop for those who have dropper bottles) and make the general shape of the wanted damage.


Now add a drop of Boltgun Metal to your Chaos Black and mix it up well.
You will paint your mix in the middle of your Battle Damage spot, leaving an irregular black outline.
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Now, depending on the size of the damage you will add a small center of pure boltgun metal and might stop there.


Now, for bigger damage spots you will add stippled (or painted as with a stippling brush) Mithril Silver towards the center of your battle damage.
Not Shown.


This tutorial will be updated with better pictures (and details if needed) when I will paint my next tank.



EDIT: broken link

This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 2010/07/21 21:46:05


 
   
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Lone Wolf Sentinel Pilot





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Awesome, can't wait to use this, it looks really easy to use. Thanks!

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Maddening Mutant Boss of Chaos





Montreal, Quebec

You're very welcome.

 
   
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very useful. Good tutorial.



 
   
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Just one thing...

What do you do if your tank was black to begin with???

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Start the same process only instead of black use codex grey/black mix 50/50
   
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Added to "my subribed threads"....not that Nids have "tanks" but it can also work on buildings and a maybe some bug parts can get a little scorched at times



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SO EASY!! Appreciate the walkthrough!

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Thanks man, I used this on my whirlwind and my terminators by adding dints and cuts with a scapel then painting this.
Looks awesome.
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Thanks so much. I was really nervous about trying this with my guys, but after reading your explanation it seems so easy. Can't wait to try it out.
   
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Maddening Mutant Boss of Chaos





Montreal, Quebec

Thanks! I'm really happy that you guys like my tutorial.

Brutii11 wrote:Just one thing...

What do you do if your tank was black to begin with???


If your tank is Chaos Black you just had a small portion of grey to your black paint and follow the steps, it should look like a really dark grey or a bit washed out black.
If you added some blue to your black when painting your tank for a more realistic look then you can use simply chaos black.

 
   
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Monstrously Massive Big Mutant






I do like this method a lot. I have tried this many models and I reccomend doing 3 layers instead of 2. Make the first layer a lighter version of the base colour. Other than that nice tutorial.



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Used it on a combat shield on my assault sergeant, and it makes him look much better than if he was pristine looking.

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A great easy way to paint damage


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Stumbled across this tutorial randomly, accidentally navigated away, and spent hours trying to find it again. Great tutorial. I can't wait to try this out on some of my boyz choppas!
   
 
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