How to paint Ultramarines my way

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**Raen**

For all of you who are wondering how to paint the Sons of Ultramar... here a quick turtorial...

Undercoat: Chaos Black
Base Coat: Mordian Blue
Wash with Badab Black
Paint with Enchanted Blue
Highlight with 2:1 Ice Blue and Enchanted Blue
Eyes: Red Gore
Blood Red under the eye highlight
Blazing Orange, same thing
Dot of Dead White (VMC)
Gold: Burnished Gold
1:1 BG and Shining Gold
Wash Delvan Mud
Highlight Shining Gold

I will have pics later on, maybe by tomorow... Until then post some of yours!
Hope you have fun painting these guys... I did

Raen

**dignifiedsausage**

post some pics!

**Raen**

Note: I messed up. Not Mordian Blue, it's Regal Blue. Sorry

**Ed_Bodger**

Its not really a tutorial is it. It is also very very similar to the paint scheme in the old codex and the colour scheme trotted out by 'eavy metal and most GW workers.

**Raen**

Well My camera is messed so i'm getting a new one then i'll edit the post a bit

**Smitty0305**

Pics

**Flying Pooo**

That's almost exactly the same way I paint my Ultramarines except, Instead of enchanted blue I use ultramarines blue.
Can't wait to see pics!

**cyborgone**

The way i do mine is like this

Prime: White
Base:Mordian Blue
Wash: asurmen blue
paint: Ultramarines
Highlight: spacewolves
For the gold Because i primed while i base the gold areas with graveyard earth
then: shining gold
wash:Orgryn flesh
highlight:Mithril silver

**cyborgone**

This is how they come out:

and just a normal marine:

My camera makes them look really bright but they are a bit darker in real life.

**Khorne Flakes**

Isnt really a tutorial if you dont have pics to show

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cyborgone wrote:This is how they come out:

and just a normal marine:

My camera makes them look really bright but they are a bit darker in real life.

THX

**Raen**

K sorry guys just fixed my cam so here they are:
(Oh also i forgot : after the highlight wash in Badab Black

**djphranq**

Enchanted blue seems kind of bright... or maybe its just the camera?

**Mit Gas**

Why not use Ultramarine blue instead of Enchanted Blue? Enchanted Blue is the 1k Sons blue. (although I mix it as Enchanted is too bright for me - but then again my first layer is a mix outta brown and blue to give it a used look.) Either way, it's looking good!

**Samus_aran115**

Ew. I did the first couple I painted this way. It looks like crap, the way I did it. They turned out too shiny and bright. It looked like somebody vomitted some oil onto them.

They look better the way you did them though. I strongly reccomend using mordian blue instead of regal. Regal is impossible to get on cleanly, and it isn't flat Enough to stand up to the enchanted blue.

**Raen**

Just the camera, had the flash on. Sorry

Raen

**delrohir**

I'm likin' it!