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Hey guys! i just wanted to show you the first ultramarine i've done in 7 years. i think he ended up pretty well considering it took me like 2 hours or something to paint him lol xD
please let me know what you think!

Cool, nice paint job, but the paint is abit thick and why smurfs?

Agreed, the paint is thick. I would try watering down your paints and adding some highlights. But besides that good job, especially for not painting for that long.

thx guys! @mortalitas: i chose ultrasmurf becouse that was the chapter i painted before, and i wanted to see the difference between then and now. but i'm gonna try to come up with a new scheme for some other guys.
when watering down the paints is it like 2 parts paint and 1 part water or 2 water and 1 paint??

Mortalitas wrote:Cool, nice paint job, but the paint is abit thick and why smurfs?

The ultramarine hate is getting really old. If he wants to paint them bright pink it's his choice. I personally can't stand space wolves; their fluff, their models, or the vastly overpowered codex. But I don't go onto every space wolf thread and bash them.

That's actually really nice weathering on the legs, looks decent. Really all it needs it highlights, but there isn't really anything bad on this model!

DODcrazy wrote:

Mortalitas wrote:Cool, nice paint job, but the paint is abit thick and why smurfs?

The ultramarine hate is getting really old. If he wants to paint them bright pink it's his choice. I personally can't stand space wolves; their fluff, their models, or the vastly overpowered codex. But I don't go onto every space wolf thread and bash them.

Agreed.

DiDDe wrote:thx guys! @mortalitas: i chose ultrasmurf becouse that was the chapter i painted before, and i wanted to see the difference between then and now. but i'm gonna try to come up with a new scheme for some other guys.
when watering down the paints is it like 2 parts paint and 1 part water or 2 water and 1 paint??

It depends what paint you're using and what stage of the paint job you're on really. Normally I water mine down until they're the consistency of full-fat milk. It takes a few layers to get decent coverage but you'll have a much smoother finish at the end. I'd also suggest you bash up the banner a bit. Maybe bend it a little, cut it, poke holes in it, give it a Devlan Mud wash, even burn it a bit! If you don't like what you've done to it you can always print out a new one!
I don't get the smurf hatred either. In fact some of the best marines I've ever seen were smurfs (guy on here had converted and painted a truescale squad of urban UMs, looked so gritty and "real").