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i just ordered my first DKK as imperial guard allies, i want to do a grey snow scheme and have no idea where to begin or what colors would work well.....ive ever only painted power armor and demons so im not sure what works well for imperial guard any and all help would be much appreciated

What exactly are you envisioning for a 'snow paint scheme'?

i im really thinking a darker grey, black boots and maybe a light gray/white for the coats?


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http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2012/12/21/443953_md-Death%20Korps%20of%20Krieg%2C%20Imperial%20Guard.jpg

maybe somehting like this with darker grey clothing

If it were me?

I would do a light grey or khaki for the coats with a darker grey for the uniform proper.

'Snow' paint schemes tend to be very bright and take advantage of the fact that you have the glare of the sun shining off of the snow to aid you in concealment...but at the same time any movement or difference in shades are highly noticeable.
By using a light grey or khaki, you get a good balance between the two and a shade that would believably blend into a field of pure snow.

To give a good example? Look at the Rebel forces on Hoth in "The Empire Strikes Back". They use a nice cream color for the majority of the uniform and white/grey for the rest of the uniform.

thats a great idea, the hoth troopers were always my favorite, do you have any recommendations for kaki? i use reaper paints, and what do you thnk for boots and belts? black or brown

I would do a black for the boots so that the model does not blend together too much.

Cannot really suggest paints as I use older GW or Vallejo Model Air paints for the most part.

ah i just bought my first air brush and compressor and am gonna attempt some, i have no clue what im doing.

Actually I just apply the Vallejo Model Air colors by brush for the most part.

It looks quite nice even by brush.

http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2009/10/7/57337_md-Conversion%2C%20Hoth%2C%20Imperial%20Guard%2C%20Snow%2C%20Star%20Wars.JPG


something like this?

Lots of grey, in lots of different tones. These can then easily be broken up by the gas masks, boots etc. Dull metalic for the chest plates, helmet and other metals, light grey for the greatcoat (make it look well worn and used), darker grey for the other clothes, light browns for the masks, very dark grey for the boots.

Just a really quick simple run down of a basic snow/nuclear wasteland type scheme, but works well on most futuristic/not-fantasy models.

im only really starting to get back into modeling and painting and i have the hardest time with making things look worn or weathered any hints?

Weathering powders are a great way to weather/wear a model but washes can work quite well too.

Weathering a grey coat can be as simple as taking a lighter grey or possibly white, and carefully drybrushing over the areas that would be weathered the most, mainly the bottom, as if it's been dragging through snow.

ahhh ive never even heard of weathering powders, I'm trying to get a blood spatter affect for my heresy world eaters but it always ends up coming out goofy and pink

Take a bright red paint and an old toothbrush.

Load the toothbrush up heavily thinned down paint and stand roughly a foot away from the models (set the models in a group and at angles based upon how you want the blood spatters to hit) and then using your thumb 'flick' the bristles of the brush.

Needless to say this is very messy and is best done in a box to prevent it getting all over the place.

hey lazzarus what would be a good example of a dull metallic? thanks for all your help guys, im really trying to get back into 40k and do it right this time and not just throw guys together


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im thinking something like this? maybe kakhi instead of that green or whatever and maybe grey instead of white?


http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m289/Sheep_06/Death%20Korps%20of%20Krieg/P5010005.jpg

Ironbreaker from GW is a fairly dull metallic.

Yeah, I like the idea. And leadbelcher is also a reasonably dull metal. If you don't have either mixing a little black or dark grey with a lighter metalic could work.

i've taken to a winter scheme to my DKOK guys, i use just GW Grey (4 shades) paints for them so i can paint in store without being ejected. I've gone for white helmets and will be weathering the edges to give it that battleworn look. I'll be home in a few days so anticipate i'll be posting a few pictures up from wednesday onwards as i've sat them in the dark too long and they need some critique

Hey pwn'd those kriegers that you linked, those are mine. the way I went about painting the coats was a progression from a base coat of codex grey, layered on fortress grey, and then a highlight of a 1:1 off white:fortress grey. The metals were boltgun washed with Babbab black.

strat those are fantastoc what color did you use for the pants? i was thinking maybe a dark khaki

The pants themselves are still just codex grey, highlighted fortress and washed with black in the recesses. The bindings on the lower legs, the gloves, face mask, and straps are as you said picked out in khaki, and washed with ogryn flesh. The boots and belt are snakebite leather washed with devlin mud.

hey guys i was wondering if you could help me with a problem im having, when i shake up agrax earthshade, i get a white cream ish residue on my models and its driving me crazy any help?