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Alpharius wrote:Ah ha!

I knew there was a GOOD reason to resurrect this thread!

I would LOVE to see white primed marines hit with:

1) multiple coats of ASURMEN blue
2) multiple coats of THRAKKA green

And you too are know the man!

(You know... IF!)

Just white primed then hit with wash?

Yes - I've been told that it will be awesome/stunning/effective/fast...

I want to believe!

Alpharius wrote:Yes - I've been told that it will be awesome/stunning/effective/fast...

I want to believe!

From my knowledge of washes I doubt it will end well but i'll do it anyway.

Thanks!

look at weetys thread here http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/315548.page
shes sone that whole washes on models painting for quite some time with great results...

vik

That IS an interesting thread - thanks!

But... corpsesarefun is still on the clock!

Alpharius wrote:That IS an interesting thread - thanks!

But... corpsesarefun is still on the clock!

Purchasing marine models for said test and stealing more superglue from the kitchen on monday

I am looking forward to this... a lot!

Very cool and very useful thank you so much!

Check this post here:

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/120/315548.page#1963639

I'd say that it looks pretty good, actually!

I'm going to ask for more details...

Cool, thank you, this will help me out when i get round to trying to get a good rust effect on my Ork contraptions!

Good to know how the purple will turn out since I wanted to use it for my CSM army.

Glad I can help people

Just to clarify Alpharius you want primed white with photo's showing 1 layer of wash, 2 layers and 3 layers of each colour with no metallics?

Yes, that's what I'd love to see.

It will let me know if it will 'work' for my Alpha Legion painting I've got planned, or if I have to go 'traditional' to achieve what I'm after...

Again, thanks!

Alpharius wrote:Yes, that's what I'd love to see.

It will let me know if it will 'work' for my Alpha Legion painting I've got planned, or if I have to go 'traditional' to achieve what I'm after...

Again, thanks!

All colours or just green and blue?

For me, just the green and blue.

Oh, and maybe the black as well!

Alpharius wrote:For me, just the green and blue.

Oh, and maybe the black as well!

Meh well i bought a box of ten who are in various stages of construction and priming, the washes themselves don't take too long but I need a good amount of sunlight to take the photo's. College tomorow and friday is until 5ish so by the time i get back it will be dark here so how does sat sound?

Sounds like a plan!

It is Saturday...

Where is... corpsesarefun?!?

Sorry again Alpharius but the goddamn camera has no macro mode...

From the results so far I can tell you that the pigmentation due to the washes is fine but it only needs one or two layers.

Asurman blue gives a tone that is a sort of dirtier and darker crimson fists blue and the green, well it still looks like a white model washed with green ink with one layer so I would imagine that for Alpha legion you should try using a 50/50 mix of blue and green washes.

Also out of interest where in Massachusetts are you?

Southeaster Massachusetts - the greater New Bedford area.

And... I WANT SOME PICTURES!!!

Alpharius wrote:Southeaster Massachusetts - the greater New Bedford area.

And... I WANT SOME PICTURES!!!

I'll have to hunt down the camera with macro, plus side is I'll likely have more models done as only the blue and green are washed.

I ask about your location as towards the end of this year I'll be applying for harvard so it would be nice to have some dakkanauts in the area

Nice!

Boston is only about an hour away, and hopefully by that time we'll have some more good game stores in the area too.

I will patiently await any pictures at all....

Good thread thanks for resurecting this watery gem

Interesting info here. I use the washes quite a bit but may experiment with them more (particularly to get a better gold color). I was thinking of using them as well to make better power weapons. Anyone have a tutorial or example of this?

Some dodgey photo's of one layer of blue wash on a primed marine., he larger areas with little detail do suffer quite badly when washed.


Thraka green one layer

Nice - I don't think it suffers much at all, especially with that being only one layer!

I think my plan shall now move forward!

1) Prime White
2) Badab Black Wash
3) Asurmen Blue Wash
4) Asurmen Blue Wash
5) Thrakka Green and Leviathan Purple where needed, as necessary!

Thanks for this - a lot!

Take one mini spray paint it black ... Dry brush metallic paint, Add a wash, then add details.

Can you list exactly how you painted that mini - it looks good!

Alpharius wrote:That Thrakka Green wash (3 layers) looks like it might almost be a good way to paint Ork skin, maybe with a different base coat?

What do you think?

This is precisely what I do.

Goblin Green over black primer, wash with Thraka Green. It's incredibly easy and works great. I'll post a pic in a bit.