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I'm back with a continuation of my Airborne Imperial Guard painting tutorial. As before, you can read more in depth about the process on Pensacola Warhammer.





I wanted to contrast the camo pattern, so the miniature wouldn't get lost or appear to busy. I went with a solid color for the armor. For this I used Vallejo Model Color Yellow Green. Parts that are supposed to be black or will be metallic get a coat of Vallejo Model German Grey. I rarely use pure black anymore. You can't shade black, and by the time you highlight enough, you could have cut half the work out by just starting with German Grey.





I block in the webbing and leather objects using Vallejo Model Color Red Leather. This will get highlighted then given a brown wash to give the impression of a worn piece of leather.



The armor and leather get highlighted by mixing in Vallejo Stone Grey to their respective base colors: Red Leather and Yellow Green. More and more Stone Grey is added to lighten the color for the next highlight layer. To help blend the colors each layer is mixed with more and more glaze medium. I don't use exact ratios. I just kind of eyeball it. If you make a mistake, you can take your base color and add glaze medium to it to blend it all together. You'll also notice in this picture that metallic parts get a coat of Vallejo Air Color Black Metal.





Certain parts of the gun and back pack are given a coat of Vallejo Game Color Gun Metal mixed with the Vallejo Air Color Black Metal. In my opinion, this gives a greater depth and better impression of brushed metal than straight Boltgun Metal. I kept the main part of the gun Black Metal as well as other metallic parts to give some variations.



The final step is painting the flamer nozzle and adding more variation of metallic colors by painting the handle and pilot light. I painted the handle and pilot light with Vallejo Air Aluminum. The nozzle is painted with Citadel Tin Bitz, but to make it stand out a bit, I mix some Aluminum into the Tin Bitz and paint the top and back portions of the flamer nozzle.

That does it for this round. The next tutorial should be short. All that's left is to paint the goggles and highlight the boots. Don't forget to go back and check out the first part How to Paint Imperial Guard Infantry Camouflage.

Hmm, good tutorial as it is. Your picture of the finished product in the first thread is much better though, The paint is smoother, and in between some parts on this model there are spots that aren't covered? It doesn't do anything to the tutorial, but it's weird that the other model is done better :p

And I do think the green armor could use a wash/shade though. You were right to pick a colour that would go along well with the camo and wouldn't distract too much, but you just use one highlight, and the base colour isn't that dark. There are some spots like the shoulderpads and breast region that I would contrast a bit :p

I know this guy isn't done though, so maybe it's because he's not finished, or just because you put more effort in the other guy :p But the final product looks very cool, might use this sponge technique for camo aswell ^^

@soulcow

I think you're right. I might have added a wash on the first, but can't remember or forgot.

I'm thinking the weathering should help some. I'm also thinking this model is a rougher cast.

Side by side on the table they look almost identical.

Thanks for the comments. There's more work to be done, so stay tuned.

This is great, i'm making an Air Mobile army, thanks for this.

@austinkos39916

I'm glad this helps. Can I put the bug in your ear that I do commission work.

Otherwise, I hope to see pictures of your army.