How do you paint the soft armour on Space Marines?

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**Matthew**

You know the stuff between armour plates. I guess it depends on colour of the armour, but any good all round colours?

**Mr_Rose**

Well, basic black is always in style, but if you start with a charcoal grey and wash with black ink, you get the same look for less. Goes great with blues, greys, and bright orange/yellow.

Heavy browns work well for armours with lots of red in them.

**IGtR=**

Like the rest of the model... with a paintbrush

BOOM

**mathaius90**

I do it Leadbelcher with a wash on nuln oil. Then a cleanup with a dot of Leadbelcher to give it a shiny bit.

**TheCustomLime**

Black with an eshin grey highlight.

**JamesY**

IGtR= wrote:
Like the rest of the model... with a paintbrush

BOOM

Ha!

On grey knights, death world then nuln oil.

On everything else, black highlighted with eshin then dawnstone.

**Talys**

mathaius90 wrote:
I do it Leadbelcher with a wash on nuln oil. Then a cleanup with a dot of Leadbelcher to give it a shiny bit.

This is how I tend to do it too

Like JamesY, sometimes, I do it with black/grey, depending on the scheme. It's easier with Leadbelcher/Nuhln, though.

**Chapter Master Angelos**

Bright colors, like my Fists and Ultras I use Black with Grey highlights. For darker colors like my Blood Ravens, I use Leadbealcher with Nuln Oil.

**JamesY**

Talys wrote:
mathaius90 wrote:
I do it Leadbelcher with a wash on nuln oil. Then a cleanup with a dot of Leadbelcher to give it a shiny bit.

This is how I tend to do it too

Like JamesY, sometimes, I do it with black/grey, depending on the scheme. It's easier with Leadbelcher/Nuhln, though.

I used leadbelcher on my lotd in fairness to break up and separate the black plates.

**davethepak**

I use a dark metallic followed by a soft bodied black wash.