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Hi Guys

I'm currently painting up Horus and I really want him to be a dark metallic sea green colour but I want the green to be just off black and to still look like a shiny polished armor colour, I think I might be trying something out my skill level but i need help on choosing/making these colours, I basically only have access to the citadel range. I have seen plenty of Sons of Horus but they are more green and much lighter than i am looking for, I want a barely visible green. I was thinking of doing a slight blend of a grey into the more obviously highlighted areas and glazing it with the waywatcher green but i have never used a glaze before. So im not sure if this will give the desired effect.


Any help would be greatly appreciated

Ub

Black with a faint dry brush of Dark Angel green?

Perhaps look up some tutorials for Dark Eldar armour, quite often you'll see them done in grey/black with extreme highlights suggesting colour and the same theory could be applied here.

Alternatively, what you're suggesting would work, though I'd possibly look up mixing a wash that's more bluey-green/sea green as Waywatcher is a really strong straight green. But the theory is sound, start from black, highlight up to a light grey, glaze (rather than wash) the whole thing in a dark green to give it a bit of a tint. You might need two or three coats for the glaze to really work.

Giving the armour a thin coat of gloss varnish (Avoiding any other areas) might also aid in that shiny and smooth effect, though it might make photographing the model a bit of a pain.

Thanks guys, yeah thanks I will have a look at some of the dark eldar stuff, I dont take many pics of my stuff so hopefully just having it look sweet in person might work, maybe a little satin in with the gloss varnish.