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Hello there =)

I recently finished the Dark Imperium Primaris Marines. I LOVE the Mk X Tacticus armor. Not so sold on the Gravis armor though, albeit the Inceptors look awesome on the battlefield due to their jetpacks.

Do you like them?

Stunning, absolutely love the shiny red and the gold is magnificent

Just beautiful. Are they transfers on the shoulders? If so, where did you get the tactical markings?

Oh boy i wished i could freehand like that Alas, i can not.

These are self-printed decals from a Blood Ravens decal sheet i downloaded somewhere. You will easily find ich via google. it was a PDF.

Gorgeous!

That red is stunning

Very nice. Question, how did you do that cream color on the shoulders etc?

Very nice!

However, it is almost a crime to post pictures of such nice miniatures with such gorgeous color without telling us how you did it and what paints you used. Please tell us more.

 John Prins wrote:
Very nice!

However, it is almost a crime to post pictures of such nice miniatures with such gorgeous color without telling us how you did it and what paints you used. Please tell us more.

Well, then i will make amends and tell you everything.

The red is a transparent red varnish called "Tamiya clear red". To get this red metallic look, you have to paint a metal color including shades and highlights and then glosscoat it with the red.

In my case, i painted the whole miniatures with leadbelcher, shaded with nuln oil, drybrushed leadbelcher and stormhost silver. Then i painted all the details. Gold is Scycorax bronze, Agrax Earthshade, drybrush Stormhost Silver, cream color is Rakarth Flesh, Screaming Skull and Seraphim Sepia recess shade with an additional edge highlight of Pallid Wych Flesh on the helmets, black is Vallejo Black Metal. All the metallic parts were done with the first step like the bolter, Swordblade etc.

Lastly i painted the tamiya clear red over the armor. This was hell and lasted me for nearly 45 minutes per model, since not only do you have to paint around all the details. The color has a honey consistence and you have to put it on fairly thick, it dries quite fast to a gel which you can easily pull off again with your brush, so no brushing again on the same spot. Brushes clump up and you have to wash the brush thoroughly every 2 minutes at least etc...If you would like to thin the color, you need an airbrush thinner of sorts, water wont work.

You COULD paint on the red before you start the details, but every mistake you make afterwards stains the red and ant be easily fixed. And every detail you accidentially paint red is hard to cover since the color is fairly thick.

All in all, i listened to four horus heresy audiobooks while painting those dudes

 John Prins wrote:
Very nice!

However, it is almost a crime to post pictures of such nice miniatures with such gorgeous color without telling us how you did it and what paints you used. Please tell us more.

This. The red is absolutely gorgeous, so deep. It looks like a Humbrol/Vallejo metallic red, but I reckon it could be done with the tint GW paints.

Looks like they stole some candy apple red from a bunch of muscle car restorerers. I love it.

Sublime paintwork. I'm not normally enthusiastic about metallic paint like that - but the quality of the paintjob and the fantastic off-set of the creme and muted other colours works a treat.

Most importantly - love seeing a complete, finished, matching army - a sight which is all too rare in the Warhammer community.

 Tombard wrote:

 John Prins wrote:
Very nice!

However, it is almost a crime to post pictures of such nice miniatures with such gorgeous color without telling us how you did it and what paints you used. Please tell us more.

Well, then i will make amends and tell you everything.

Thank you, and have and Exalt for your troubles.

I've used old Citadel Inks before to similar effects, though not as vibrant. Back in the day I painted a few Sisters of Battle similarly, though that was just red ink over red paint, very glossy but without the metallic sheen. Maybe if GW ever gets off its butt and makes plastic Sisters I'll get a chance to try this.

Unfortunate to hear that your method is a PITA to work with, but it's hard to argue with the fantastic results.

Hot rod red marines. Way too awesome.

Lovely work!

They look awesome! Normally I'm not a huge fan of metallic-looking Marines, but you've done so well on these that I can't really nitpick at all! Are you planning on expanding the collection with the upcoming new Primaris models?

Wow! That red, dude. I have a jar of clear red I was going to use to make a blood paint - but i see there are other uses for it. Right on!

 ZergSmasher wrote:
They look awesome! Normally I'm not a huge fan of metallic-looking Marines, but you've done so well on these that I can't really nitpick at all! Are you planning on expanding the collection with the upcoming new Primaris models?

I absolutely do! Though i hate the Reivers and the Librarian is so freaking expensive....But who cares, moar Plastek Soldiers 4tw!!! The dreadnought is dope and i can see me growing on the repulsor tank. Lets see what else might follow! Later though, some other matters need to be attended to first :/

Oof those are pretty.

Those are some sweet shiny Blud Rehvens right there. Nice work!