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Something about the Primaris stuff lends itself really well to the shiny gloss metal look. Probably the larger surface areas catching the light better. Great work!

evildrcheese wrote:Much progress!

Liking the intercessor squad. Very shiny!

EDC

Shiney and chrome they will ride eternal...wait wrong quote

Paradigm wrote:Something about the Primaris stuff lends itself really well to the shiny gloss metal look. Probably the larger surface areas catching the light better. Great work!

That is my guess also being lankier allows for more spots to be hit by that 90 degree angle spray so it seems brighter

So I may or may not of bought a redemptor dreadnought and kitted it out to deal with horde armies (two onslaught cannons). It was a fun kit to build and one of the more intricate models/dreadnoughts that I have had to build in the past. The hip joints were what got me the most, as seems the case with most multi pose models. But I think I got the pose down and I added a potent new weapon to my army for when the conscript nerf comes

I really like the lacquered armour look you got on those Ultra Primaris models. How did you achieve it exactly?

 Azazelx wrote:
I really like the lacquered armour look you got on those Ultra Primaris models. How did you achieve it exactly?

Sure! I was planning on doing it today anyways. (all airbrush and airbrush paints)

So first we start off with an all over coat of Vallejo gun metal grey



Then you do a 45 degree angle of Valleo chainmail silver



After that you do a 90 degree angle (so hitting the model from directly above) with Vallejo silver (its okay to cheat a little and hit small areas that would possibly get the light from the light source like the back of legs top of knees etc)



Then you recess shade the model, around rivets in corners etc with nuln oil



Then you hit the model with 2-3 coats of FW calth blue clear paint (I tend to do around 2 1/2 to 3 coats because I like the darker blue)




Then you go onto details etc, and make sure to use transfers to help break up the amounts of blue

Really great tutorual you can easily use this technique to paint alpha legion, thousand sons or really any other legion just by switching out that clear blue for the colour of choice.

What are the FW clear paints like to work with, I use the Tamiya clear sometimes but it can be a pain due to being alcohol based, so I'm interested to hear first hand how they compare to the regular FW or GW paints especially when airbrushed.

 OneManNoodles wrote:
Really great tutorual you can easily use this technique to paint alpha legion, thousand sons or really any other legion just by switching out that clear blue for the colour of choice.

What are the FW clear paints like to work with, I use the Tamiya clear sometimes but it can be a pain due to being alcohol based, so I'm interested to hear first hand how they compare to the regular FW or GW paints especially when airbrushed.

Glad you like it! It is a very similar idea I use for the metallic red as well (I just sub silver for gold)

As for the FW clear paints they are a dream, they don't need to be thinned and it only takes 2-3 coats to get that nice color

Gorgeous blue Ustrello. It's so vivid, I love it!

 WarbossDakka wrote:
Gorgeous blue Ustrello. It's so vivid, I love it!

Glad you like it!

For today I got most of the 1st intercessor squad complete, minus some touch ups and basing. I also started work on the redemptor dread so I can get the maximum points for the Imperium in the fate of konor campaign

Wow, that metallic blue work really, really well.

 Meph wrote:
Wow, that metallic blue work really, really well.

Thanks man glad you like it! I wasn't sure about it at first but it has really grown on me

Love that metallic look. The red helmet on the sarge really pops, a snipers dream that

Cool, thanks for the tip, I'll have to give them a try sometime.

boundless08 wrote:Love that metallic look. The red helmet on the sarge really pops, a snipers dream that

I don't think that the sarge would get hit by a sni-

OneManNoodles wrote:Cool, thanks for the tip, I'll have to give them a try sometime.

Glad I could of been some help!


Well I am about done with the first intercessor squad, and I did a solid chunk of the redemptor dreadnought as well. I am thinking of picking up an aggressor squad and kitting them out with the bolt gauntlets just to fill that last anti-horde slot. What do you all think?

Hot damn, Ustrello! Nice work! Those are some of the best Ultramarines I've seen!

 angelofvengeance wrote:
Hot damn, Ustrello! Nice work! Those are some of the best Ultramarines I've seen!

Thanks man! I am glad you like them, I can't wait to field them all painted up.

Well today was a flurry of activity, I finished the intercessors and finally decided to get pictures of them and the ancient done. I also pretty much finished the redemptor dreadnought minus sealing in the decals, and I decided to finally make a custodes with a vexilla because the rules for it are pretty gross and worth it in my opinion.

Holly crap that metallic blue looks good.

That dread looks freaking ace!

EDC

IFC_Casting wrote:Holly crap that metallic blue looks good.

I am glad you are liking them! I've mostly gotten good reviews on it so far, a few people at my store don't like these metallic type armies so their reaction is understood

evildrcheese wrote:That dread looks freaking ace!

EDC

I love that model so much and the unification war type transfers it has

Thank you for the walkthrough/tutorial. Unfortunately I'm worse than garbage with my airbrush (I actually broke it somehow while cleaning it - well, while reassembling it) so I avoid using it at all and only rarely use the simple single-action, bottom feed gun that came with the compressor for scenery during summer. I'm sure I can do a lot of that with Spray cans, though.

The completed Redemptor, Primaris and Ancient really look amazing. Will you be using regular SM in your Ultramarine force, and if so, how will they be painted? I might end up answering my own question, since I'm going to go through your thread here from the start and worm my way through over awhile..

Are the FW clear paints any good to use with a regular brush as opposed to airbrush? I might order a bunch of them when I get paid next week.

 Azazelx wrote:
Thank you for the walkthrough/tutorial. Unfortunately I'm worse than garbage with my airbrush (I actually broke it somehow while cleaning it - well, while reassembling it) so I avoid using it at all and only rarely use the simple single-action, bottom feed gun that came with the compressor for scenery during summer. I'm sure I can do a lot of that with Spray cans, though.

The completed Redemptor, Primaris and Ancient really look amazing. Will you be using regular SM in your Ultramarine force, and if so, how will they be painted? I might end up answering my own question, since I'm going to go through your thread here from the start and worm my way through over awhile..

Are the FW clear paints any good to use with a regular brush as opposed to airbrush? I might order a bunch of them when I get paid next week.

Honestly you can do all of what I said with just a normal wide spray pattern airbrush pretty easily. I just get more spot focus with the 90 degree angle with my sotar 2020. As for the rest of the army I think I am going to stay small and elite, I may add some normal marines later to fill niche gaps like assault (especially since I got 10 assault marines still shrink wrapped).

As for the FW clears you can brush them on but I have not brushed them onto an entire model before. I have a test model that I can use with my clear red so I can get back to you on that, but I feel you could run into the same problems with brush on that you would with other super thin paints pooling, lots of thin coats to get a consistent solid color instead of 2 or so with an airbrush.


Well I finally finished the redemptor and just in time to get the 2 points for the imperium for the campaign. Up next I gotta bang out a custodes with vexilla, get the clear red paint on the custodes land raiders and get the clear blue down on an aggressor squad I am picking up on friday all before I head back to college.

I do feel tge need to reiterate how awesome the Redemptor Dread looks. The transfers really set it off.

EDC

 evildrcheese wrote:
I do feel tge need to reiterate how awesome the Redemptor Dread looks. The transfers really set it off.

EDC

Transfers are actually one of my more favorite parts of the model painting process and I love the old unification war aquilla so when I saw it on the sheet I had to include it anyway I could

Shifting gears a bit to get the last bit of airbrushing before I leave done, so I got some work in on the two venerable land raiders. For one of them I got the metallic red down and the other I got the 2nd layer base coat down (though looking at it I may have to go back and hit it again as it does not look as solid as the other). I also got some work in on the custodes vexilla, which I finally got around to reading rule wise and wondered why I never took it, getting the base colors down.

I leave for GenCon in four days and I am seriously considering picking up some custodes terminators if I can.

So life got in the way today so not much hobby work done, but I did get the base started and washes down on the vexilla and I put together the greyfax model for my talons of the emperor army today.

Looking forward to seeing what you do with Greyfax. Those Ultras look so good all together.

 youwashock wrote:
Looking forward to seeing what you do with Greyfax. Those Ultras look so good all together.

Thanks! I plan on painting her just like the box art to be honest haha

Given the post's title, I think at the very least her hat should be bright red!

Banner Custodes looks good!

 Paradigm wrote:
Given the post's title, I think at the very least her hat should be bright red!

Banner Custodes looks good!

You just gave me a good idea! I will include that now


Well today was a slow day as I was only able to get the vexilla pretty much done and get the red metallic down on the 2nd land raider. I did find out why it was having some trouble sticking to the paint, it turns out that the forgeworld clear paints tend to slide a bit when it gets on vallejo paints which sucks cause that has what I have been using.

Anyways I am thinking about including 10 sisters of silence and a null maiden rhino in my potential armies as I have the sprues just sitting around. I don't think I will go for the great blades because I already have custodes, I was thinking either the flamers to hold an objective and never let go or bolters to do something on the cheap. What do you all think?

Flamers are a cool thematic choice. Burn the witch!

Custodian with Vexilla is looking great.

EDC