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What are some of the bare minimum colors and supplies to paint my Ultramarines?
Thanks,
David

Ultramarine Blue spray paint, a lighter blue for high lighting....white....iron breaker silver and rune fang silver then some dark wash to tie it all together

Or this http://www.heresy-online.net/forums/showthread.php?t=52628

Depends on how efficient (lazy) you are....

You could blue primer, and get away with a metal color, a black for the occasional details and lining (if you want to get fancy) and white of course.


Also, a good base will do a ton to make a mediocre model look better... just a thought!

My first miniature( it's on the gallery ) was painted with six-ish odd paints. It turned out remarkably disappointing (But it was free ) It was incredibly difficult, but not very impressive. I guess I could get away with some black primer spray and Macragge blue spray, and maybe some Drakenhof Nightshade. I'm thinking of getting the basic paint set and some auxiliary colors.

How I paint my Ultras: (some names are different from modern GW paints)

Spray prime white.
Basecoat ultramarine blue
Paint belt, guns, metal bits, backpack vents, black
Paint chest eagle, random skulls, grey (sarges get gold)
drybrush all grey/black with silver (sometimes the grey gets a black wash)
Paint any cables deadly nightshade
Paint any wires green/red/yellow depending on mood and how many there are.
Paint eyes, frag grenades, lenses with a metallic green (frags get a green wash as well)
Paint any pouches/holsters bestial brown
Purity seals are done with a beige paint (bleached bone?) and a red for the wax part.
Touch up my sloppy paint job.
Apply a blue wash to the model, covering the blue base, eyes, and cables.
Paint base black.