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My latest batch of Intercessors, bringing the total up to 20.

I'm aiming for 30 so I can fill out a Battalion with maxed squads, but a few other things to paint before I do more of these.

Lovely work as usual, LutherMax! Any chance of an army shot of the Raptors at some point?

Fantastic stuff, as always!

Amazing work

Bravo!

Thanks all!

 Paradigm wrote:
Lovely work as usual, LutherMax! Any chance of an army shot of the Raptors at some point?

I have been promising one for quite some time... it will be soon (I promise ha!). I’m working on the Captain now and then it makes sense to take some army shots.

Great job, really love the Raptors.

Fantastic job. Nice color sheme. I like a lot the contrast with the eyes. I can't do it with my SM. always make a mistake.

Getting old jajaja.

Good job

Stunning, as always, every single one of them!

Great work again!

But most of all congratulations on your persistance; I would have burned out by now adding this much detail to each and every unit over and over again.

I gave up on my plague marines after I painted 10, I can only imagine if I tried primaris marines with all that blending. You are a master, keep it up!

PS: Don't think I didn't notice you hollowed out the bolter on the reloading marine where the clip inserts. Amazing detail!

Thanks for all the comments!

Hive City Dweller wrote:But most of all congratulations on your persistance; I would have burned out by now adding this much detail to each and every unit over and over again.

There is a method to this. When I first started with this army I was conscious of choosing a scheme and method I could replicate quickly (in contrast to my Blood Angels which were more complex). I broke it down into four stages:
1. Priming and airbrush basecoat
2. Decals and shading wash
3. Basecoating details
4. Highlights and detailing

Each of those stages is easily manageable in a single session on batches of five models. If I find I have more time I may be able to complete two stages in one longer session. So breaking it down into those manageable chunks helped massively with my productivity. Writing the process down in the step by step on my blog also helped - I often refer back to it myself!

Hive City Dweller wrote:PS: Don't think I didn't notice you hollowed out the bolter on the reloading marine where the clip inserts. Amazing detail!

I’m glad someone noticed!

 LutherMax wrote:
There is a method to this. When I first started with this army I was conscious of choosing a scheme and method I could replicate quickly. I broke it down into four stages. Each of those stages is easily manageable in a single session on batches of five models. If I find I have more time I may be able to complete two stages in one longer session. So breaking it down into those manageable chunks helped massively with my productivity.

Great advice (that I will be following myself with my Ultramarines).

I love them! So crisp

Very nice. I enjoy your shading.

Thanks for the comments!

I really like your green, I have a project in mind that asking for a very similar tone. I'm not nearly as skilled a painter but what paints would you recommend to achieve a similar look to that green if I'm just looking to use a brush and only wanted to use 3 colors?

LordTyphus wrote:
I really like your green, I have a project in mind that asking for a very similar tone. I'm not nearly as skilled a painter but what paints would you recommend to achieve a similar look to that green if I'm just looking to use a brush and only wanted to use 3 colors?

Thanks LordTyphus!

I actually did a tutorial on how I paint the green, detailing the paints I used. For wet brush you can just use the non-air equivalents of the Citadel greens, though I'm not sure what you'd use to replace the Vallejo Burnt Umber...

https://www.themightybrush.com/how-to-paint-raptors-space-marines/