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Hello,

so finally I'm moving to the ultramarine part of the army! I wanted to start with a dreadnought so I took a big one.. problem is maybe I'm not so sure how to go on:

Highlighted areas:
-I don't have an airbrush but I like the highlighted areas, I tried to brush-blend a lighter blue on the torso, parts of the legs and shoulders. How much would you push this trend? Now it is barely noticeable, but it could be spammed all over the curved surfaces? Any pro-tip?

Splashed ink on torso:
-Krapfen, the German Shepard here, bounced into me while I was handling the ink and dots spilled on the torso, would you use them as damages or try to polish them away? If used as damage, what's the next step? adding black dots in the middle of the spot?

Color scheme:
-the guy is Ultramarine, the knee pads, elbow pads, and feet will be.. white or gold? maybe on white it will be easier to add damage and transfers? On the other hand.. golden shoes ftw.



Thanks!





WIP:


Almost done:

First I would do all the metal parts, as most of the larger areas are behind big armor plates. Then I would go with a strong and noticeable wash on the recesses and edge highlight with Calgar Blue. Then you can do some battle damage if you feel like it. As for details like white or gold on some plates, just search for painted ultra dreads. Also, ask yourself if you're going for a more 30k look or pure 40k.

+1

The metals won’t be shiny, they’d be more oil stained and burnt

pique311 wrote:First I would do all the metal parts, as most of the larger areas are behind big armor plates. Then I would go with a strong and noticeable wash on the recesses and edge highlight with Calgar Blue. Then you can do some battle damage if you feel like it. As for details like white or gold on some plates, just search for painted ultra dreads. Also, ask yourself if you're going for a more 30k look or pure 40k.

Rybrook wrote:+1

The metals won’t be shiny, they’d be more oil stained and burnt

Thanks, so first I'll go into metal and then think about the rest. The technique I use for rust is: base with metal, then brown layer and orange drybrush. Blu and orange are actually pretty cool together so I'm digging the rust. It's been going around for 10000 years after all, can't be shiny

fine as it is imo.
any more plate highlight and it looks cartoonish, just do some selected edges whit a brighter blue.

The ink dots i would redo as paint chipping for 2 reasons: breaks up the boring single colour plates and adds wear and tear to it.
not that plain single colour plates are bad(im doing that for my IK), but if the dmg has been done you might aswell make it look properly damaged.

When I re-read your OP, the ink splatter could help with bullet hole damage

FrozenDwarf wrote:fine as it is imo.
any more plate highlight and it looks cartoonish, just do some selected edges whit a brighter blue.

The ink dots i would redo as paint chipping for 2 reasons: breaks up the boring single colour plates and adds wear and tear to it.
not that plain single colour plates are bad(im doing that for my IK), but if the dmg has been done you might aswell make it look properly damaged.

Rybrook wrote:When I re-read your OP, the ink splatter could help with bullet hole damage

Alright, bullet holes will be! I will just polish the shadows below the bolts which are a bit too big and then work on the ink dots. Thanks!

here is an update, I almost finished inks and highlights, next steps are:
-highlight metals
-a couple more transfers
-battle damage (need to study this first)
-assemble into a pose

any advice in the meanwhile is more than welcome!

Almost done..!!

See how mutch more "alive" it is when it is battleworn?
Simple is many times better.

While clean factory state army is very nice to look at, battleworn is more realistic.

Did you have the option to magnetize the arms? (I know it's late now).

FrozenDwarf wrote:See how mutch more "alive" it is when it is battleworn?
Simple is many times better.

While clean factory state army is very nice to look at, battleworn is more realistic.

Yea, I am not a big fan of "extra-weathered" but a little here and there is very tasty, it makes the surfaces more interesting. Maybe I could push it a little more..

Elbows wrote:Did you have the option to magnetize the arms? (I know it's late now).

That would have been uber cool, but I am already slow enough and there's the rest of the army to paint

Dont add more. it will just look silly.
Do the base and your done.

done! I'll toy around something else before giving a last look and finally seal it