With the latest incarnation of Deathwing models, I have been pressed into service by my wife to get a DW army ready for the table. Here is a step by step tutorial on how I am doing the terminators, because my buddy Rich Van Meter asked for it :)
Step 1. Prime white, basecoat in Bone (I use Menoth Base). Wash with Seraphim Sepia.
Step 2. Rebase the Bone, leaving the darker washed brown in the cracks.
Step 3. Edge highlight with a 50/50 mix of bone and white.
Step 4. Reblack out areas that are to be covered with metallics. Go ahead and apply the metallics ( I used a mix of GW and VGC metallics) . Once dry, apply a wash of Nuln Oil.
Step 5. 5 Stage red. Yep - 5 stages to get red onto the model. Apply Skorne Red to any areas that were previously repainted black - in this case the Storm Bolter Housing.
Stage 6. Apply Khador Red over the Skorne Red and to any other desired areas for the red.
Step 7. Apply Evil Suns Scarlet to the red areas, leaving a small crack of the darker red in recesses. Then apply a thin highlight of Blazing orange to the edges and high points.
Step 8. Apply Carrowburg Crimsons wash to all read areas. I am using this as more of a glaze, but still want it to hit the cracks. And there is the 5 stage red - I have been using this to paint my Blood Drinkers, so will post a walkthrough on them once I have finished this squad of Deathwing.
Almost done!
Step 9. The Crux Terminatus. Apply a coat of Skull white to the Crux.
Step 10. Take Codex grey and super thin it out with Nuln Oil. Wash this over the white. This gives a really nice stone look without resorting to drybrushing.
Go back and add whatever details you want. I painted the purity seals, lenses for targetting arrays, and the little skulls on all the iconography. I also went back and trimmed up any areas where I might have been a little sloppy.
The Final Result!
Only 2 more Deathwing squads, a command squad, 2 characters, and 2 Dark Talons to go! :S
Step 4. Reblack out areas that are to be covered with metallics. Go ahead and apply the metallics ( I used a mix of GW and VGC metallics) . Once dry, apply a wash of Nuln Oil.
Step 5. 5 Stage red. Yep - 5 stages to get red onto the model. Apply Skorne Red to any areas that were previously repainted black - in this case the Storm Bolter Housing.
Stage 6. Apply Khador Red over the Skorne Red and to any other desired areas for the red.
Step 7. Apply Evil Suns Scarlet to the red areas, leaving a small crack of the darker red in recesses. Then apply a thin highlight of Blazing orange to the edges and high points.
Step 8. Apply Carrowburg Crimsons wash to all read areas. I am using this as more of a glaze, but still want it to hit the cracks. And there is the 5 stage red - I have been using this to paint my Blood Drinkers, so will post a walkthrough on them once I have finished this squad of Deathwing.
Almost done!
Step 9. The Crux Terminatus. Apply a coat of Skull white to the Crux.
Step 10. Take Codex grey and super thin it out with Nuln Oil. Wash this over the white. This gives a really nice stone look without resorting to drybrushing.
Go back and add whatever details you want. I painted the purity seals, lenses for targetting arrays, and the little skulls on all the iconography. I also went back and trimmed up any areas where I might have been a little sloppy.
The Final Result!
Only 2 more Deathwing squads, a command squad, 2 characters, and 2 Dark Talons to go! :S
For this squad, I have about 20 hours total into the paint job, not including assembly. I will post later today about bashing the standard Space Marine Terminators with the Deathwing bits.....it is not as straight forward as you would think.
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