Ah drybrushing, a painters best friend. Really good effort for your first space marine attempts. My first marine is a blob of color that I hide away in
shame and only bring out when I get emo about how a mini is turning out and I need to remind myself how far I've come. One suggestion though, I notice a
couple of grey patches of plastic peaking through, which leads me to believe you didn't prime your models. I highly suggest priming your figs black before
you start painting them. Citadel paints bond poorly to the plastic GW uses, so using a paint primer really helps ease putting on even layers of paint. An
added benefit, since it's black, you won't have to worry overly much about shading in the recesses of the model as black is a quick way to simulate
that.
I also see you're using washes, which are another way to add shading quickly. Seriously, GW washes make it stupid easy to make your minis look loads
better with less time and effort. I don't even bother layering metal anymore really, just Boltgun, badab black or devlan mud depending on the effect I
want, then Chainmail on the edges. Bam! Instant weathered armor.
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Jon
"And that must have caused my dad's brain to break in half, replaced by a purely mechanical engine of revenge!"
shame and only bring out when I get emo about how a mini is turning out and I need to remind myself how far I've come. One suggestion though, I notice a
couple of grey patches of plastic peaking through, which leads me to believe you didn't prime your models. I highly suggest priming your figs black before
you start painting them. Citadel paints bond poorly to the plastic GW uses, so using a paint primer really helps ease putting on even layers of paint. An
added benefit, since it's black, you won't have to worry overly much about shading in the recesses of the model as black is a quick way to simulate
that.
I also see you're using washes, which are another way to add shading quickly. Seriously, GW washes make it stupid easy to make your minis look loads
better with less time and effort. I don't even bother layering metal anymore really, just Boltgun, badab black or devlan mud depending on the effect I
want, then Chainmail on the edges. Bam! Instant weathered armor.
---
Jon
"And that must have caused my dad's brain to break in half, replaced by a purely mechanical engine of revenge!"