Very nice! Walk us through your paint work, thanks!
W.
Thanks Worktroll.
I used an Iwata Neo air-brush for the primer coating and the base.
• Base primer = Vallejo Grey surface primer (73.601)
• Base paint = Citadel Loren Forest
For the remainder, I used a paint-brush. As an FYI, there is no particular reason I chose to use paints from different brands. I used what I had on hand and what I thought would look good.
• Metallic components = this was somewhat experimental for me, although I am happy with the result; I may try a different approach next time. The base is The Army Painter – Rough Iron, and then dry-brushed with Citadel Ironbreaker.
• The cockpits = I am pretty terrible at jewelling, I do not know how to wet blend, so I painted all the cockpits in Vallejo Black, and then used Citadel Fulgurite Copper to paint the areas I wanted the red reflection on. I then used Citadel Spiritstone Red to go over the entire cockpit, and finally, The Army Painter Matt White for the shining effects. On a few of them (I didn’t keep track, but Spartan 01 for sure) I experimented with adding a bit of orange to the cockpit’s aswell (after the Spiritstone Red was applied). It was either Vallejo Light Orange or Amaranth Red (I did not take note).
• Weapon coloring =
--- For the PPCs, I used Vallejo Dark Prussian Blue, Dark Blue, and Sky Blue, followed by The Army Painter Matt White for the shining effect.
--- For the lasers, I used Vallejo Flat Red, Amaranth Red, and Light Orange, followed by The Army Painter Matt White for the shining effect.
--- For the ballistic weapons, I used Vallejo Black
--- For the LRMs, I used Citadel Administratum Grey and The Army Painter Matte White.
• Shading = I used The Army Painter Military Shader, and although it looked good, I wanted a darker look, so I then added Citadel Nuln oil in gloss.
• For the damage (wish I still have a lot of learning to do) I used Vallejo Black, Medium Sea Grey, and The Army Painter Matte White. On some of them, I tried using foam to apply the damage in black (as seen on one of the CSO youtube videos by Ryan).
• Coolant Leaks = I used Vallejo Transparent Green.
• Highlights = I think I need to learn to do more of these… I chose against roughly dry-brushing because I am not very patient, and in the past I haven’t properly dried the brush off and made big mistakes, so I chose to simply edge some areas using Citadel Elysian Green.
• Mud around the feet = I used Citadel Stirland Mud… but frankly, and similar brown probably would have resulted in the same look, because I wasn’t applying the chunks onto the feet, instead I was using it mostly to dry-brush a dirty and muddy look.
• Base = Vallejo Black, and then I used terrain effects from various brands.
• Applied decals from Fighting Piranha Graphics.
• Clear coated multiple times using Krylon Matte Finish spray. I’ve used other brands in the past, and this Krylon is my favorite. I also do not think you can beat it as far as price per ml.
And I think this sums it up.