Bit of a thread Necro here, but for a good reason. I%u2019m finishing up a Combine Lance and I want to paint a Lyran guards Lance as the OpFor. I like the colors you used here: could you tell me a little about your process and products used so I can try to create a similar Guards Lance?
Thanks in advance!
Mad
I primed the figures with Happy Color Gloss White spray paint. I used this one as it was the only gloss or satin white paint I could find locally. I was going for gloss or satin because I opted to use Games Workshop contrast paints - Talassar Blue and Apothecary White. At the time I got those paints, people were saying that it is better to use satin or gloss primer as it improves the flow for the contrast paints.
Apothecary White contrast paint isn't actually white, it's grey, so it must go on a white base for the contrast effect to work. Because I chose white for a primer, I had to apply more than one coat of Talassar blue, because it was too bright for my tastes. After applying Apothecary White I drybrushed the panels with White Scar paint, to get them a bit more white.
For metal, I used GW Leadbelcher, shaded with Nuln Oil, but l switched to Scale 75 Black Metal color. This color is fantastic, the shade is what you would get if you applied Nuln Oil over Leadbelcher, but Black Metal looks so clean and crisp, while the other combination looks stained and it bugs me.
For lasers, PPCs and cockpits I used Games Workshop gemstone colors, Soulstone Blue and Waystone Green. For small lasers and optical devices I used a GW technical paint called Blood for the Blood God. There is a red gemstone color called Spiritstone Red, but I had Blood for the Blood god at hand, so I used that one instead. Before applying these colors you need to paint a metallic paint as base. I used Stormhost Silver for that, which is a light silver paint. Gemstone colors for cockpits are a cheat code, in my opinion. You can get a nice jeweling effect pretty easily, the key is to get a nice coverage and after you paint the cockpit with the gemstone color you want, apply it a bit more on the parts where you want the color to be darker until you get the darker color shade that satisfies you.
