Kobrakei Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 Hey guys, Afetr playing around with many different ways of painting bone over the years (something to do with too many Deathwing, not enough time) I recently stumbled on a nice quick easy way that allows people to knock out older looking bone armour without too much effort, so I thought I'd share <_< 1 - Pick a model, and undercaot it (I did mine black, but I would assume white would work just as well) http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b167/burnthecitydown/DSCN1461.jpg Black Reach Terminators for the win! 2 - An all over coat of Dheneb Stone, not too watered down, ideally you want to look at getting nice coverage all over in one pass, but two can always help http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b167/burnthecitydown/DSCN1462.jpg THIS IS IMPORTANT! Make sure you let the paint dry - I know this sounds slightly obvious, but foundation paints take a bit longer to dry than normal paints so I found, especially when you're going over with the washes. I'd suggest basecoat 5 models or so, then maybe go watch TV or surf the web for 45 mins. That should be plenty of time. 3 - Wash the model in Gyphonne Sepia http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b167/burnthecitydown/DSCN1463.jpg http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b167/burnthecitydown/DSCN1464.jpg When I say wash, I mean get the biggest brush you have that isn't for tanks, and drown it! Try to make sure all the cracks have a healthy amount of wash in them, and that flat armour plates have no pooling. Of course, if it does pool then it's not too bad, it won't affect the look that much. 4 - GO TO BED Honestly, the wash will take at least 12 hours to dry properly, so do it overnight, or at the start of the day, or before you go to work. You can always do stuff the night before, so as you're waiting one unit to dry, you can carry on painting another! 5 - Get a GW large brush or equivalent, cover it in Dheneb Stone, then wipe it all off http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b167/burnthecitydown/DSCN1466.jpg It should look something like this. A good way to check is to drybrush your hand. If it looks like you have foundation on it (as in the make - up) without filling the cracks in your hand then, you sir, are good to go! 6 - Start drybrushing! The trick here is to make sure you pass over all areas of the model. Hopefully, the cracks will stay dark and brown, while everywhere else becomes a stage lighter. After one pass http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b167/burnthecitydown/DSCN1468.jpg And a second http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b167/burnthecitydown/DSCN1469.jpg You can keep this keep til your bone is as light as you like! Well I hope that helps at least someone out there, and please show me your examples! I wanna see better painters than me do this and then make me coo! Kobrakei Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nurglespuss Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 Nice quick bone achieving effect there :> Good tutorial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreadnought Baraziel Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 Yeah, I do pretty much the same, except with Bleached Bone and Devlan Mud. Gives a very strong shading effect, although it is quite effective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seiji The Shogun Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 This is gonna help me a lot with my new DA army, thank you (sorry, don't have digi-cam so no pictures :P) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ompfris Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 Before all these new paints came out, I used to paint my Skeletons in much the same way Black undercoat over brushing with Bleached Bone Chestnut ink wash and a quick drybrush with bleached bone again always made them look like Skeletons but the Chestnet ink left them with a kinda fleshy tint not sure if that helped anyone in any way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illusion Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 thanks for that they look great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Centurius Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 tres bien! u think this will work on a smaller scale, say LoTD skulls and the like? i've had so many problems with painting good looking skulls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kobrakei Posted September 30, 2008 Author Share Posted September 30, 2008 You could always just paint the bone area first then paint over the top? Jusst use a smaller brush I'd guess :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boomsly Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 looks good to me, i will give it a try on my robes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kobrakei Posted October 1, 2008 Author Share Posted October 1, 2008 Funnily enough, I've just been painting my robed marines with the same method! They look really nice, though the wash tends to pool a bit more due to the dips in the robes. But they're the best results I've ever had in 2 years of robe painting :yes: Kobrakei Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metcalfedan Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 All in favour of going to the Librarium? I think it should any way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flintlocklaser Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 All in favour of going to the Librarium? I think it should any way. I am. It's simple, but it's a good effect, and it looks easy enough that even a hamfisted painter like me should be able to pull it off. So that's one more vote for Librariumizing it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logos Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 Thanks for the great tutorial! I recently used this method to paint a squad of Deathwing and I'm thrilled with the results. I'll continue to use it for painting the rest of my terminators. I do have a question though - I'm putting together a Deathwing force that will include Dreadnoughts and Land Raiders. Would you use the same method to paint these models as well? I would like my whole Deathwing army to have a consistent colour scheme, but I have yet to paint vehicles so I'm not sure if I would need to do anything differently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ork Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 I can't find what color you used to drybrush the model? bleached bone I assume? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logos Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 He used Dheneb Stone for the drybrush. I did the same thing with my models, but I drybrushed 3 coats of Dheneb Stone and 2 of Skull White. I really like the way they turned out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ork Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 thanks for the reply! I may try this method on my necrons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferrus Manus Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Kobrakei, do you mind us putting this in the Librarium? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seven Sins Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 :angry: thats awesome ive been trying to get a decent way of doing bone for a while as i want to use it as the main colour for my chaos warband also have you tried this on vehicles ????? ^_^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gutmaximus Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 great tutorial.. especially for a painting cripple like myself... just starting to get into trying to paint well. I have not been drybrushing. usually base using foundation, then primary color, then wash.. would your procedure work for the following scheme. Base model with mechrite red. then heavily wash (based on your pics I have not been washing enough!!) with badab black. then drybrush with Red gore? I really like the deep red gore/black combo.. then I trim in bleached bone... Also, while I have the experts attention (he he.. all of your) what is the freaking best brush to paint straight lines. I am coloring my SM shoulder plate edges with bleached bone on my tacticals (red gore overall, bone trim). It seems to take forever to paint straight lines, which never stay straight and always stray onto the red shoulder pad.. ugh... any advice is greatly appreciated... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gutmaximus Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 or would my process above (mechrite, wash, drybrush red gore) not work because the red gore is darker than the mechrite? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kobrakei Posted January 15, 2009 Author Share Posted January 15, 2009 Hey I would say the best way to do that would be to not do the Red Gore coat, to use Mechrite Red again to layer over the top, leaving the black wash in the cracks, then just start layering further coats of MR mixed with say Solar Orange to create a niclely highlighted, but still dark red colour. As for the trim, a steady hand? :P But seriously, just paint the trim first, then apply the red onto the shoulder pad after...or just keep practising! Kobrakei Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gutmaximus Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 he he he.. i know I know i know. practice.. LMAO.... thanks for the suggestion. will try that out... would not have thougt to use MR twice.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shortsonfire79 Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 A slight necromancy, but I was wondering...How would this look with normally done details? Since the rest of the model was Drybrushed, if the details weren't..wouldn't that look a bit odd? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreat213 Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 Thats how I do it but with bleached bone and ogryn flesh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fallen Angel Ezekiel Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 Thank you for this tutorial! Got 25 termies on the way and i will use your instructions to get that nice bone effect! Is that citidel or vallejo paint? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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