'Stripey white' plague marine tutorial Options

[nurglephill]

Thought I would post this in here and see what you REAL nurgle fans think

Here is a step by step guide to how I paint my plague marines. It's pretty simple and i use the same technique on tanks, dreadnoughts etc.

First up spray white and touch up with skull white paint, then (using the foundation paint set, which I water down a little to help the paint flow) paint all the metal areas orange, armour trim green and bolters red. With the red and orange I'm not very neat because I use such heavy washes that it covers up any wavey paint lines or missed bits etc. Finally paint the eyes shining gold:
the first pic didnt upload fully (dunno why) but you can see all you need to:



Now we come to the washes all of which are pretty heavy and straight from the pot. First up wash with black aiming for the deepest, darkest parts of the model AND all the coloured areas:


Then brown covering the whole model:


Then green only covering the armour and trim:



Next we start on the stripey white. I have a pot of skull white that has a lot of water added to it. You want it to be thin enough that it flows easily (without pooling into drops like water does) and you can see the colour coming through the paint after one coat. Then it is simply painting little lines on the armour. I find that going section by section works best, going over the armour with one, two or three passes to get the effect I want. Basically it's up to you and gets pretty obvious as you go. A good tip is to leave little 'drip' marks under things like studs by simply painting white around the 'drip'. It looks cool. Here are two half way shots:


and two finished:



Next up go over the green armour trim with the foundation green to cover up any mistakes with the stripey white and then catachan green in the corners or peaks as a highlight colour. I like this as its subtle and I want them looking dirty rather than shiney...so a 'dull' highlight works best I think.

Now using the foundation orange again I go over the metal (washed orange) parts but this time i use a crappy brush and 'stipple' bright orange radomly. This looks pretty good, it's fast and adds extra depth to the rust effect. On hoses etc be careful not to over do it. Then you can (i dont always, again because I'm after dull and dirty) use the foundation red to highlight the bolter:



Once thats done the last thing is to paint on (NOT drybrush) some boltgun metal over the orange. This tip was given to me by Mabs and is a fab, fab tip. Think about what bits of the metal will be used the most and therefore have the rust worn off showing the bare metal underneath....like knife blades and where your marine will be holding his bolter..etc etc and then add some in random places so you dont have too uniform a look.
The finished guy:




All he needs now is his back pack which is painted the same way and he is done.

Oh the base i paint randomly in tin bitz and camo green. Then paint pva over the base, leaving some parts bare, and use the little slate basing material from GW. When thats dry mix water effects (from GW) with green wash and dollop it on in the pools you have made by leaving bits of the base bare and then over the slate where ever you feel like. You will need two coats of this to get the effect you want. Once thats done paint the base trim foundation green.
(Note, this guy has only had one coat of the water effects, the second makes all the difference-see below)
Once the whole model is completed (backpack added etc) I spray it in mat puity seal and then go over the water effects with a gloss hard coat.

Here he is fully finished:


Done.

Phew.

[Brother Nihm]

Quick, call a Lexicanum.


Great work there, thanks for sharing!

This post has been edited by Brother Nihm: Mar 12 2009, 01:15 PM

[styx]

I like the elements of how you did the armor. May have to use some of your concepts to work on mine. I would also suggest going a tad lighter on the white perhaps mix in some of the battle grey in or something to dull down the white some. I am not a huge fan of mixing paint but IMO this may be the way to go!

[Iron_Chaos_Brute]

I started out with a WTF? attitude, but liked the end result.

Got to remember this...

[nurglephill]

@ Brother Nihm; thanks

@ styx; I did think about that but pre heresy death guard had unpainted white armour with only a painted green trim. I wanted an 'only just turned' look.....so white armour left to rot etc. Hence the white. But i see your point and it is as good a choice as mine

[PlagueBearer]

I paint my plague marines in a similar fashion too.
Great result with a reasonable amount of effort!!!
I love white Death Guard!!!

[Mar Bloodaxe]

Well done!

[Neves]

That's really nice! Me likes big time!

[nurglephill]

awwww shucks thanks guys

from nurgle types it means a lot

phill

[MrWhitey]

I must thank you nurglephill, I read this guide when you posted it (on Dakka), and decided to get back into 40k from it, with Death Guard. Never would have done so otherwise, as I didn't like the all green Plaguemarines.

I finally had them arrive today, and painted one up using your excellent guide, and the end result, whilst not as good as yours, I still quite enjoy.



My first 500 points await painting, 2 squads of Death Guard and a Prince, off I go!

This post has been edited by MrWhitey: Mar 26 2009, 05:43 PM

[nurglephill]

WOW.

that is so freaking cool! That looks awsome dude easily as good as mine

I am so pleased someone actually found it a useful post. Its made my day that has

thanks

phill

This post has been edited by nurglephill: Mar 26 2009, 08:51 PM

[Muskie]

I stuck it on my paint page... of course.

[theredcorsair]

*Now where did those plague marines go that a didn't have a nice paint technique for*

Great stuff. I love this unique style and its quite a step up from the classic (and rather aging) green scheme

[Nomada]

Wow! great results & easy painting! My DG look alike although I go with drybrushes.I might give it a go 4 upcoming reinforcements xDD

[Pake]

Phew!

Thank Nurgle I gave up the stripey styley. Far too many people are "having a go".

[nurglephill]

Phew!

Thank Nurgle I gave up the stripey styley. Far too many people are "having a go".

[Fausto2071]

a really phenomenal paint job

[El Cheebo]

I'm thinking of using this technique but using either blue or purple in place of green. Do you think that will work?

[Sevendaemons]

that is awesome. im gonna try that for some diverse units.

[aeroplane]

This is a prime example why it is totally acceptable to necro threads - this is awesome, and I didn't see it the first time around.

I love seeing techniques that use white primer; it's a wonderful way to paint certain palettes.

Thanks for a great tutorial! I will make a squad using this scheme and using the gold banding to match the rest of my army, they will look great!!!

[nurglephill]

I'm thinking of using this technique but using either blue or purple in place of green. Do you think that will work?

Should do , the good thing about this technique is its simplicity. So give it a go and post your results

that is awesome. im gonna try that for some diverse units.

Thanks man

This is a prime example why it is totally acceptable to necro threads - this is awesome, and I didn't see it the first time around.

I love seeing techniques that use white primer; it's a wonderful way to paint certain palettes.

Thanks for a great tutorial! I will make a squad using this scheme and using the gold banding to match the rest of my army, they will look great!!!

Thanks to you too

[Beef]

I am very impressed by the simplicity of your tecknique. Unfortunatly I dont have a Death Gaurd army. Now I wonder if this would work with my SW, hmm