xenofexx Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 Greetings, board dwellers! So I finally decided to sign up, after months of reading through threads and seeing a lot of great minis. As my first post here, I'd like to show you a nice and easy way to paint Imperial Fists marines. This paint job isn't gonna bring home any Golden Demons, but it's definately tabletop standard and very quick in comparison to many other ways of painting yellow armour. Just give your marine the following treatment: 1. Chaos Black spray undercoat. 2. Cover the armour with a layer of Dheneb Stone (Leave the recesses black, though) 3. Give the armour a layer of Golden Yellow. 4. Wash the recess-areas with Badab Black. (Apply lavishly for that dirty, mid-battle look). 5. If you overdid the black wash here and there, touch it up with some Golden Yellow. Then neatly apply some Sunburst Yellow along the edges of the armour. All done! Not the brightest yellow in the imperium, but they're not polishing their armour in the middle of a battle, are they? B) http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/3482/imperialfistsmarine.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iacton Qruze Posted November 7, 2009 Share Posted November 7, 2009 Hey, that looks pretty good! Nice marine & sounds quick and easy to execute. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. Lysander Posted November 7, 2009 Share Posted November 7, 2009 Very nice, the marine looks great ;)- way better then extra shiny ones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazarus666 Posted November 7, 2009 Share Posted November 7, 2009 *applauds* Dude.. this is exactly what i am looking for, i want my IF to look dirty yet yellow.. as if they where doing a sieage. *high fives* Dorn would be proud! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
augustmanifesto Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 Hey - sweet tutorial! I'm gonna give this a shot with some modifications (e.g. scorched brown in the recesses instead of black). How many layers of golden yellow did you use? (afterall, that's the real question when it comes to how easy or uneasy a method of painting yellow really is :lol:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xenofexx Posted November 17, 2009 Author Share Posted November 17, 2009 Well, painting yellow on top of Dheneb Stone turned out to be a real pleasure – One layer will get you very far indeed! I suppose it depends on how thick you layer your paint.. But anyway, as I wrote earlier, the marine on the picture only had one layer of Golden yellow on top of the dheneb, before the recesses were washed with badab black ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yogi Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 What have you done ! I wanna paint an imperial fist army now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironjens Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 This I will have to try out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRCHAOS Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 What have you done ! I wanna paint an imperial fist army now! Noooooooooooooooooooooooo! You've done the same to me aswell! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lestat Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 Nice simple recipe there. Has given me the ideal start for some Lamenters - although there will be one or two minor modifications. I'll be using Gryphonne Sepia instead of Badab Black. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonofwaranddeath Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 This is fantastic! WTG! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vor Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 I gave this a try.. Golden Yellow is so thin two coats later I'm still getting the Stone undercoat showing. Hmm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurrey Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 Thanks Xenofexx this is a really nice way of painting yellow. I must say my yellow has come out darker than yours in the pictures but I like the look of it. I use a small drybrush to cover the stone with golden yellow then wash with sepia. Overall extremely happy. My thanks to you for to you for this inspiration. Hurrey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaplain belisarius Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 (edited) Fantastic! an easy way to paint yellow (see my sig!). I can get that IF army after all. Thank you so much mate!!! Quick question; can i paint on the chaos black undercoat? does that work out ok or does it have to be a spray undercoat? Edited January 6, 2010 by chaplain belisarius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xenofexx Posted January 7, 2010 Author Share Posted January 7, 2010 A pleasure to be of service! The marine may look a bit brighter on the picture than he does in real life, since he had a spotlight on him when the picture was taken (and I'm really not a pro with the camera :D) I'm guessing that it should work out fine painting on top of "normal" black paint instead of a spray undercoat, just make sure the layer of Dheneb stone covers the black completely..! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaplain belisarius Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 Thanks xenofexx! Youve made an old gamer very happy! (dorn is my favourite primarch and I always wanted an imperial fist army-now I can thanks to an easy way to paint yellow!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Task Force Gauntlet Posted December 14, 2010 Share Posted December 14, 2010 Yes!! I was looking for something exactly like this, if anyone gets my name they'll know why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzly_bear Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 Great quick easy way but didn't work for me, maybe it's cause the golden yellow don't work for me as a painter, my IFs are a very darker orcher yellow...but still great tutuorial Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BattleBrotherJohn Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 Thanks for posting - I've been wondering how to paint Fists quickly. I will give your method a try and see how I get on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highborn Mergula Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 Wow that really looks way better than thoose "clean" Imp fist. I wonder if there is any tutorial like that on blood angels?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother_Thorus Posted December 26, 2010 Share Posted December 26, 2010 Thank you brother! :huh: Dorn will be broude of you! :P I will start paiting my 5th company righ away! only needs 2 more rhinos ^_^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battle Captin Torodin Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 First off that looks awsome, ive been putting off doing an IF army because there are so many different ways of doing yellow and i couldnt find any method i liked, until now. i was hoping you may be able to post some stage by stage pictures? thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE_ANGRY_GAMER Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 Just used your method on some fists of my own. It's awesome, really quick, and I got a really nice yellow. Really recommend it will post pics when I have them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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