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Paints/washes you will need:
Chaos Black Spray
Skull White Spray
Codex Grey
Devlan Mud
Fang Grey (50/50 mix of Codex Grey & Space Wolves Grey)
Gryphonne Sepia
Vermin Brown
Space Wolves Grey
STAGE ONE:
Now this may seem a little strange but my undercoating technique really does work very well. Basically i undercoat the model with chaos black spray first, wait for it to dry AND then overspray with Skull White. Now theres two reasons for this.....
1.) The white spray sticks to the matt black undercoat better i find, you don't get any instances where the white spray rubs off the models due to finger/case abrasions.
2.) Creates a natural shade element on the model, helps me to see where the white spray comes out lighter to highlight more there and leave the low receses darker.
STAGE TWO:
Apply a basecoat of Codex Grey to all of the armour, now make sure you're watering down your paint with water so it flows really nicely. Usually i do two thin layers on the armour first of all. He should then look like this.....
STAGE THREE:
Then apply a wash layer of devlan mud to the armour to get some nice dark & dirty shading on it! Now you don't need me to tell you how to wash......
STAGE FOUR:
Next stage requires abit of Blue Peter skills (here's one we made earlier) and mixing up a pot of 'Fang Grey', basically it's a 50/50mix of Codex Grey & Space Wolves Grey, half a pot of each into a mixing /empty pot and bob's your uncle, you got some FANG GREY!! Now this is really the key to getting the armour looking amazing. It's quite strange cus when you apply it it looks like codex grey but lighter, then when you add all the other colours onto the model later the blue from the Space Wolves Grey in the mix really comes through, it's a trick of the eye as a friend who is way smarter than I tells me. So once again, layer the armour with Fang grey, and he should look like this.....
STAGE FIVE:
Now we just mix a little spit of Vermin Brown and Gryphone Sepia in a 1:1 mix, this is so you get the vermin brown to react like a wash when mixed together. If you like you can use a drop of Matt Medium to get the colours to really start grooving together. Then just grab a fine detail brush and run it in ALL those cracks, creases, plates and soft armour joints. Basically where any dirty/rust would get into Avec le.....
STAGE SIX:
And now we're on the final straight, after stage five, if you need to you can touch the areas back in with some Fang Grey. Finally just go & grab a pot of Space Wolves Grey and a fine detail brush from earlier (or a new one, if thats your bag, if you swing that way.....hey i'm not here to judge!) and do a final edge highlight around all the armour plates. This is the time consuming bit tbh but totally worth it in the end! And after that you should have this.....
CONGRATULATIONS! You've won, you've completed the armour challenge, now you've just got to all the rest of model and it should look a little like this.....
As ever guys, give me some feedback and make sure you post some pics of the guys you've done using this technique.
Ciao!
Adam
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