How to do grey marble on the Icon of old Caliban?

[sneakybamsen]

Hi guys,

 

I'm about to start painting a Darkshroud, and I've decided I want to try to do a grey marble effect for the Icon of old Caliban. Been searching google without luck sufficient to find a tutorial and result I'd like, also been searching this forum, but alas.

 

Anyone got a "fairly" simple way of getting a decent result for painting grey marble?

 

Hoping for help as I hope to start painting the model tonight :)

 

Regards

Sneaky

[Hantheman]

Mech grey then I experiment and mix ahead earthshade and nuln oil. Then highlight some of the grey and thin white lines as marble lines. I’m on my phone so can’t be too detailed!

[Company Master Holden]

I am interested to know the answer to this question as well! For one of the Dark Talons that I did for the ETL this year I decided to go with a red marble effect. I used Khorne red as the base then did some kinda thin Mephiston Red lines cris-crossing the wings, stasis chamber, and tail section. After that I applied very selective spidery thin highlight lines of Evil Sunz scarlet. Once all the lines were on there I washed it all in Carroburg Crimson to deepen the red and blend the colors together. At that point I added another wash of Seraphim Sephia to once again blend the lines and give it a warm feel. Finally, I ended with a glaze of Bloodletter Red. The end result isn't 'Eavy Metal caliber, but it satisfied me enough. 

 

It makes me wonder if perhaps doing something similar with a grey color-scale would produce similar results? Perhaps basecoating Mechanicus Standard Grey as Hantheman suggested, then doing thin lines with Dawnstone, and finishing up with spider thin lines/highlights of Administratum gray? I thought all day about some washes that might go well with this scheme, and the only thing that I can think of that might tie it all together is an incredibly thin wash of Drakenhof Nightshade. If thinned just right, it might be able to tie all the colors together in addition to giving your recesses some depth. I'll have to try it on my Darkshroud, which ironically is what is next on the painting list. 

 

I'll try to post some pictures tonight of my Dark Talon's red marble to see if that helps any!

[MaxB]

WarhammerTV has this white/grey marble video

 

 

I imagine starting with a dawnstone or similar would get you there and maybe doing white veins instead depending how dark grey you want to go

[sneakybamsen]

I did google it yesterday, but didn't find that video. Thanks for posting it, MaxB.

 

I watched a video yesterday of a guy doing green faux marble (thinning paints a lot, using piece of a spunge to apply it), kind of thinking this could be worked the same way in grey tones rather than green. Not sure if I want to do that, or trust good old Duncan, and follow his divine wisdom. He's such a standup guy, I'm sure. But he does use a lot of different paints, and that is a challenge when you have less than half of them in your collection. I do have a fairly light grey from Vallejo though, so if I simplify it, I might be able to pull it off, if I mix with white and water down where needed.

[Hellunder]

Hi guys! I have found a pretty foolproof way of doing this.

 

I made a step by step instructions on Instagram:

https://instagram.com/p/BefdkUmBlMu/

 

Note that you can mess up quite a bit as long as you drybrush white in the end to get the details. I like to make thinned out lines/cracks with skarsnik green before the last step.

 

Here's another example of how it looks on a dark talon:

https://instagram.com/p/BlkSbskDEGd/

[Hellunder]

Sorry, I read the title a bit too fast, thought it said "green marble".