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15 hours ago, Night Lords Pete said:

Very nice start - the colours compliment each other well with the dark grey, purple and then flashes of warmth.

 

in terms of basing I’d maybe think about a very light grey, light blueish-grey, or possibly snow over dark slate as I think something that gives a contrast to your deep charcoal whilst also allowing your colour flashes it stand out would compliment your scheme nicely.

 

The scheme will look great collectively as well.

 

Good stuff!

Thank you!!

So in my head I've been toying with pale blue-gray stone/gravel, lava, or a blasted urban battlefield for the bases. After your suggestion was similar, I think I'll go with the blue-gray stone approach and maybe toss in some "alien planet" elements?

For most of the chapter, I'm planning on painting robes a sort of periwinkle blue. The Deathfall (Deathwing equivalent) will be in dark indigo armor with orange edges and dark gray robes, while the Shadowfall (Ravenwing equivalent) will be all black with silver trim and indigo right pauldrons. Planning on painting power weapons bright orange for contrast.

I like to use it in enclosed spaces. That way the fumes keep me from being too worried about my paint job. 

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Im under the firm belief that all Imperial vehicles need to be dirty, abused and oil stained.

This paint scheme is a test of what I was planning to paint my Imperial Knights. Except I was going to prime one panel in Leadbelcher and then use Kroxigor Scales over the Leadbelcher as an accent. And then dirty up the entire knight.

Yeah I know it sounds nuts but if you get a scalpel or exacto and slice the wood away from the lead in a pencil to give you plenty of exposed lead, rub that exposed edge along a hard edge and you get an instant metallic highlight, go gentle as you don't want to be peeling the paint off. Just remember it is not permanent like paint so only do at the finishing up stage. Also try it on something junk you have kicking about with paint on first. I like using it on tank hatches and hard angle armour edges for display stuff, its perfect for bringing back the metallic sheen on tank treads after getting all the dirt and grime down in the links etc.

Ahh nice love me a bit of Tamiya goodness! Does this smell fantastic too? Only problem with the Tamiya paint range is the need for X-20A thinner to dilute stuff

Pencil highlight? 

As for the wash, I just used too much of this (which is what I used a long time ago on Russian Flames of War Tanks): 

That is looking mighty fine mate. What wash did you go for? My gut says aquila in gold but that might prove tricky to shade and not flood things at this scale.

Have you ever tried the pencil highlight method on your metals?