Eye of Terror 13th Company (need help with a color scheme)

[amrogers3]

Hello all,

I am trying to recreate the paint scheme as pictured on page 18, 19 of the Eye of Terror codex. I haven't been able to find a step-by-step guide (I'm new to painting) on how to paint the 13th Company as pictured in the book. All the book says is primed in Chaos Black and basecoated in Codex grey with highlights in Fortress Grey. Well, those models look a lot better than minis with three colors slapped on em.

I am a newbie and need all the help I can get. Can't seem to find any guides online (checked GW site), if anyone has the codex and could provide some guidance or knows where I could find a step-by-step guide, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

 

[Bloodhowl]

The step by step is the same as for a regular Space Wolves company. You can find the step by step on GW's site under 40K articles. Just substitute the 13th company colors for the colors listed in the step by step.

This is assuming of course, that you are looking to use the GW method of hard edge highlighting as they do for most of their Space Marine chapters.

link to GW Space Wolves step by step: http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/c...0130a&categoryId=600003&section=&aId=2400010a

 

[amrogers3]

This is assuming of course, that you are looking to use the GW method of hard edge highlighting as they do for most of their Space Marine chapters.

Couple questions....

When you do hard edge highlighting, does that mean I need to dry brush the highlight onto the edge?

The article talks about layering. Does that mean simply putting one color on top of the other? Or does that mean wet layering?

 

[Bloodhowl]

When you do hard edge highlighting, does that mean I need to dry brush the highlight onto the edge?

You can, but normally you would use the side of the brush on the edges of the armor plates (the feet are probably the best example where the side of the brush would be used). Where this is not possible, use the tip to paint a fine line around the plate (knee guards for instance.)

The article talks about layering. Does that mean simply putting one color on top of the other? Or does that mean wet layering?

Let me plagiarize from the sticky thread because I don't think I can explain it without screwing it up: Layering and wet-on-dry blending are two terms for the same blending technique. To layer, thin one color to translucency and paint it on top of the other color. Once the translucent paint is dry, paint another layer on, but leave an edge of the first layer showing. By building up many thin layers in this way, the transition appears smooth to the eye. Layering is a more laborious process than wet-blending but gives potentially smoother results.

Not to be confused with wet blending. Wet blending and wet-on-wet blending are two terms for the same blending technique. This technique is similar to one used in traditional oil painting. To wet-blend, lay down one color on the model. While this color is wet, take a second color on the brush and lay it next to the first color, working the two together in the middle where they meet. This method is useful on large areas like cloaks and warjack plates, but can easily build up unwanted texture if you’re not careful.