Question

[Banks]

Hey guys, i recently switched my chaos army from khorne to slaanesh. and i lately have been paint my army with ice blue instead of the standard tentical pink. i still paint like crap, seeing as how i have naturally shakey hands(its annoying). i want to make my marines look better. any ideas on highlighting or waying to get the details better? i seem to run over the smaller details of my models....

 

[goblinLB]

theres loads of articles on this site about painting and if im painting really small details i hold breath to stop moving as if i was on a game witht he sniper and u press to hold still

 

[Wolf Fang]

try bracing your hands on the painting table it might help with the shaking a little bit

 

[Banks]

Thanks guys. i appreciate the tips, any ideas on my colour scheme? like i said im using ice blue for the basic color, but i want to make them stand out more....right now they are just to plain....

 

[Wolf Fang]

pics so we can see what they actualy look like rather then trying to imagine them would help

 

[Banks]

Ok heres some pictures, and i apoligise for the crappy quality, i took them on my phone, but its the only thing i have haha

 

[Banks]

bump

 

[DaN]

They don\'t look that bad to me... But then it IS a camera-phone! lol

I\'d have a look on a colour-wheel for a good contrasting colour... Seems to me maybe a golden yellow-orange colour might sit well, but I don\'t know.

Also - for bracing your arms and steadying your hands I reccommend having your mini on a taller base (Ie. A standard marine temporarily glued to an old wine cork) in order to hold him, rather than simply having him stood on your table.

 

[Banks]

Thanks man. see im not really worried about the trims, its the basic parts of the models(the blue areas). i want them to stand out more, maybe with some shading (but i dont have a clue for what colors i need to use). or maybe put some designs in, last time i tried that, they came out to thick due to the brush, any ideas on how to make them?

 

[DaN]

How about fading them with a mid-purple, or even some green...?

It\'s really your taste mate - they\'re YOUR figures

 

[Gilvan Blight]

A good blue for Slannesh would be something like this:

http://www.coolminiornot.com/141549

Something bright and vibrant.

I wouldn\'t go blue and yellow on chaos marines though as it may make people think of the Thousand Suns chapter which is Tzeentch.

 

[Banks]

Haha, true they are mine. but im just looking for somet pointers and ideas, ill take the ideas that i like. i did like the blue on that model. what other colors did they use for the shading/highlighting? i liked that alot. the purple seems like a decent idea, what other colors would i need for that?