Salamanders

[Killing With A Smile]

Could someboy enlighten me as to how to Paint Salamander Space Marines to a good Table Top standard.

A step by step guide would be a treat.:redface:

 

[sg2009]

what primer are you painting from black or white ???

 

[Killing With A Smile]

I can do black or white.

 

[sg2009]

then from black

1. basecoat: dark angel green

2. wash: dark angel green and scorched brown

3. 1st highlight:dark angels and snot green (50:50)
build up to snot green

4. final highlight:snot green with a bit of goblin green.(80:20)

or do as many highlights as you see fit:yes:

from white im not sure i usually paint from black.

hoped i helped

sam

 

[Killing With A Smile]

thats sounds great aparty from 1 thing:

number 2: what do you mean wash Dark angels green and scorched brown. do you mean mega water it down??

 

[sg2009]

Originally posted by Killing With A Smile
thats sounds great aparty from 1 thing:

number 2: what do you mean wash Dark angels green and scorched brown. do you mean mega water it down??

like you would an ink wash ye
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[jahminis]

this is a quick tabletop standard salamander i did about five years ago...
he is based with pure dark angels green, the layered with pure snot green, and finished with a highlight of pure strikin\' scorpion green...
the photo is crap, and the mini is old, but it should give ya an idea of a simple, effective, technique for an army...

http://s98.photobucket.com/albums/l266/jah-minis/warhammer/40k/?action=view&current=salamanderassaultflamer.jpg

please to enjoy...

cheers
jah

 

[Killing With A Smile]

wow i really like that, just what i wanna go for.

Whats Layering, simply painting over another colour with a diff shade?

Thanks for your help

 

[DaN]

Indeedly

Have a look in the articles section for different paint methods and technique
There are lots

Welcome to the boards too

 

[Killing With A Smile]

I\'ll give the Salamander a go today and post a pic after.

I looked through the articles and only found 1 article on layering and all the comments were slating the article. But i think i got the jist of it :beer:

And thanks for the welcome DaN

 

[Talion]

Killing - I\'m currently painting some Salamanders.

For Marines I never bother with all the subtle shading cause do a lot of flat surfaces time and time again would drive me mad.

Here\'s my WIP

I use

Skull White - UnderCoat
Dark Angels Green - Base Coat
Snot Green - Primary Coat
50% Snot Green, 50% Striking Scorpians Green - 1st Highlight
Striking Scorpians Green - Final Highlight


That\'s it

 

[Killing With A Smile]

i love it!, Thats exactly how i want mine to look.

Thanks man

 

[Cateran]

K im good with colors and after seeing how u painted your sm you could maby do something related to folk lore. Vulkan(think thats his name) is the primarch. He was known to carry 2 hammers and was a smith. Maby a SM guy looing up (chin is up and cant realy see his face) while holding two thunder hammers over his head backed by thunder clouds and lighting or a devine holy light from heaven shining on to him would be cool. Oh and make the guy black \'caz I think Vulcan was black...not shure so don\'t quote me on it.

 

[Cateran]

that would be a cool chaper standard with a black background and a light green (70-30ish) scorpion green/ dark angles green border around it