The Death Guard Chaos Space Marines from Issue 2 of the Conquest publication are finished! I think I’m falling in love with Papa Nurgle because these were so much fun to paint! More pics after the jump.
The colour scheme I devised for my Plaque Marines is all about speed. Like all good plaque zombies, I know I’m probably biting off more than I can chew with the Conquest Magazine subscription so I had to engineer a colour scheme that looked good and didn’t take long to paint. This scheme actually utilises washes and drybrushing to speed things up. I feel like I can ‘get away with it’ because these models are dirty and scruffy by their very nature.
The Deathguard force I’m painting has to work with and look coherent with my Black Legion army. The brassy metal, daemon skin, bone are all painted the same way as my Black Legion models. Instead of painting bulbous pustules, I’ve chosen to paint eyes. These eyes are painted the same way as the Eye of Horus. I think it’s a neat touch.
With issues 1 and 2 complete, I can sit back and admire my handiwork and it’s only now I realise I’m going to be painting a hell of a lot of green over the next 80 weeks.
I’m looking forward to painting the Reivers next when they arrive.
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Looks great! Puts my own to shame. But I had a question, Garfy: I'm about to paint up Escape From Goblin Town using your tutorials and I noticed that for shading faces, you use Rhinox Hide that's been watered down a lot. Why not use Reikland Fleshshade or Agrax Earthshade instead?
Watered down paint behaves differently to Shade washes. Watered down paint is less opaque so shades better. The downside is it pools and leaves tide marks.
However this is the way I do it and it's not necessarily correct. Feel free to change and adapt the tutorial.
Thanks! That's very helpful; another thing I noticed is that they're lighter than most shades, particularly in your Deathwatch tutorial (I've been binge-reading them as of late). You're a better painter than I am for sure, so I just wanted to know if that was a more high-level technique that I was not aware of (such as glazes for highlighting). Have a nice day!
The eyes are a nice touch! I'm looking forward to your tutorial – the rust effects are nice an subtle but still add to the feel.
Love them. The warm bone and reddish flesh add a great contrast.
Wow…just wow. Nice work!
Looks outstanding! I'd love to see a tutorial for your Death Guard if you find the time to make one!
Thanks! I've already written the tutorial. It goes live this weekend all being well.