Ok, well here we go, its prime time........ok, I am done with the puns. While this isn't everything that I am going to need to paint by the time this is over, this is everything that doesn't need some kind of hobbying to finish. Some models still need shoulder icons and some greenstuffing before the paint is applied.....looking at you storm eagle.......
One of my main goals with this project is to push the contrast to make the green look as good as Dylany possible. Sea foam green is not a color that is commonly seen in military history so the results are varied from what I have found. A quick google search will bring up all different kinds of looking Sons of Horus, but I just don't really get inspired by the super dark colors that are commonly found on the internet. I am always sold some DaRk AnD gRiM FaNtAsY justification, but I think its more of a lack of knowledge of how colors work. #Sorrynotsorry
I actually got the scheme from an off-handed comment I heard while I was at the Betrayer Narrative Event at PAX Unplugged last year. I let it stew in my brain for a bit and realized that it was exactly what I was after. I want the green to be visible at 6 ft and allow the warm colors to do their job. If the whole model is dark and lacks definition I may as well just throw it all in the ghabahge! (Bostonian Accent).
TLDR: I want to make it look like the sea foam green and not have a bunch of Salmanders running around with a Eye of Horus above them. Its not easy in my opinion and I hope it lets people fall into the lovely immersion of being smashed by the Arch-Traitors and not get pulled out from a bad paint job.
So the models that are already painted were from a lot that I bought most of this stuff from. Its not a bad attempt, but it is flat and I think the all cool colors gives it that lack of definition I was talking about. Be a shame if I primed it all black and then put a base coat of 3:1 Lupercal Green: Abbadon Black over all of it.
Oops.....well more in the future. Ta ta!
One of my main goals with this project is to push the contrast to make the green look as good as Dylany possible. Sea foam green is not a color that is commonly seen in military history so the results are varied from what I have found. A quick google search will bring up all different kinds of looking Sons of Horus, but I just don't really get inspired by the super dark colors that are commonly found on the internet. I am always sold some DaRk AnD gRiM FaNtAsY justification, but I think its more of a lack of knowledge of how colors work. #Sorrynotsorry
I actually got the scheme from an off-handed comment I heard while I was at the Betrayer Narrative Event at PAX Unplugged last year. I let it stew in my brain for a bit and realized that it was exactly what I was after. I want the green to be visible at 6 ft and allow the warm colors to do their job. If the whole model is dark and lacks definition I may as well just throw it all in the ghabahge! (Bostonian Accent).
TLDR: I want to make it look like the sea foam green and not have a bunch of Salmanders running around with a Eye of Horus above them. Its not easy in my opinion and I hope it lets people fall into the lovely immersion of being smashed by the Arch-Traitors and not get pulled out from a bad paint job.
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| The Before |
So the models that are already painted were from a lot that I bought most of this stuff from. Its not a bad attempt, but it is flat and I think the all cool colors gives it that lack of definition I was talking about. Be a shame if I primed it all black and then put a base coat of 3:1 Lupercal Green: Abbadon Black over all of it.
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| The After |
Oops.....well more in the future. Ta ta!
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