Dr. Tortenkopf's Howling Griffons
Basecoating
Basecoating was done using the citadel colours averland sunset and mephiston red.
First a rough coat of yellow on the respective sides followed by the red to mark out the separating line down the middle.
I particularly like how that line shifts with the armor plates on the captain as he turns his hip. That effect is more pronounced on his heavier armor, than on the regular power armor and I liked being able to use that to bring out the dynamic of the sculpts.
Finally I used some Vallejo Gunmetal Metal for weapon parts and the trim on the pauldrons, as well as that access door part on their backpacks, which I have been doing that way on all other space marines I ever painted (Those aren’t too many and I will probably make a project on here for them as well at some point.) . I just find it makes it look more mechanical and breaks the colour pattern up nicely, as having that long red and yellow separation down the entire back of the model might seem overwhelming.
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