The Everblight Vectorium
The first plague marine
“A whisper from the lips of Mortarion himself can ruin worlds. We are that whisper made flesh and our promise is the fall of your world.”
This was the first miniature i had painted since last summer so I felt rusty (See what I did there?). I had painted death guard before but I wanted to experiment with texture so I set off with washes to set the grime and then went back over the mini with Ceramite white that feels somewhat chalky to get that contrast between the white and the filth.
When you pick up the model and look at it it feels more like a painting where you see the paint and the brush strokes. When you take a picture of it that feeling doesn’t translate. This is true of many of the Blanchitsu themed painting styles.
I am a messy painter so these experiments suits me fine where I work with the paints without a clear image of what it will be. So now I’m stuck with a method of painting marines that takes roughly 2 hours each… Lucky me 🙂
This is good, I like it. Currently I am also putting together a small Death Guard force just because they came with the Dark Imperium box not because I particularly like the faction. Painting-wise they are surprisingly easy and fun because mistakes are easily forgiven with them.
White and grim works really well. All I would perhaps say is that the rusty metal could do with the slightest of orange and or metal dry-brushing just to break up the colour a bit and let the edges come out.
Look forward to seeing more.
Cheers Captain.
The models are so busy you can easily hide flaws in your painting. At least that’s how I work 🙂
I have thought about the rust, especially on the weapons and I think I will go back and give the edges some metal and maybe some orange as well. Thanks for the comments.