Klorophil's Warhammer Armies

I decided to try to do a kind of non-metallic metals for the golden parts of the armor. Not so sure that I like the result. Let me know what you think.

Once a coat of P3 Menoth White Highlight was applied to all parts that were to be gold, I added a coat of Citadel Nazdreg Yellow Contrast. Once that was dry I added a wash of Citadel Reikland Fleshade Wash. The Nazdreg acted as a metallic gold and the Reikland is the wash that I always apply to golden parts. It brings a nice warmth and depth to gold metallics. I’d say it kinda worked, but I don’t feel like it’s gold. Anyway, it’s a nice contrast to the overall blueness of the model.

The helmet’s eyes is simply Citadel Gryp-Hound Orange Contrast. I hesitated between red or green but I think orange is nice and a little bit different. There are thousands of Ultramarine minis out there so I wanted mine to be a bit different.

You’ll see in the group shot below that it’s almost done. I won’t bore you with more painting steps. However, I will simply talk about the bases. They will later be covered with Citadel Technical basing stuff. I forget the name right now. It’s basically grey paint with sand in it. So I put a basecoat of P3 Bastion Grey on there. Any old medium grey would work here. It’s simply there to provide a background colour for the basing material so that bare patches don’t show too much. I guess I could also have left them black, as grey to black is not too contrasting. However, if you’re using a lighter shade of basing material this step becomes essential.